Summer 1999:
Homework:
Assignment
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Assignment
#2
Assignment
#3
Assignment
#4
Assignment
#5
Exams:
Exam
#1
Exam
#2
Final
Exam
Quizzes:
Quiz
#1
Quiz
#2
Quiz
#3
Quiz
#4
Quiz
#5
Spring 1999:
Exam
#1
Exam
#2
Final
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Summer 1999: Homework:
Exams:
Quizzes:
Spring 1999:
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Fundamentals of Investing |
FIN 350 |
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Summer 1999 |
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| Week | Dates | Chapter | Topic |
| 1 | June 10
June 11 |
1
1 |
Introduction to investments; market history
Stock-Trak; Reading the WSJ; HW #1 Due |
| 2 | June 14
June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 |
1
2 2 2 3 |
Risk and return
Buying and selling securities Margin and short sales Margin and short sales; daytrading Quiz #1 Security types-bonds and stocks |
| 3 | June 21
June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 |
3
3 4 5 5 |
Security types- stocks and options HW
#2 Due
Security types- options and futures Mutual funds Stock market operations Stock market indices HW #3 Due |
| 4 | June 28
June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 |
None
6 6 6 7 |
*** Examination #1: Chs 1 - 5 ***
Return Exams; Stock valuation Stock valuation-dividend models Stock valuation-multiplier models Quiz #2 Earnings and cash flow analysis |
| 5 | July 5
July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 |
None
7 8 8 9 |
Academic Holiday
Online sources of earnings/cash flow information Technical analysis and stock price behavior Market efficiency Interest rate types and calculations Quiz #3 |
| 6 | July 12
July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 |
9
10 10 11 11 |
Theories of the term structure
Bond prices and yields Bond portfolio management Corporate bonds HW #4 Due Corporate bonds continued |
| 7 | July 19
July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 |
None
14 14 14 14 |
*** Examination #2: Chs 6 - 11
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Return exams; Stock option characteristics Stock option characteristics Option trading strategies Quiz #4 Options continued |
| 8 | July 26
July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 |
16
16 16 17 17 |
Futures characteristics
Hedging with futures Futures continued Quiz #5 Diversification Asset allocation HW #5 Due |
| 9 | Aug. 2
Aug. 3 Aug. 4 Aug. 5 |
17
18 18 None |
Risk and return
The security market line SML continued; Stock-Trak wrap-up Final; Chs. 14, 16-18; Due Thursday @ 9:00 in 448B |
