FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (MBAA 608) Course Syllabus - Fall Semester, 2003

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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (MBAA 608) Course Syllabus - Fall Semester, 2003 Chris Manning, M.B.A., Ph.D., Professor Office Hours: Office: Hilton Bldg. #217 Tuesdays: 3:10-6:10 pm Office Phone: (310) Wednesdays: 3:15-5:15; 6:15-6:45 pm cmanning@lmu.edu Thursdays: 3:10-3:40 pm Secretary: Kathe Segall: (or by appointment) Course Description: Financial planning and analysis for businesses emphasizing long-term investment, securities valuation, risk vs. return analysis, financial markets, long-term and short-term financing alternatives, and working capital management. Prerequisites: MBAA 602 (Financial and Managerial Accounting), MBAA 603 (Business Statistics), and MBAA 604 (Business Economics). Required Texts: Brigham, Eugene F. and Michael C. Ehrhardt, Financial Management Theory and Practice, 10th Edition, The Dryden Press, 2002 (Brigham) and MBAA 608 Financial Management Selected Readings and Solutions to Assigned Questions, Problems, and Cases. (Suppl. Text). Recommended: Brigham, Eugene F. and Michael C. Ehrhardt, Study Guide to Accompany Financial Management Theory and Practice, Tenth Edition, The Dryden Press, 2002, and The Wall Street Journal. Calculator Requirement: By the time of the second class meeting, students will need to have a hand-held calculator with the capability of arithmetic functions and the computation of net present values (NPVs) and internal rates of return (IRRs) with "uneven cash flows". The calculator recommended for this course is the Hewlett-Packard (HP) 10B [II] calculator. While the HP 12C is an even better calculator and does everything needed for this course, the HP 10B is significantly less expensive, has an excellent operating manual, and will perform all the financial calculations required of you at LMU. (Note: Laptop computers equipped with MS Excel may be substituted; your Brigham text offers good guidance on doing NPV problems with MS Excel.) Course Objectives: To provide students with the opportunity to learn the language and fundamentals of finance essential for (1) business decision making, (2) maximizing a company s stock price (i.e. shareholder wealth), (3) understanding financial periodicals (i.e. Wall Street Journal), (4) personal financial planning and investments, and (5) taking more advanced finance courses. By the end of the course, students should understand the following: 1. Encouraging students to adopt Professor s philosophy on being successful, making money, becoming wealthy, and making good decisions (in business or otherwise); how they are related to each other as well as one s ethical behavior, health, and contentment; 1

2 2. Major considerations in maximizing shareholder wealth, the primary financial goal of business; 3. Relationship between investment risk and required rates of return; 4. How to make investment decisions involving the time value of money (e.g. valuation of stocks and bonds, chosing among long-term investment opportunities, and valuing a business); 5. Overview of financial markets and institutions; 6. Factors that determine interest rates, both long-term and short-term; 7. Characteristics of stocks and bonds, how the marketplace values each, and estimation of their expected rates of return based upon published market prices; 8. Market equilibrium (given efficient markets) and its application to valuation of stocks, bonds, and corporate long-term investment opportunities; 9. How to financially analyze a company s accounting information, its usefulness, and its limitations; 10. How to evaluate and choose from among multiple long-term investment opportunities; 11. How to determine cash flows relevant for evaluating long-term investment opportunities; 12. What is free cash flow, how is it calculated, and why is it useful; 13. How to calculate a company s cost of capital and why it is useful; 14. How to evaluate long-term investment opportunities that vary in risk; 15. How to determine a business s funding requirements to accomplish it s goals, objectives and business plan; 16. How to determine appropriate capital structure (i.e. debt vs. equity) for different types of businesses; 17. What happens when a company fails (e.g. types of reorganization, priorities in liquidation); 18. Different types of cash and stock distributions to shareholders along with advantages and disadvantages of each; 19. Different types of long-term financing, their sources, and advantages and disadvantages of each; 20. How to manage a company s current assets; 21. Advantages and disadvantages of financing company assets with more short-term vs. long-term funding sources; 22. Costs and appropriateness of different forms of short-term financing. Note: The class schedule is rigorous in that we cover virtually all major financial decisions in a single semester 3-hour course. Therefore, it is imperative that you keep up with the assigned material. No assignments are required to be handed in other than a paper on the last day of class. Thus, you must discipline yourself to keep up with the material and work with other students as needed. Grading: Student work will be evaluated and weighted as follows: Percentage Points Two midterm examinations (each worth 25%) 50.0% 200 Comprehensive final examination 37.5% 150 Paper Due for last class 6.5% 26 Class participation 6.0% 24 Total 100.0% 400 Class participation credit will be based upon the quality and quantity of student oral participation in class, the frequency of a student attending class, and a student's level of 2

