MBA 621 - Managerial Finance

• Class tonight (2/8) postponed; exam next Tuesday, 2/15.
   
• Spring 2010 class meets on Tuesday nights, 1/5 - 2/23, 6-10 p.m., Mitchell Hall #203.
   
• Fax # for Business School is (330) 471-8563.
  
  * Get Adobe Reader (free download; click Download at that site) - needed to read Syllabus, Game Plan, and other items below
   
• Click here for => HP 10-BII Calculator Guide from Gitman web site
   

•  Spring 2010 Syllabus
    * Note:  We are still using the 1st edition of the text; you can purchase either the burgundy paperbound edition  [ISBN 0-324-62273-2] (NOTE: the cover incorrectly says it is the "2nd edition," but in fact it is the 1st edition (and only the part of the first
  edition that we actually use in our class) or the "hardbound" entire 1st edition [ISBN 0-03-035076-X]. 
  However, make sure the book you buy has the "Smart" CD included (if you try to buy a used book, it probably will not have the CD in the back sleeve).

• Spring 2010 Game Plan (Course Schedule)
• Night 1 Assignment (in addition to having read Chapters 1 & 2)
• Accessing Course Materials for MBA 621 (read prior to Night 1)
  
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• COURSE PROJECT INFORMATION / ASSIGNMENTS:
  
  Spring 2010 Company: Texas Roadhouse, Symbol = TXRH
  * REVISED 9/5: Accessing Mergent Online via library resources
  * Accessing Hoovers Premium info via library resources
  * Individual Portion - Ratios Assignment - due Week 4 (beg. of class on Tues. 1/26)
  * Group Portion - Group Presentation and Paper - due Week 7 (Tues. 2/16)
  * Handout on Calculating, Interpreting DuPont
  * Sources of industry averages for ratios (Word)
  * Sources of industry averages for ratios (PDF)
   
• How does Yahoo Finance define the ratios it includes for companies?
• How does Hoovers define the ratios it includes for companies?
  Note:  Groups will be selected/assigned by Week 2; presentations and papers due Week 7 (Feb. 16).
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       HOMEWORK HELPS:

• Corrected web site for Homework Problem 1-2:
  http://www.careers-in-finance.com/
   
• Two sources for corporate bond yield spreads (Chapter 4 Homework Problem 4-14):
      * Bonds Online (from 2004)
      * Ian Giddy's Site
   
• Homework Problem 5-11:  Link to stock prices for Toll Brothers 
   
• Homework Problem 11-4 (you are doing part f only):
  * You can access Gateway's final balance sheet using Mergent Online
  or
  * Here is a copy of that balance sheet =>  Gateway Balance Sheet
   
• PowerPoint files (right-click, select Save Target As, then select save location);
  Once open in PowerPoint, select File/Print then select Handouts, 3 to a page, Pure Black & White:
  
  Chap 1      Chap 2      Chap 3       Chap 4      Chap 5     Chap 6
  Chap 7      Chap 8      Chap 9       Chap 10    Chap 11   Chap 12   Chap 22
   
• Ethics readings (Available only on-campus on R: drive, JZietlow folder, then MBA 621 folder, which you may access on campus or by browsing with Internet Explorer to: http://remote.malone.edu/student )
   
• Supplemental Readings (optional):
  
  Chapter 1:
  "Six Essentials for the Strategic Treasurer" - Financial Executive (6/04)
  
  Chapter 22:
  "I See Cash in Your Future" - Long-run Cash Forecasts - Treasury & Risk Mgmt (3/05)
  
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