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Northeastern University FINA 2201 Financial Management Fall 2020 Section 5: Tuesday/Friday 1:35 – 3:15 Richards Hall 236

Professor: Vincent (Jim) Campasano, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Office: 413 Hayden Hall Office Hours: OFFICE hours Wednesday 1:30 – 3:00. (I’ll be in my office.) I will also hold office hours remotely by appointment. Teaching Assistant: Thomas Caulfield, [email protected] Office Hours (remote): Monday 9-11:30am; Tuesday 1:30-4:00

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Please bring your headset if you are attending in person. Please bring your financial calculator to class.

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Wearing a face covering and social distancing are a requirement for attending an on-ground class session. If you do not feel comfortable doing this, you may opt for the simultaneous remote session. You should also use the provided antibacterial wipes to clean your area at the beginning and end of each class session. Eating is not permitted during class. Drinking is permitted as long as you use a straw to be able to drink while continuing to use the face covering. Please refer to the following link for further detail on university policies in this regard: https://news.northeastern.edu/coronavirus/reopening/workplace-safety-protocols/. This class will be recorded for the benefit of all students, including those who may have difficulties accessing all synchronous materials. If you have any concerns about being recorded, please notify me. Please note that any recorded sessions will only be available to the students in this section of the class.

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Course Overview: Designed to develop the financial skills and logical thought processes necessary to understand and discuss financial policy decisions in a global economy. Specific objectives include developing an understanding of the time value of money; using financial statements in decision making; and understanding the nature of financial markets, the cost of capital, valuation of stocks and bonds, management of short-term assets, short-term and long-term financing, capital markets, and multinational financial management. Addresses the impact of legal, social, technological, and ethical considerations on efficient economic outcomes. Requires a financial calculator and provides an opportunity to develop computer spreadsheet skills.

Learning Objectives: 1. Analyze the financial performance of a company. 2. Calculate the cost of capital using the Capital Asset Pricing Model and other methodologies. 3. Apply discounted cash flow methodology to make capital budgeting decisions and to value financial assets such as stocks and bonds. 4. Use spreadsheets to help solve business problems. 5. Describe how managers determine short-term and long-term financing needs of a company. 6. Describe the difference between debt and equity in a company’s capital structure.

Course Materials: Textbook/Connect: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield and Bradford D. Jordan. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. 11th edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2017. Available in the bookstore (includes Connect access code). Connect: McGraw-Hill Connect, as well as the registration of it into this course, is required. Your Connect homework will be completed and submitted through Canvas. Purchasing Connect online is the best value for your required course materials – typically half the price of the printed textbook bundle. You may also purchase a discounted loose-leaf version of your book from within Canvas. Financial calculator: A financial calculator is required. You may not use calculators capable of storing formulas. It is your responsibility to learn how to use the functions within the financial calculator. Canvas Materials: The lecture materials and other resources are posted on Canvas. I also recorded short videos to introduce/support lectures. StockTrak: We will use StockTrak in class to have a trading competition. Please access the link below to set up an account. https://www.stocktrak.com:443/members/registerstudent?className=FIN2201F20

Your participation and performance in the competition will be reflected in your class engagement grade. In addition to the performance of your portfolio, you will record performance metrics of your portfolio and submit them to me at points throughout the semester. This counts towards your class engagement grade. You will also compete as a class against my Investments class.

Grades/Assignments: Your grade will be calculated as follows: Connect: Excel Homework: Class Engagement/StockTrak: Exam 1: Exam 2: Final Exam:

10% (Average of all – I drop the lowest) 10% 5% 20% 25% 30%

Grading for the course will follow the School’s recommendation that the average GPA fall between 3.20 and 3.40. Extra credit is not offered. Grading Scale: A: 95+ A-: 90 -- 94.99 B+: 86.67 – 89.99 B: 83.33 – 86.66 B-: 80 – 83.32 C+: 76.67 – 79.99

C: 73.33 – 76.66 C-: 70 – 73.32 D+: 66.67 – 69.99 D: 63.33 – 66.66 D-: 60 – 63.32 F:...