Finance 340
Financial Management I
Tu-Th 11:00-12:15
107 Clinton Hall
Fall 2011

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Current grades -  Excel 2003 spreadsheet - Updated 12/16/2011  

Special Announcements

December 16 - Final grades are in.  Thanks for a great semester.

December 6 - All the normal things have been updated: grades spreadsheet, integrated case solutions, homeworks, etc.  See you for our last class on Thursday.

December 1 - I just updated the grades spreadsheet.  Please check to make sure that everything I have for you is correct. 

November 22 - The homework for next Tuesday is now posted.  I know it will seem a bit intimidating at first.  Just break it into the simple pieces that you already know how to solve and I think you'll find it comes together. 

November 21 - Sorry.  It appears I forgot to post problems for HW #12.  It will now be due on November 28. 

November 17 - The solutions to homework 10 are up.  I will post the next homework assignment by tomorrow morning.

November 15 - Homework 10 (due Thursday) is now posted, as are the solutions to Homework 9. 

November 10 - The homework assignment for Tuesday is now posted. 

November 9 - The exams have been graded and the grade spreadsheet updated.  I will return them tomorrow in class.  Make sure you read through Chapter 9 and work the integrated case for tomorrow.

November 1 - Sorry.  The homework for Tuesday is on Chapter 8, NOT Chapter 9.  We will not begin Chapter 9 until after the next midterm exam.

November 1 - A homework assignment for Thursday has been posted.  We will discuss it and the last homework assignment on Thursday.  The next midterm in this coming Tuesday, and will cover Chapters 6, 7 and 8.  We will begin Chapter 9 on stock valuation after the midterm. 

October 27 - OK, so I forgot about the quiz.  I will have the quiz now on Tuesday.  Same topic, bonds and bond valuation.  There is also a homework assignment for Monday on Chapter 8.  The IC for Chapter 9 has been delayed until Thursday.   

October 25 - Just a quick reminder.  There is no homework assignment for Thursday, but there will be a quiz on bonds and bond valuation. 

October 13 - I just posted solutions to the last two homework assignments and the quiz from today.  I also posted the next set of homework problems, which will be due on Tuesday after Fall Break.  Note that we will NOT have class on Thursday the 20th, as I will be out of town.  I will see you again on the 25th.  

October 10 - I am afraid I will need to miss class tomorrow.  Dr. LeCompte will be there in my place to answer questions about Homework 5 and to begin discussing the Chapter 7 Integrated Case (which is still due tomorrow).  In addition, I have posted a homework that will be due on Thursday. 

See you then. 

October 6 - There was an error on my answer key.  If you missed question 29 on the exam, please turn your exam back into me on Tuesday so I can rescore it and give you proper credit.  If you did not miss question 29, know that the answer you gave was incorrect.  Don't worry, I won't ask for the points back.  

October 5 - I just posted the solutions to the Chapter 6 Integrated Case, as well as the PowerPoint slides for Chapter 6.

October 4 - The exam scores are now included on the grades spreadsheet.  Please check over the solutions (posted on the Homework page) and let me know if you have any questions.  The schedule has been updated to reflect the fact that we will NOT have any homework due on Thursday. 

September 28 - Regarding the first midterm tomorrow.  Expect 35-40 multiple-choice/true-false questions with a few of them being open-ended problems.  The exam will cover Chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5, with the heaviest emphasis on Chapters 4 and 5.  You may bring one page of notes. 

Know how to use your financial calculator!

September 27 - I've had several questions about the pre-exam.  The absolute LAST AND FINAL day to take and pass the pre-exam is tomorrow.  You simply go over to the 3rd floor of Grace Wilkie Hall and tell them you need to take the pre-exam for Dr. Longhofer's Finance 340 class. 

Today's homework solutions are now posted.  See you for the midterm on Thursday.

September 22 - The grades spreadsheet is up-to-date with what I have as of this afternoon.  Please work on your homework assignment early, as there will be some problems that are challenging and will take some time.  Also, I encourage you to work on extra problems and bring your questions to class on Tuesday.

September 20 - As announced in class today, the first midterm has been moved to Thursday, September 29.  The next homework assignment will be due on Tuesday the 27th, and we will have quiz that day as well.   

September 15 - Solutions for HW2 are now posted.  Note that HW3 is due Tuesday.  Please try and work through it as best you can.  Note that when the compounding frequency is not annual, you need to change P/Y = number of compounding periods per year and N = Years x number of compounding periods per year in your financial calculator.  We will go through this homework on Tuesday.

September 13 - I updated the homework assignment that is due on Tuesday.  Problems 7 and 18 will not be due until Thursday with HW3. 

September 8 - A student asked if she could turn in Integrated Case #5 on Tuesday. Give our change to the schedule and the fact that we are not very far into the chapter, I will accept IC5 on Tuesday.  (Don't expect me to do this with every chapter however.) 

I have posted the solutions to the homework assignment due today as well as the Integrated Case from Chapter 4; this can be found on the Homework page below the Chapter 4 homework solutions. 

Finally, I have posted the homework problems from Chapter 5 that will be due next Thursday. 

September 6 - I updated the schedule to reflect our pace thus far.  Note that the Integrated Case for Chapter 5 is due on Thursday, along with Homework 1.  We will begin discussing TVM on Thursday, so bring your calculators. 

September 1 - The first homework assignment is now posted.  It covers both the free cash flow material from Chapter 3 and the material from Chapter 4.  It is due next Thursday. 

August 23 - As mentioned this morning, Dr. LeCompte will be teaching Chapter 2 from the text on Thursday, and then the pre-exam will be Tuesday morning.  If you have questions, please e-mail me at stan.longhofer@wichita.edu.

August 20 - I just posted a practice version of the pre-exam you will take in class on the 30th.  I suggest you begin preparing for this exam as soon as possible.  See you Tuesday morning. 

August 1 - Welcome to Finance 340.  I will use this website to post homework assignments, study guides, and general class information. 

Right now the website is under construction, so don't rely on any of the information here until classes begin.  I'll also make an announcement on this page when the website is up to date for this semester. 

For those who don't already know, the text for this course is Brigham and Houston, Fundamentals of Financial Management, 12th Edition, Thomson-Southwestern, 2009. 

You will also need a good financial calculator for this course.  I recommend the TI BA II Plus, the HP 10B II, or the TI-83.  I am familiar with each of these calculators and can help you use them solve problems in class.  Furthermore, each of these calculators is able to do anything you’ll need for any of your other business courses.  But any good financial calculator that can calculate NPVs and IRRs with irregular cash flows will be fine.  Learn how to use your calculator!!!  During the exams, I cannot show you how to use it or adjust its settings. 

Finally, I will often communicate with the class via e-mail using your official WSU addresses (youraddress@wichita.edu).  You can configure this system to forward e-mail to your preferred e-mail system on MyWSU.  I suggest that you do this as soon as possible.  While there, you might also make sure the University has your current phone number.  Every semester there are a few students we need to reach but cannot because the phone number we have is incorrect. 

I would value your ongoing feedback on the course.  This form is completely anonymous, and your comments will help me make this course more interesting and valuable for you.