Scott Hendrix Finance 450

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Scott Hendrix Finance 450

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All class info available atinfo.cba.ksu.edu/hendr
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Email hendrix_at_ksu.edu Office Calvin Hall
10-CPhone 532-4369Office Hours after class
and by appointment Expanded hours near exams
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Goals for the course 1) Make you masters of the
concept of time value of money and its
applications2) Introduce the primary concepts
and tools used in investments and corporate
finance and try to tie them into your
discipline as much as possible

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Goals for the course 3) Develop a foundation
(and a passion if possible) for lifetime
financial success4) Enable you to de-mystify
finance for others
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White card information
Name Email address Major expected date of
grad Hometown Hook Signature
Code

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Nature of Course(or 3 minutes where I try to
talk you out of taking the class this summer)
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Website Notes, NewsPolicies
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Exam Schedule
Exam 1, Thursday, June 1 Exam 2,
Wednesday, June 14
Exam 3, Friday, June 23
Final Exam, Friday, June 30

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Textbook and WSJ
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Calculator
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Three Main Areas of Finance

• Investments
• Corporate Finance
• Markets

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• Big Issues in Finance
• 1) Wealth Maximization
• 2) Risk-Return Tradeoff
• 3) Quantitative Measures of Risk and
• Return
• 4) Security analysis and valuation measures
• 5) Agency issues and corporate governance