1. BUFN722- Financial Institutionsch01 - 1 Introduction Elinda Fishman Kiss, Ph.D. (Univ. of Rochester) Former Professor - Rutgers, Temple, Wharton, Wellesley, PSU, TCNJ, Drexel RTC (Resolution Trust Corp.) PSFS (Philadelphia Savings Fund Soc.) Citicorp Investment Bank First Pennsylvania Bank (now Wachovia) Federal Reserve - Board of Governors; US Treasury Treasurer - Custom Equipment Mfg., Inc. e-mailekiss@rhsmith.umd.edu & EFKiss@AOL.comekiss@rhsmith.umd.eduEFKiss@AOL.com web page http://bb.rhsmith.umd.edu http://www.smith.umd.edu/faculty/elinda-kiss http://bb.rhsmith.umd.edu http://www.smith.umd.edu/faculty/elinda-kiss Cell215-962-9071 Fax 215-938-1591 (home)301-405-0359 (university) Recipient of the Krowe and Wikler awards for Teaching Excellence

2. BUFN722- Financial Institutionsch01 - 2 on index cards Course and section number (e.g., 772 or 445, DC06?, 02DC?) name phone number (Home) (Office) (cell) e-mail address - very important - will send you class announcements in email  Include as many emails as you wish – home, office, university, etc. – PLEASE PRINT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN CAPS past Finance courses employment - what do? where? social security number or student ID Are you registered? yes/no Are you completing incomplete? yes/no Sign the card on the back of the card

3. ch01 - 3 Financial Web pages Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/welcome.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/welcome.html CNN Financial News http://www.cnnfn.com/http://www.cnnfn.com/ New York stock exchange http://www.nyse.com/http://www.nyse.com/ Chicago Board of Trade http://www.cbot.com/http://www.cbot.com/ NASDAQ & AMEXhttp://nasdaq.comhttp://nasdaq.com Wachovia bank http://www.wachovia.comhttp://www.wachovia.com Vanguard- mutual funds http://www.vanguard.com/http://www.vanguard.com/ Fed Reserve Econ Data http://stls.frb.org/fred/http://stls.frb.org/fred/ Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/blshome.htmlhttp://www.bls.gov/blshome.html Bureau of Census http://www.census.gov/http://www.census.gov/ International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/http://www.imf.org/ Economic Calendarhttp://biz.yahoo.com/calendarhttp://biz.yahoo.com/calendar NABE http://www.nabe.com/http://www.nabe.com/ Data http://www.federalreserve.govhttp://www.federalreserve.gov

4. Wall Street Journal Interactive Find your 12 digit account number on the address label. You need this number to register for the WSJ Interactive edition be sure your web browser is operational. point your browser to: http://info.wsj.com/student http://info.wsj.com/student at the User Name prompt, enter your 12-digit account number without any spaces (e.g., 010296201704) answer the questions on the short survey. use name exactly as it appears on address label. click “Submit” select a unique password. (remember it) (write down in secure location) from now on, go to http://wsj.com to access the Interactive Journal front page or http://wsj.com/pages/money.htm http://wsj.com http://wsj.com/pages/money.htm 1-800-975-8602 for question on print subscription & 1-800-369- 2834 for questions on Interactive journal. 1-800-975-8602 for questions on Journal in Education program.

5. BUFN722- Financial Institutionsch01 - 5 for you to get my class notes send me your e-mail address to: EFKiss@aol.com or ekiss@rhsmith.umd.edu EFKiss@aol.com ekiss@rhsmith.umd.edu use an e-mail address that allows attachments - you can get a free e-mail account from University computer center (I may send you notes as e-mail attachment, which you can download) The notes are in Powerpoint presentation format. You can print the slides (in black & white) 6 (or 3 or 4) to a page or in outline form - Select this option by clicking on File Print Print What [& arrow down to: Outline View or 6 (or 3 or 4)slides per page] then you can make notes beside each one. I will try to have the slides available one day before each class; there is no guarantee that I will cover all the material in each set of class notes - or that I will add new material in class If you do not have PowerPoint, you can download PowerPoint viewer (a free download) at http://www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com Web Browsers & ViewersPower Point Viewers Microsoft Power Point Viewers – you can read the slides but can print only one per page

6. ch01 - 6 Power Point Viewer http://www.microsoft.com Web Browsers & Viewers Power Point Viewers Microsoft Power Point Viewers click on appropriate viewer for your operating system (win 95, win 3.1, Mac) download Power Point Viewers this is a free download can read & view slides can print - one slide per page follow instructions download power point viewer if do NOT have power point on your computer