UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

College of Business

Department of Finance


FINANCE 321

Advanced Corporate Finance

Professor Stephen D'Arcy

s-darcy@uiuc.edu

Spring 2007

Office: 311 Wohlers Hall

Tuesday + Thursday 8:30-9:50 (L) and   10-11:20 (N)

Office Hours:  Wednesday 1-2:30 pm and by appointment

215 David Kinley Hall

333-0772

 

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ASSIGNMENTS

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Problem Set 1 - Due February 8, 2007 (Note:  Use 7% as the discount rate on question #3)

Problem Set 2  - Due March 1, 2007

Problem Set 3 - Due April 12, 2007

Problem Set 4 - Due May 1, 2007

VaR Example - Spreadsheet for Assignment 10

Case 1 - Due February 27, 2007 - The Ben & Jerry's case are available for purchase at IUB.

Case 2  - Due April 5, 2007 - The A-Rod case is available in 340 Wohlers Hall.

Spreadsheets for Case 2     Exhibits   Discounted Cash Flow Calculations from 3/27 Class

Case 3 - Due April 26, 2007 

 

EXAMS

Midterm   (Section L)    (Section N)

 

LECTURE NOTES

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Lecture 1

Lecture 2   Dennis Spice Bio

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Perpetuities and Annuities (Section L)  (Section N)

Compound Interest (Section L) (Section N)

Lecture 5

Bond Valuation (Section L) (Section N)

Stock Valuation (Section L)  (Section N)

Lecture 6

NPV (Section L)   (Section N)

IRR  (Section L)       (Section N)

Lecture 7    Brian Callaci Presentation

CAPM (Section L)    (Section N)

Lecture 8 

Lecture 9     ERM Article 

Current Event (Section L)   (Section N)

Lecture 10

Current Event (Section L)   (Section N)

Lecture 11

Lecture 12

Student Presentations (Section L)   (Section N)

Lecture 13

State Farm Presentation

Midterm Exam - Tuesday March 6

No class Thursday March 8

Lecture 14

Student Presentations (Section L)  (Section N)

Lecture 15

Lecture 16 - Keith Green

No class Thursday March 29

Lecture 17

Student Presentations  (Section L)  (Section N)

Lecture 18

Student Presentation (Section L)   (Section N)

Lecture 19 (4/10/07)

Student Presentations  (Section L)

Lecture 20 (4/12/07)

Lecture 21

Lecture 22   Reading

Student Presentations (Section L)  (Section N)

Lecture 23   Reading 1   Reading 2    Reading 3

Student Presentations (Section L)  (Section N)

Lecture 25