1. Financial Markets
Finance 300

2. … … … Weekly Homework … … …
Financial Markets
Equity Project
Bond Project
Stew #1
Stew #2
Stew #3
Final Exam
Mid Term Exam
… … … Weekly Homework … … … A

3. Identify
Assets
Liabilities

4. What is it? Swap Option Corporate Bond Bankers Acceptance Future
Commercial Paper
Treasury
Note
Equity

5. Interest-at-Maturity
Trading Conventions?
30/360
Present Value
Nasdaq
NYSE
a/360
OTC
Discount
Bankers'Discount
Auction
Interest-at-Maturity

6. Price

7. Fair Value

8. Finance 300 Finance 221 was finance for everybody
Finance 300 is designed for those people who will actually end up doing finance for a living.
You have to really love finance to face doing it 40 to 60 hours a week for the rest of your natural life.

9. Trading Places
TradingPlaces_PepTalk.wmv

10. Finance 300 Syllabus: Professor Elisabeth Oltheten Office Hours
Professor Elisabeth Oltheten
440 Wohlers Hall
Office Hours
Wed: 1:30 – 3:30pm (440 WH)
Open Office Hours

11. Pre Requisite Material
Corporate Finance (Finance 221)
Statistics & Econometrics (Economics 202 & 203)

12. Required Tools Financial Markets 2012
Book
On-line Access Code
Business Calculator TI BA II or HP 12C
No other calculators will be permitted in the examinations
Reading Material
Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Economist, Investors Business Daily, anything.

13. Resources Calendar & Powerpoint files Office Hours Project Kick Offs
Put this in your calendar now
February 6:30-8pm
March 6:30-8pm
March 6:30-8pm

14. Grades Individual Work Group projects
A student must pass each components separately in order to earn a passing grade for the course.

15. A. Individual Work Online Homework Pop Quizzes Mid Term Exam
Final Exam
460 points

16. A.1. Weekly Homework Weekly Homework Assignments
Practice (begins January 17)
For Grade
120 points

17. A.1. Weekly Homework Practice Login
Each assignment is randomly generated from the test bank
Graded immediately
You can do as many practice homework assignments as you want
120 points

18. A.1. Weekly Homework Graded
By Friday 5pm go to the Learning Lab (36 Wohlers Hall)
Prove your identity with your University ID Card
The proctor will verify your login
Same homework generation as the practice homework but this will count for grade.
Lowest homework grade will be dropped (best 12 of 13 homework assignments)
120 points

19. A.2. Pop Quizzes
Pop quizzes are given in class and are graded in class.
Grade is based on the best 8 of the 9,10, 11, or 12 pop quizzes given during the semester
40 points

20. A.3. Mid-term Exams
The mid-term exam is held during normal class period – March 2
Conflict exam is the previous Wednesday evening – March 1
Check your calendar – your petition to take the conflict must be filed before 5pm on Sunday, February 26.
120 points

21. A.4. Final Exam
The final exam is cumulative and held during final exam week
120 points is like a second midterm and 60 points cumulative final.
180 points

22. B. Individual Work Homework Pop Quizzes Mid-Term Exam Final Exam
Total
120 40
180
____
460
600
20% 7%
30%
_____
77%
_____ 100%

23. B. Individual Work
460 points

24. B. Group Projects Equity Project 40 Bond Project Investment Challenge
Points allocated are based on the Engagement Contract 40
60 ___
140
140 points

25. Class Structure Attendance is mandatory
Lectures will not cover all the material in the book.
Bring your book and your calculator to class every session.
We will spend some class time in group

26. Eccentricities
All assignments, projects, papers, and stewardship reports are to be submitted
In class
To my office (440 Wohlers)
Anything stuffed in my mailbox in the Department of Finance is considered to be abandoned property.

27. Grades Grades are neither given nor negotiated; they are earned.
Every time you earn points towards your final grade it is posted to the web page under your Hex number.

28. Grades
Spring 2016

29. Maximizing Your Grade Read the material in the book for every class.
Work the Questions and Problems after every class.
Use office hours, and Practice Homework to make sure you understand both the concepts and the procedures.

30. Maximizing Your Grade To study for the exam
photocopy the Chapter Questions,
cut them up,
toss them into a hat, and
pull them out at random.
Do the question under exam conditions.

31. Minimizing Your Grade Skip class. Use sloppy math.
2 +2
Skip class.
Use sloppy math.
Don’t read the material beforehand – after all we’ll cover the important stuff in class anyway.
Assume that just because each topic is easy you can handle the exam.

32. Minimizing Your Grade
The answers are on the web site - how hard can it be?
Read the question, outline the answer without actually doing the math, check the answer, and figure it’s pretty straightforward.

33. Classroom Etiquette Class starts at 9:30:00am
If you arrive after the class has begun then enter through the rear door and quietly take your seat
If an exam or pop quiz is in session then it will be brought to you once you have taken your seat.

34. Classroom Etiquette Coffee & Donuts Quiet food & drink only
Clean up after yourself

35. Classroom Etiquette Finance 300
If you are doing anything but Finance 300 you will be asked to do it elsewhere.

36. Classroom Etiquette
Turn off any electronic equipment not specifically needed for class
Learn to single task successfully before you turn to multi-tasking

37. Finance 300
The fun just keeps on coming…..