Date | Topic | Reading | Deliverables |
1/18
1/20 | Introduction to Course
Economic Decision Making | Ch 4 | Homework: Problems 4.5, 4.6, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 ((Rule of 72 is discussed in Example 4.10 not 4.8), 4.14, 4.16. Solutions will be place on reserve in the Engineering Library early next week.
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1/25
1/27 | Equivalence and Compound Interest | Ch 4 | Quiz: Thursday 1/27
Homework: 4.17, 4.20 4.26,4.29, 4.32 |
2/1
2/3 | Nominal and effective interest rates
Equivalence calculations | Ch. 5 | Homework: 5.1, 5.2, 5.10, 5.22, 5.41, 5.44, 7.4 (a), 7.24, 7.34
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Factors in credit rating
Secret history of the credit card |
2/8
2/10 | Continued
Present worth analysis
Engineering economic decisions.
Financial statements
Economic Analysis of a Company, Company valuations. | Ch. 7
Ch. 1
Ch 2 | Quiz Thursday 2/10
Some background on company formation:
- For Profit Corporations - Iowa Code Chapter 490
- Example Articles of Incorporation
- Example Corporation By-Laws
- Application for Employer Identification Number |
2/15
2/17 | Annual Equivalent Worth Analysis | Ch. 8 | |
| 2/22 2/24 | Cost Accounting, costs
| Ch. 3
| Quiz: Thursday 2/24
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3/1
3/3 | Review
Exam I | | Project I Now Due 3/1/05
Exam I 3/3 |
3/8
3/10 | Rate of return analysis | Ch. 9 | |
| 3/15 3/17 | SPRING BREAK | | |
| 3/22 | Depreciation | Ch 10 | Hw: 9.2, 9.11, 9.18, 10.18, 10.19, 10.21 |
3/24 3/29
| Income Taxes | Ch. 11 | Quiz: Thursday 3/31
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
Recorded: The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios, London. A comment on the 95% marginal tax rate that used to be imposed in Britain (the maximum marginal rate in Britain is now 40% -- see here). Mini-Project on Income Taxes Due 4/7 |
3/31 4/5
4/7 4/12 4/14 | Principles of Investing
Estimation of Future
Project and Financial Risk | Ch. 6
Ch. 14
Risk handout
Further info on risk and diversification |
Project II due 4/28
Quiz: Thursday 4/14
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4/19
4/21 | Options
Inflation
Uncertainty | Options handout
Ch. 13
Some information about German inflation in the 1920s
Ch 14 | |
| 4/26 | No Class - Optional help for Project II | | |
4/28
5/3
5/5
| Review
Exam II
Optional Class | | Project II due 4/28
Exam II 5/3 |
