Finance 535 Resources

• Syllabus: Spring 2000.
• Schedule: Spring 2000.
• Lecture Notes and Announcements:
  • IRS depreciation rules.
  • Prototype Mid-term Exam
  • Key to Prototype Midterm Exam
  • Key to Problem Set 2
  • Final Exam.
  • Link to a Real Options Cite. Check out the Business Week Article on the Importance of Real Options.
  • Paper for April 12, 2000 Class. Be advised that Sections 2.2 and 2.3 are mostly review at this point. Added on 4-10-00 (as promised).
  • Paper for Last Week of Classes.(Select the 2nd choice under the Academic Heading: ``Using Real Options to Frame the IT Investment Problem.'')
  • Power Point Slides
    • For May 1, 2000.
    • For May 3, 2000.

  • Course Datasets and Excel Worksheets:
    • 2 Examples on Standard Capital Budgeting (Spreadsheet).
    • Spreadsheet with Lectures on Option Pricing.
    • Key to Problem Set 1.
    • Spreadsheet that demonstrates the binomial approximation to a terminal lognormal.
    • Entry, Exit, Lay-up and Scrapping (spreadsheet).
    • Streamlining binomial trees (spreadsheet).
    • Macros that can build a variety of trees (spreadsheet).
    • Streamlining binomial trees 2 -- To Produce the graphs. (Spreadsheet). (Added after 4-5-00 class.)
    • Macros for the Point-of-Sale Debit Case