The Coursepack will serve as the primary set of readings for this course. Students should first focus their readings on material from the textbook and then the spreadsheets and slides. Additional readings, should there be any, can be linked to below. Some of these readings may be particularly useful for students who are experiencing difficulties with the lectures and Coursepack. In addition, there are more exercises in the Finance 0003 Additional Problems page . Students who are interested in more advanced or other readings in finance not necessarily related to this course can link to Professor Teall's recommended readings . There may also be a few readings on this recommended list that would be useful for this course. Readings will be added here from time-to-time.
The material here is provided in *.pdf format which can be downloaded by selecting the appropriate links. After downloading, you will need to access this material with Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you do not have this program, it can be downloaded without cost by linking to Adobe's site , selecting the "Get Acrobat Reader link" and following instructions. Feel free to report any difficulties to or obtain any needed assistance from John Teall .
Check this page regularly because more materials will be added as the term progresses.
Links to Additional Readings and Problems
Perhaps the most important set of readings for this course is from the Readings and Coursepack . Exercises and
solutions follow each chapter. Additional readings are suggested
here. Other readings that might be helpful will be listed below should
their need arise:
I. INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF PREREQUISITE TOPICS
All students enrolled in Finance 0003 should ensure that
they have adequate preparation in introductory mathematics.
Reviews are available for the course as follows
Review of prerequisite very basic quantitative material:
2 Review of Elementary Mathematics:
Functions and Operations
2.A Introduction
2.B Variables, Equations and Inequalities
2.C Exponents
Application
2.1 Interest and Future Value
2.D Order of Arithmetic Operations and Rules
of Algebra
Application 2.2
Initial Deposit Amounts
2.E The Number e
2.F Logarithms
Application
2.3 Time Needed to Double One’s Money
2.G Subscripts
2.H Summations
Application
2.4 Mean Values
2.I Double Summations
2.J Products
Application
2.5 Geometric Mean Return
Application
2.6 The Term Structure of Interest Rates
2.K Factorial Products
Application
2.7 Deriving the Number e
2.L Permutations and Combinations
Exercises
Appendix 2.A An Introduction to the Excel Spreadsheet
3 Review of Elementary
Mathematics:
Algebra and Solving Equations
3.A Algebraic Manipulations
Application
3.1 Purchase Power Parity
Application
3.2 Finding Break-Even Production Levels
Application
3.3 Spot and Forward Interest Rates
3.B The Quadratic Formula
Application
3.4 Finding Breakeven Production Levels
Application
3.5 Finding the Perfectly Hedged Portfolio
3.C Solving Systems of Equations Containing
Multiple Variables
Application
3.6 Pricing Factors
Application
3.7 External Financing Needs
3.D Geometric Expansions
Application
3.8 Money Multipliers
3.E Functions and Graphs
Application
3.9 Utility of Wealth
Exercises
Appendix 3.A Solving Systems of Equations on a Spreadsheet
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