3 class preparedness. Getting involved in class discussions, by asking questions and providing answers, will never count against your grade, it can only help you. Letter grades will be awarded according to university standards with the average grade in the class between a B and B+. Make-ups on midterms will only be given in cases of verified illness, death in the immediate family, unavoidable job related responsibilities, and only when arrangements with the Professor have been made in advance of the scheduled midterm. [My home phone number is (310) , and I receive my university at home as well.] Description of Assignments: Assignments will consist of attending and participating in class discussions; readings from textbooks; doing assigned questions, problems, text mini cases, professor's cases, and projects; learning financial management vocabulary and concepts, learning the cash flow system underlying businesses, and learning how to apply financial tools to decision making and problem-solving. You are expected to do assignments prior to the class meeting date for which they are assigned. Class discussions and review of assigned material will focus upon the more challenging text material assigned as well as introducing additional material for which you will be held responsible. To facilitate your class preparation, you will be assigned specific questions, problems, and mini cases at the end of text chapters. The answers to all assignments (along with some additional optional questions and problems) will be found in your MBAA 608 Financial Management Theory and Practice Selected Readings and Solutions to Assigned Questions, Problems, and Cases. Important: Assignments listed in your syllabus are made either as (1) definitely required to be done prior to class (indicated in bold and underlined when particularly important), (2) regular assignments expected of all students seeking more than a minimal passing grade and understanding of finance, and (3) optional readings (indicated as such) as well as optional questions and problems (where extra answers are provided in your supplemental text) for those students seeking a better understanding of finance fundamentals. If you find text material and problems particularly difficult and wish additional practice, the following three options are available to you: First, your textbook authors Study Guide (Brigham, Eugene F. and Michael C. Ehrhardt, Study Guide to accompany Financial Management Theory and Practice, 10th Edition, The Dryden Press, 2002, available at LMU s bookstore), has been found very helpful by earlier MBA students as the problems are easier than the ones at the end of your Brigham textbook chapters. Second, there are optional textbook problems indicated as such where you find the solutions provided in your supplemental text for problems not assigned. Third, there are additional self-test problems at the end of each chapter in your Brigham textbook (with answers found in Appendix A at the back of your textbook Since we will not have sufficient class time to review all text-reading assignments and do all assigned problems, it is imperative that you keep up with the assignments and ask questions on those things not clear to you from your readings and problem solving. You are strongly encouraged to study with other students in the class and work assigned problems and cases together in advance of class where it will save you time in learning. On occasion, faculty colleagues visit each other's classes for ideas to improve teaching effectiveness. Please, don't let such visits distract you from class discussions and learning. 3

4 CLASS SCHEDULE FOR SEMESTER (BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) BLOCK I: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THEORETICAL FOUNDATION August 27, 2003: Topics: (1) Financial Perspective of Business, (2) Business Organizations, (3) Primary Goals in Business, (4) Cash Flows, and (5) Taxation August 29, 2003 is the last day for late registration and program changes.) September 3, 2003: Topics: (1) Cash Flows, (2) Taxation, and (3) Financial Markets, Institutions, and Interest Rates Readings: Chapter 1 (pp. 6-10; pp are most important; but read entire chapter); and Chapter 2 (pp are most important; but read entire chapter); and Chapter 5 (pp ; ; ; are the most important pages); Supplemental Text Sheets: The Business System: An Overview, Generalized Overview of Financial Statements, and Shareholder Value Creation in a Cash Flow Context and Optional Articles: "Industry Profile: Dipping Economy no Threat to Financial Services Professionals, "How To Make More Good Decisions", "Wealth Is Much More Than Money", & "Success Is Much More Than Wealth." Assignment: Chapter 1: Ques. 1-2, 1-8; and Chapter 2: Ques. 2-5, 2-11, 2-15; and Probs. 2-2, 2-6 and Chapter 2: Mini Case (Parts a, b, c, d, j, n, o, p, r and t) Chapter 5: Questions 5-6, 5-7; and Problem 5-2. September 10, 2003: Topics: Financial Markets, Interest Rates, and Time Value of Money Theory Readings: Chapter 8 (pp ; ; ) Assignment: Chapter 8: Questions 8-2, 8-5 and Problems 8-1, 8-2, 8-3; 8-4a-c; 8-5a-c, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-10, 8-11a, 8-12; 8-13, 8-15 thru 8-17, 8-18, September 17, 2003: Topic: (1) Risk vs. Return and (2) Bonds and Their Valuation Readings: Chap. 6 (pp ; ; ; ; ; most important, but read over the entire chapter) and Chapter 9 (pp ; ; ; ) and four Articles: Widows, Orphans Beware: Treasurys Aren t Quite as Safe as You Think, 4

