MBA 621 - Managerial Finance

• Class starts Monday, January 9, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.,  in MH 203.
   
• Fax # for Business School is (330) 471-8563.
   
• Click here for => HP 10-BII Calculator Guide from Gitman web site
   
• Spring 2012 Syllabus (pdf) - Mon. 1/9 start
    * Note:  We are using the 3rd edition of the text.  If the bookstore runs out, order the "hardbound" entire 3rd edition [ISBN  978-0-324-78291-2 and ISBN 0-324-78291-8].  Please make sure the book you buy has the "Smart" PIN CODE card included (if you try to buy a used book, it may not have the card in the front sleeve)
• Spring 2012 Game Plan (pdf; Course Schedule for 1/9 start)
• Click here to get free Adobe Reader for pdfs
  
  
• Night 1 Assignment (in addition to having read Chapters 1 & 2) - memo should be 1 1/2 pages single-spaced or 3 pages double-spaced
     * Other than churches, what nonprofits are in Canton, OH?  (672 in this listing)
• Accessing Course Materials for MBA 621 (read this prior to Night 1)
• Supplemental (Optional) Articles:
   * New theory of capital structure
      (Hovakimian, Opler, Titman)
  
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• INDIVIDUAL RATIOS PROJECT INFORMATION / ASSIGNMENTS:
  
  Spring 2012 Company: Texas Roadhouse, Symbol = TXRH
  * Accessing Mergent Online via library resources
  * Accessing Hoovers Premium info via library resources
  * Individual Portion - See Ratios Assignment DOC at eCompanion - due Week 3 (due Monday, 1/23, by 6 p.m.)
  * 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?
  
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       HOMEWORK HELPS:

• Corrected web site for Homework Question 1-__:
  http://www.careers-in-finance.com/
   
• Two sources for corporate bond yield spreads (Chapter 4 Homework Problem 4-__):
      * Bonds Online (from 2004)
      * Ian Giddy's Site
   
• Homework Problem 5-__:  Link to stock prices for Toll Brothers 
  
   
• 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:
  
  Go to the Course Share (R) Drive on campus or via
  Remote Access (Malone XPress) to get the presentations.
   
• 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 for those interested):
  
  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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