Financial Markets Finance 300

… … … Weekly Homework … … … Financial Markets Equity Project Bond Project Stew #1 Stew #2 Stew #3 Final Exam Mid Term Exam … … … Weekly Homework … … … A

Identify Assets Liabilities

What is it? Swap Option Corporate Bond Bankers Acceptance Future Commercial Paper Treasury Note Equity

Interest-at-Maturity Trading Conventions? 30/360 Present Value Nasdaq NYSE a/360 OTC Discount Bankers'Discount Auction Interest-at-Maturity

Price

Fair Value

Finance 300 Finance 221 was finance for everybody Finance 300 is designed for those people who will actually end up doing finance for a living. You have to really love finance to face doing it 40 to 60 hours a week for the rest of your natural life.

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Finance 300 Syllabus: Professor Elisabeth Oltheten Office Hours www.business.illinois.edu/broker/fin300/ Professor Elisabeth Oltheten Oltheten@illnois.edu 440 Wohlers Hall Office Hours Wed: 1:30 – 3:30pm (440 WH) Open Office Hours

Pre Requisite Material Corporate Finance (Finance 221) Statistics & Econometrics (Economics 202 & 203)

Required Tools Financial Markets 2012 Book On-line Access Code Business Calculator TI BA II or HP 12C No other calculators will be permitted in the examinations Reading Material Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Economist, Investors Business Daily, anything.

Resources Calendar & Powerpoint files Office Hours Project Kick Offs Put this in your calendar now February 2@ 6:30-8pm March 2@ 6:30-8pm March 14@ 6:30-8pm

Grades Individual Work Group projects A student must pass each components separately in order to earn a passing grade for the course.

A. Individual Work Online Homework Pop Quizzes Mid Term Exam Final Exam 460 points

A.1. Weekly Homework Weekly Homework Assignments Practice (begins January 17) For Grade 120 points

A.1. Weekly Homework Practice Login Each assignment is randomly generated from the test bank Graded immediately You can do as many practice homework assignments as you want 120 points

A.1. Weekly Homework Graded By Friday 5pm go to the Learning Lab (36 Wohlers Hall) Prove your identity with your University ID Card The proctor will verify your login Same homework generation as the practice homework but this will count for grade. Lowest homework grade will be dropped (best 12 of 13 homework assignments) 120 points

A.2. Pop Quizzes Pop quizzes are given in class and are graded in class. Grade is based on the best 8 of the 9,10, 11, or 12 pop quizzes given during the semester 40 points

A.3. Mid-term Exams The mid-term exam is held during normal class period – March 2 Conflict exam is the previous Wednesday evening – March 1 Check your calendar – your petition to take the conflict must be filed before 5pm on Sunday, February 26. 120 points

A.4. Final Exam The final exam is cumulative and held during final exam week 120 points is like a second midterm and 60 points cumulative final. 180 points

B. Individual Work Homework Pop Quizzes Mid-Term Exam Final Exam Total 120 40 180 ____ 460 600 20% 7% 30% _____ 77% _____ 100%

B. Individual Work 460 points

B. Group Projects Equity Project 40 Bond Project Investment Challenge Points allocated are based on the Engagement Contract 40 60 ___ 140 140 points

Class Structure Attendance is mandatory Lectures will not cover all the material in the book. Bring your book and your calculator to class every session. We will spend some class time in group

Eccentricities All assignments, projects, papers, and stewardship reports are to be submitted In class To my office (440 Wohlers) Anything stuffed in my mailbox in the Department of Finance is considered to be abandoned property.

Grades Grades are neither given nor negotiated; they are earned. Every time you earn points towards your final grade it is posted to the web page under your Hex number.

Grades Spring 2016

Maximizing Your Grade Read the material in the book for every class. Work the Questions and Problems after every class. Use office hours, and Practice Homework to make sure you understand both the concepts and the procedures.

Maximizing Your Grade To study for the exam photocopy the Chapter Questions, cut them up, toss them into a hat, and pull them out at random. Do the question under exam conditions.

Minimizing Your Grade Skip class. Use sloppy math. 2 +2 3.987684509 Skip class. Use sloppy math. Don’t read the material beforehand – after all we’ll cover the important stuff in class anyway. Assume that just because each topic is easy you can handle the exam.

Minimizing Your Grade The answers are on the web site - how hard can it be? Read the question, outline the answer without actually doing the math, check the answer, and figure it’s pretty straightforward.

Classroom Etiquette Class starts at 9:30:00am If you arrive after the class has begun then enter through the rear door and quietly take your seat If an exam or pop quiz is in session then it will be brought to you once you have taken your seat.

Classroom Etiquette Coffee & Donuts Quiet food & drink only Clean up after yourself

Classroom Etiquette Finance 300 If you are doing anything but Finance 300 you will be asked to do it elsewhere.

Classroom Etiquette Turn off any electronic equipment not specifically needed for class Learn to single task successfully before you turn to multi-tasking

Finance 300 The fun just keeps on coming…..