5 Some Companies Weather Squeeze on Credit, A Deluge of Debt Downgrades... and Moody s and S&P, Singed by Enron,.... Assignment: Chapter 6: Questions 6-3, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7; and Problems 6-3, 6-4, 6-8, 6-12; and Chapter 9: Questions 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-7; and Problems 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, and 9-13 September 24, 2003: Topics: (1) Common Stock and (2) Efficient Markets Readings: Chapter 10 (pp ; ; ; ; 407; and Chapter 21 (pp and 814 only) and Articles: Bottom-Line Blues: Refocusing on the Basics (!%$#!) Basics, While Economy Lifts, Severe Profit Crunch Haunts Companies, Valuations Are Likely to Bar Repeat of 90s Heady Gains, No-Load Fund Investor Secular Markets, Goldman Study of Stocks' Rise in 80s Poses a Big Riddle," and How Jacobs and Levy Crunch Stocks for Buying and Selling. (Optional: No-Load Fund Investor: Five Basic Insights ) Assignment: Chapter 10: Questions 10-2 through 10-6; and Problems 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, and Chap. 10 Mini Case [Parts a, b, c, d(1), d(2), e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m] October 1, 2003: First Midterm Examination BLOCK II: STRATEGIC LONG TERM INVESTMENT AND FINANCING DECISIONS October 8, 2003: Topic: (1) Cost of Capital and (2) Capital Budgeting Fundamentals and Decision Rules Readings: Chapter 11 (pp ; ; ; ; ; ; remaining pages in this chapter are low priority optional reading); Chapter 13 (pp ; [omit discounted payback period on pp ]; Also read ; and ); Supplemental Text Sheets: Components of Investor Return and Problem Definition Assignment: Chapter 11: Questions 11-2,11-3(a-c, f-j), 11-5 and Problems 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 11-11, and 11-12; and Chapter 11 Mini Case (omit part o) and Chapter 13: Questions 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6 and Problems 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 3-6, 13-10, 13-13, 13-15, and Chapter 13 Mini Case (omit parts c(3), c(4), and i thru l) 5

6 October 15, 2003: Topics: (1) Corporate Valuation, (2) Cash Flow Estimation, and (3) Risk Analysis Readings: Chapter 12 (pp. 461; ; ) and Chapter 14 (pp. 546; ; ; ; and ; Assignment: Chapter 12: Problems 12-1 thru 12-4; 12-8, 12-9, and and Chapter 12 Mini Case (parts a-c, d-f only) Chapter 14: Questions 14-2 thru 14-5 and Problems 14-4, 14-6 and Chapter 14 Mini Case (Parts a-h(1); h(3); i(1); and m only); and Spreadsheet problem optional and Professor's Case #1: Sailboat Charter Business Opportunity (very important) October 22, 2003: Topics: (1) Capital Structure and (2) Financial Statement Analysis Readings: Chap. 16: (pp ; ; pp ) & Chap. 17 (p. 683); Chap. 3: (all) Supplemental Text: Illustration of Financial Leverage Advantage, Questions to Answer Through Financial Analysis, Example of Industry Ratios, and Another View of Accounting and Cash Flow Performance and Articles: The Dead Weight of Debt, Why Business is Crazy for Debt, Telecom-Sector Debt May Claim More Victims, and Climb in Corporate Debt Trips Alarm. Assignment: Chapter 3: Ques. 3-2, 3-3, 3-5, 3-7, 3-9 and Problems 3-3, 3-13, 3-15, and Chapter 3 Mini Case (omit parts f & i; focus on h,j & l); and Financial Analysis of Martin Mfg. Case (found in your suppl. text); Chapter 16: Questions: 16-4, 16-5, 16-7, 16-8, 16-10, 16-11; In addition, you should discuss the financial leverage illustrations in your texts with other students in this class to insure your comprehension of this material as there are no assigned problems on financial leverage; and Optional work: Professor's Case #2: Is Your LMU MBA Really Worth the Cost? October 29, 2003: Topics: (1) Real Options, (2) Long-Term Financial Planning, and (3) Shareholder Distributions Reading: Chapter 15 (pp ; ; and ); and Chapter 4 (pp ; ; ; ; ) 6

