Finance 325:

Introduction to Financial Management

Professor Nathan Walcott
nwalcott@wsu.edu
Todd 490, Phone: 335-0118
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 12-1pm

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General Course Stuff

Course Syllabus
Real Time Course Feedback
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Review of Exponents

Assignments

Stock Market Case
Outline for writing-up the case
Enter your group's stock picks by 9/6
Enter your group's weekly portfolio value (starting 9/10)
Capital Budgeting Case

Practice for Exams and Quizzes

Review Problems:

Readings/Articles/Newpieces on the Financial Crisis

Did risk management potentially contribute to the crisis?
Some people saw the subprime-mortgage crisis coming (warning: this article contains colorful language)
Freakonomics blogs that report on the financial crisis and recovery plans
Wall Street Journal video series titled "The End of Wall Street" (there are 3 videos, each about 8 minutes long)
A "This American Life" radio program detailing the housing boom... and bust (the full episode is about 1 hour long, but is really good)
Frontline hour-long episode "Inside the Meltdown" on the government's response to the financial crisis (an excellent piece on the government's changing philosophy and approach throughout the crisis):