Investments:  Fin 334

Fall 2006

 

Dr. Mark Walker                                                                      Class Hours:  T Th, 1:00 – 2:15 pm

Office: 237 Holman                                                                   Classroom:    Holman 138

Phone: 915- 7721

Office Hours: T Th, 2:30 – 4:00 pm

 

Course description – survey of securities and securities markets; risk and yield; valuation; forecasting; and portfolio management.

 

Pre-requisite courses – BUS 230, and FIN 331 (co-requisite).

 

Text – Gitman, Lawrence J., and Michael D. Joehnk, Fundamentals of Investing, 9th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2003.

 

The Wall Street Journal.

 

Grading – Your final grade will be based on 600 possible points. 

 

Test 1 (Ch. 1,2,3)          100 points                                

Test 2 (Ch. 4,5)             100

Test 3 (Ch. 6,7)             100

Test 5 (Ch. 8,9)             100
Test 6 (Ch. 10,11,12)     100

Drop Lowest Grade      (100)

Subtotal                         400

Test 4 (Take home)       100

Test 7 (Ch. 13,14,15)     100

Total Points                    600

                       

Course policies:

 

  1. Each student is required to have his or her own financial calculator.  Students will not be permitted to share calculators during the exams.

 

  1. If a student misses an exam, the missed exam will be treated as the student’s drop grade.

 

  1. Students are permitted to use a formula sheet during each test (1 sheet: 8 ½” x 11”).

 

  1. In addition to reading the assigned material, students should study the following sections in each chapter: Concepts in Review, Summary, the CFA exam problems, and the on-line Assessment Quiz.  

 

  1. Students should work the assigned homework problems.  Please see the textbook website for answers to the assigned homework problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tentative Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

 

 

 

Date

 

 

Chapter

 

Topic

 

 

Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22-Aug

 

 

1

 

The Investment Environment

Q1.1;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps in investing, taxes, life cycle

P1.2 - P1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24-Aug

 

 

2

 

Markets and Transactions

Q2.5;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPO's, long / short, margin

P2.1 - P2.19 (odd numbers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29-Aug

 

 

3

 

Online Information and Investing

Q3.7;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock market averages, orders

P3.3 - P3.11 (odd numbers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31-Aug

 

 

Test 1

 

Chapters 1, 2, and 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-Sep

 

 

4

 

Return and Risk

 

P4.1 - P4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P4.8 - P4.41 (odd numbers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-Sep

 

 

4

 

Return and Risk

 

P4.1 - P4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P4.8 - P4.41 (odd numbers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-Sep

 

 

5

 

Modern Portfolio Concepts

P5.4, 5.5, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.18,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  P5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14-Sep

 

 

5

 

Modern Portfolio Concepts

P5.4, 5.5, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.18,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  P5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19-Sep

 

 

Test 2

 

Chapters 4 and 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21-Sep

 

 

6

 

Movie: "A History of the Dow"

Q6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5