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FINC-551 Financial Markets
Fall only
Additional content will be added soon to reflect the changes to the new curriculum.
MBA Core
In FINC 551, and FINC 557 we shall take the perspective of a high-level executive (CEO, CFO) and we shall focus extensively on a specific scarce resource which economists call CAPITAL and you and I call cash or money. We know cash is scarce - after all we would all like to have more cash/capital. Since there is not enough capital to go around - how is it (and how should it) be allocated is the central issue underlying this course. This capital allocation takes place at two levels - First, capital is allocated by capital markets across the wider economy (e.g. corporations such as Starbucks, IBM, Gap etc., as well as Federal, State, and Local governments). At the second level, capital is allocated to different projects within a corporation (e.g. Ford's decision to invest in a Chinese plant). Thus as a business manager you would be faced with two types of decisions where knowledge of Finance is critical.
•How to gain access to capital? (This decision is the focus of FINANCE I)
•How to invest available capital? (This decision is the focus of FINANCE II)
Credits: 1.5- 1.75
Prerequisites: MBA 1st year students only.
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