Managerial Finance Business Management 402 Section 1

BM

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Managerial Finance

Business Management
402

Section 1


Fall

Semester
2010

Updated




Please read
the assigned
c
hapters

and articles before

coming to
class on the specified day
.

Quizzes will
be handed out during the first 5 minutes of class on the day of th
e
Cases

and will be taken in class
.

This
class schedule is subject to change. All necessary changes will be announced and discussed in class and
may be distributed via the email distribution list. You are responsible for making sure you are aware of
any

such changes.


Date

Activity

Key
Topic

Higgins

FAME


Day 1

Tuesday, August 31



Introduction/
Financial Statement Analysis

1

1



Objectives:

1
.

Understand Student Expectations

2
.

Share Effective Learning Techniques

3
.

Go over and understand the Syllab
us and the Class Schedule

4
.

Understand the Key Principles of Finance

5
. Introduce Managerial Finance


Day 2

Thursday, September 2



Computer Lab

#1


2

2, 4


Objectives:

1.

Review Higgins Chapter 2: Evaluating Financial Performance

2.

Learn to eval
uate financial performance using Excel

3.

Use Computer Lab 01 to reinforce that learning


Day 3

Tuesday, September 7



Case Study

1
:
Holly Fashions

(#6)





Quiz #1

in class


Objectives:

1.

Help students understand how I evaluate cases

2.

Give the oppor
tunity to apply learned financial ratio skills to an actual case

3.

Analyze Holly Fashions


Day 4

Thursday, September 9


Financial Forecasting and Cash B
udgets

3



Objectives:

1.

Understand the possibility of different “right” answers

2.

Understand pers
onal cash budgets

3.

Understand the Cash Budget

4.

Understand financial forecasting


Day 5

Tuesday, September 14


Computer Lab

#2




3
,
5


Objectives:

1.

Understand how to perform cash budgeting analysis

2.

Understand how to perform financial forecasti
ng analysis

3.

Apply financial forecasting to a real company



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Day 6

Thursday, September 16


Case Study

2
:
Deer Park

(#15)





Quiz #2

in class


Objectives:

1. Understand Cash Management

2.

Understand how to apply cash management to the Deer Park case

3
. Learn how to use Scenario Analysis


Day 7

Tuesday, September 21


Case Study

3
:
Dunham Cosmetics

(#7)





Quiz #3

in class


Objectives:

1. Understand the application of financial forecasting to Dunham

2. Understand how ratio analysis and financial for
ecasting combine

3. Learn how to use VLOOKUP to build your financial statement templates


Day 8

Thursday, September 23


Case Study

4
:
Topeka I

(#12)





Quiz #4

in class


Objectives:

1. Understand the application of financial forecasting to Topeka Adhesi
ves

2. Use the VLOOKUP file earlier to build your financial template


Day 9

Tuesday, September 28


Managing Growth


4



Objectives:




1.
Understand the importance
and how’s
of managing
company
growth




2.
Understand sustainable growth

and how it is appl
ied



Day 10

Thursday, September 30


Computer Lab

#3



7


Objectives:




1. Use Excel to calculate Time Value of Money



Day 11

Tuesday, October 5



Exam 1

at the Testing Center





Tests are due b
y midnight, Wednesday, October 6





Day 12

Thursday, Octo
ber 7


Case Study

5
:
Fin
ancial

Planning I (#1)



Quiz #5

in class


Objectives:




1. Use Excel to calculate Time Value of Money for the Case


Day 13

Tuesday, October 12


Case Study

6
: Fin
ancial
Planning II (#2)




Quiz #6

in class


Objectives:




1. Use
Excel to calculate Time Value of Money for the Case


Day 14

Thursday, October 14

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Financial Inst
ruments and Markets: Stock and Bond V
aluation

5



Objectives:


1. Understand the operation and use of financial markets.


2. Understand how stocks and bonds a
re valued



Day 15

Tuesday, October 19


Computer Lab

#4



8
,9


Objectives:

1. Understand how to price equity using Excel

2.

Understand how to price bonds using Excel


Day 16

Thursday, October 21


Cost of Capital and
C
omputer Lab #5

8

10


Objectives:

1.
Understand Investment Risk in investment decisions

2.

Understand how to calculate the cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted
average cost of capital

3.

Do problems


Day 17

Tuesday, October 26


Case Study

7
:
Taylor Brands

(#30)





Quiz #7

in class


O
bjectives:

1. Understand Cost of Capital and how it is calculated

2.


Apply cost of capital to the Taylor Brands Case


Day 18

Thursday, October 28



Exam 2

at the Testing Center





Tests are due by midnight,
Friday
,
October

29


Day 19

Tuesday, November 2


Statistics in Business Review: Asset pricing models




Objectives:




1.

Understand

how to calculate a single beta

asset pricing models




1.

