Business Finance


Students are exposed to the field of finance including financial analysis, planning and control, working capital management, decisions involving long-term assets, sources and forms of long-term financing, international financial markets and issues, as well as selected ethical and social isssues related to finance.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2010

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Course Syllabus
Course Schedule
Time value spreadsheet
How to use the calculator

Assignments

Mortgage Assignment.
DuPont Assignment.
Capital Budgeting Assignment.

Exam Practice Questions and Practice Exams

Note that these are old exams and are not all inclusive. We may cover somewhat different material. Use them as a rough guide only.
Practice questions for Exam 1
More practice questions for Exam 1
Survivor game
Practice Exam 1
How to Read the WSJ Notes for Exam 2, WSJ quote Powerpoint tutorial with audio
Practice Exam 2
Jeopardy game for Exam 2
Practice questions for Exam 3
Jeopardy Part 1, Jeopary Part 2,
Practice Exam 3
Practice questions for Exam 4
Practice Exam 4
Millionaire

Power Points

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12-13
Mutual Funds and Retirement

Solutions to end of chapter questions

Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

Financial Links

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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Chicago Board of Exchange
Wall Street Journal
Etrade
Stock Trak
Yahoo! Finance
Money Central
Silicon Investor, Investor Bulletin Board
Raging Bull, Investor Bulletin Board
The Motley Fool, Investor Bulletin Board
ZDNet's Inter@ctive Investor
Morningstar
Stockpoint
Briefing.Com
SmartMoney