1. Financial Management (FIN350) TIP If you do not understand something, ask me! Administrative Issues and Course Overview

2. 2 Today’s plan zAdministrative issues: syllabus zCourse overview zChapter 1

3. 3 The instructor zMy name is Donglin Li. zEmail: donglinli2006@yahoo.com ) donglinli2006@yahoo.com zOffice hours: Mon 14:00-17:00, Tu 13:00-14:00, Bus 315 zYou can also email me questions. zhttp://online.sfsu.edu/~donglin/courses.htmlhttp://online.sfsu.edu/~donglin/courses.html zResearch interests: xCorporate finance: Agency cost, overinvestment xAccounting: Financial Statement Analysis, Market Anomalies xDefault Prediction; Reg FD

4. 4 My expectation in this course zI want everyone in the room to be familiar with finance yto be familiar with key concepts / issues yto feel more comfortable talking about finance and answering finance questions.

5. 5 My expectation in this course ystudents who come to class, listen, review the problems, and think a lot, typically do well. ystudents who seldom show up in class usually perform poorly.

6. 6 Textbook zFundamentals of Financial Management, concise 5 th Edition, by Thomson and Southwestern. zThis is a very popular textbook, which has been used in many programs for the intro course in finance. zMaybe tougher than other textbooks. zYou will like it.

7. 7 Prerequisites zYou are required to take (ACCT 101, ECON 101, DS 110, 212; ISYS 263 or pass computer information systems proficiency test. )ACCT 101 ECON 101DS 110212ISYS 263

8. 8 Homework zHomework will not be graded. The solution will be posted on my web. zTry to do the Self-test problems at the end of each chapter in the textbook. zThe best way to learn new concepts is to do a lot of problems. z I will also put lecture slides, HW solution and some multiple choice exercises on my web.

9. 9 In-Class-Work zThere will be 4 in-class projects.

10. 10 4 quizzes and final exam zThe exams are closed-book. zThere are no makeup or in-advance exams. zThe exams are based on material covered in lectures, homework, and textbook. zMostly multiple choice questions.

11. 11 Quizzes and Final z Please bring your SFSU ID or a driver license to class, as well as scantrons.

12. 12 Grading zYour total points will be based on the following: zClass performance 10 zQuizzes (drop 1 lowest) 51 zFinal 39

13. 13 The curve grade zThe grade that will appear on your transcript is based on the ranking of your total scores in class: zTop 10% of class A to A- zAbove 65% of class B+ to B- zAbove 30% of class C+ to C- zBottom 30% of class D+ to F

14. 14 Academic integrity zThe instructor has zero tolerance for cheating or looking at each other during the exams zIn the exams, please sit as far as possible between each other.

15. 15 Communicate with the instructor zTeaching Style: Lectures and problem solving zI APPRECIATE any constructive suggestions (in person or email) that would improve the course.

16. 16 Course organization zThis course is broken-down into three parts z 1: valuation of financial assets (Bonds, stocks) z 2: valuation of real assets (capital budgeting) z3: capital structure theory (financing with debt or issuing stocks)

17. 17 Course Overview Finance: what is it? Corporations Investors Financial Markets: Banks, Stock Exchanges Corporate Finance Money and capital marketsInvestments