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Business Finance
This
course looks at six main areas of finance.
- Risk
- Interest rates and bonds
- Business cash cycle
- Investment in projects
- Cost of capital
- Portfolio theory and how the stock market
works
Students should buy the set book - Managing
Business Finance by D R Myddelton published by
FT Prentice Hall ISBN 0-273-64645-1
| The assessment for
the course is 70% end of term exam and 30%
course work. The following basic structure is
how we should progress through the course
materials |
| Week 1 |
General introduction to the
course |
My Notes |
| Week 2 |
Risk and interest rates and
bonds |
Chapters 1, 2 and 8 |
| Week 3 |
Cost of capital |
Chapters 9, 11 and 12 |
| Week 4 |
Portfolio theory and how the
stock market works |
Chapters 10, 11 and my notes |
| Week 5 |
Investment in projects, mergers
and acquisitions |
Chapters 5, 6 and 7 |
| Week 6 |
Valuing Companies |
Chapter 14 |
| Week 7 |
Business cash cycle |
Chapters 3, 4 |
| Week 8 |
Bringing the course together and
a brief look at international finance |
My Notes |
| Week 9 |
Course work has to be handed in
by 29 Nov 2000 |
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| Week 10 |
Revision Answers Part
1 Part 2 |
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As well as the course book I will go through some
other examples and would ask you to do some work on
valuing shares using a spreadsheet, so try to come
prepared! (get
notes on using Excel 97 here)
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