Understand how to calculate a multi beta asset pricing models




Read Before Class:

Simple Regression Reading





Multiple Regression Reading


Day 20

Thursday, November 4


Computer Lab

#
6
: Beta Fama
-
French




Objectives:

1. Calculate single index model for Ford

2. Calculate a multi index model for Ford

3. Understand regression statistics


Day 21

Tuesday, Nove
mber 9


Capital B
udgeting


7



Objectives:



1.
Understand the calculation and use of capital budgeting

2. Understand Discounted Cash Flow Techniques and capital budgeting


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Day 22

Thursday, November 11


Computer Lab

#
7



11


Objectives:

1.

Understand ho
w to use Excel in capital budgeting

2. Understand the application of capital budgeting problems


Day 23

Tuesday, November 16


Objectives:


Case Study

8
:
Franklin Lumber

(#21)




Quiz #8

in class


Objectives:

1.

Understand how to use Excel in capital budg
eting for Franklin Lumber

2.
Understand different methods of determine fixed asset guidelines


Day 24

Thursday, November 18


Firm Valuation


9



Objectives:



1.

Understand the theory of valuing a firm



2.
Understand reasons behind corporate restructur
ing



Day 25

Tuesday, November 30


Computer Lab

#
8
: Macros, VBA I and Monte Carlo Simulation


12, 13


Objectives:



1.

Understand the power of Visual Basic and Macros



2.
Understand the uses of Monte Carlo simulation



3.
Apply VBA and Monte Carlo sim
ulation to problems


Day 26

Thursday, December 2



14


Case Study 9:
Enviro
-
lawn





Quiz #9

in class


Objectives:



1.

Understand the theory of valuing a firm



2. Apply that theory to valuing a small landscaping company


Day 27

Tuesday, December 7


Com
puter Lab #9
: VBA II


Objectives:



1.
Further develop your VBA skills



2.
Apply VBA to finance problems


Day 28

Thursday, December 9


Putting it All Together


Objectives:



1. See how it all comes together by hearing from a practitioner in the field



Guest Speaker: Mark Burdge



Exam 3
at the Testing Center







Tests are due by the
time

of the Scheduled Final Exam


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BM402 Managerial Finance
At A Glance


Da
y

Date

Activity

Topic

Higgins

FAME

Day 1

Tuesday, August 31

Int
roduction

Introduction

1

1

Day 2

Thursday, September 2

Computer Lab

1

Financial
Statement
A
nalysis


2

2, 4

Day 3

Tuesday, September 7

Case Study

1
, Quiz

Holly Fashions (#6)



Day 4

Thursday, September 9

Discussion

Forecasting and cash
budgets

3


Day 5

Tuesday, September 14

Compu
ter Lab

2

Financial forecasting


3
,
5

Day 6

Thursday, September 16

Case Study

2
, Quiz

Deer Park



Day 7

Tuesday, September 21

Case Study

3
, Quiz


Dunham Cosmetics



Day 8

Thursday, September 23

Case Study

4
, Quiz

Topeka I



Day 9

Tuesday, September 2
8

Discussion

Managing Growth

4


Day 10

Thursday, September 30

Computer Lab

3

Time V
alue of
M
oney


7

Day 11

Tuesday, October 5

Exam 1




Day 12

Thursday, October 7

Case Study

5
, Quiz


Fin
ancial

Planning I



Day 13

Tuesday, October 12

Case Study

6
, Quiz

Fin
ancial

Planning II



Day 14

Thursday, October 14

Discussion

Stock

and

B
ond
V
aluation

5


Day 15

Tuesday, October 19

Computer Lab

4

Stock and Bond V
aluation


8
,

9

Day 16

Thursday, October 21

Discussion
/
Computer
Lab

5

Cost of C
apital

8

10

Day 17

Tues
day, October 26

Case Study

7
, Quiz

Taylor Brands



Day 18

Thursday, October 28

Exam 2




Day 19

Tuesday, November 2

Statistics
R
eview

Asset P
ricing
M
odels



Day 20

Thursday, November 4

Computer Lab

6

Beta
:

Fama
-
French



Day 21

Tuesday, November 9

Disc
ussion

Capital
B
udgeting

7


Day 22

Thursday, November 11

Computer Lab

7

Capital B
udgeting


11

Day 23

Tuesday, November 16

Case Study

8
, Quiz

Franklin Lumber (#21)



Day 24

Thursday, November 18

Discussion

Firm Valuation

9


Day 25

Tuesday, November 30

C
omputer Lab

8

Macros, VBA

I


12
,
13

Day 2
6

Tuesday, December
2

Case Study 9, Quiz

Enviro
-
lawn



Day 27

Thursday, December
7

Computer Lab

9

VBA II
, Monte Carlo,


14

Day 28

Thursday, December 9

Exam 3

(
F
in
als

week)





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