Tentative Outline

Week 1
    Introduction--Why study finance?, Financial system, Finance at the firm, Investments, Financial Institutions, Jobs in Finance   
    Chapter 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance: Organizational Structure, Nexus of Contracts, Types of markets
 
  Chapter 2: Accounting-The basic statements
   Chapter 3" Working with Financial Statements --Ratios
    Dupont Analysis
     Introduction to Financial Planning (chapter 4)
 
Intro to Time value of money

Week 2 Time value of Money  

    Interest Rates--Economic perspective
    Chapter 5: Time Value of Money (present and future values)
    Chapter 6: DCF
    Chapter 7: Valuation of Bonds
    Chapter 8 Valuation of Stock

Week 3:
   Capital Budgeting : NPV and Alternatives Chapter 9
    Making investment decisions: Chapter 10
   
  Capital Markets
   Market efficiency--History (chapter 12)

Test on Saturday afternoon

   
Week 4--
Risk and Return introduction (chapter 13)
    Chapter 10 & 11: Risk and Return

--Cost of capital and Long term Financial policy (chapter 15,16, 17)

   -Cost of capital continued
    Chapter 12: Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

 --Risk and the firm
            Introduction to derivatives (chapter 14)

Week 5--Derivatives 

  -- pulling it all together

--Final