7 Chapter 18 (pp ; ; pp ) and four Articles: Dividends, Not Growth, Is Wave of the Future, Microsoft Has the Cash, and Holders Suggest A Dividend, Don t Forget to Remember Dividends and Citigroup Raises Dividend 75%; Other Companies Could Follow. Assignment: Chapter 15: Problems 15-4, 15-6 (a-d); Chapter 4: Questions 4-2,4-3,4-4, 4-5; & Chapter 4: Mini Case (parts a-e); & Probs. 4-11; 4-12; Chapter 18: Questions 18-2e, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-7; and Problems 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-8, 18-9(a&b), and Chapter 18 Mini-case (parts a, b, c, e, f, g) October 31, 2003: Last day to withdraw from class with grade of "W". November 5, 2003: Second Midterm Examination BLOCK III: LONG TERM FINANCING ALTERNATIVES AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT November 12, 2003: Topic: Where Do Companies Go For Financing To Grow? Readings: Chapter 19 (pp ; ; ; ) and Chapter 21 (pp , 824) and you should also review Chap. 5 (pp ), Chap 9 (pp ; 345; ), and Chap 10 (pp ; ); And Supplemental Text Article: The Man With the Money. Assignments: Chapter 19: Question 19-6 a&b & Problem 19-3 (omit parts c & g) Chapter 21: Questions 21-2 thru 21-5a&b; Problems 21-1 and 21-2; and Professor s Case #3 (Part A): Loyola Oil Bond Refunding Problem November 19, 2003: Topics: (1) Risk Management, (2) Bankruptcy, (3) Corporate Restructuring and (3) Long-Term Investment Decision Making Integrated (Case #5) Readings: Chapter 24: (Read entire chapter [pp ] except for Structured Notes and Inverse Floaters [pp ]); and Chapter 25: (pp ; [pp optional]; and pp , pp ); Chapter 26: (pp ; ; ; ) and Supplemental Text: What Can Happen to Company When Insolvency in Bankruptcy Occurs, and Five Articles: A Long, Sad Chapter 11 in History: Bankruptcies in 2002 Set Record, The Outlook: Chapter 11 Is Becoming A More Popular Read, Mergers: Why Most Big Deals Don t Pay Off and Why Oligopolies Are on the Rise. Assignment: Professor s Case #3 (Part B): Loyola Oil Bond Refunding Problem and 7

8 Chapter 24: Questions 24-1 through 24-4 and Chapter 25: Questions 25-3, 25-4, 15-5, 25-6 and Prob & 25-3, and Professor s Case #4: Liquidation Under Bankruptcy Problem Professor s Case #5: Clinton Computer Corporation Comprehensive Case Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Mini Case (parts b thru h, j, k, l); and for more practice: Acquisition Problems Set #1: Problems 2, 5, and 6 November 26, 2003: Topics: (1) Working Capital Management and (2) Short-Term Financing Readings: Chapter 22: (pp ); and Chapter 23: (pp ; ) Supplemental Text Reading: Managing Operating Funds (4 sheets) and Articles: A Dwindling Supply of Short-Term Credit Plagues Corporations, Uncertainty Makes Capital More Elusive Companies Feel Consequences of Borrowing for Short-term, Fewer Banks Mean Costlier Credit Lines, and Fishing For Financing Assignment: Chapter 23: Questions 23-4; 23-5; 23-6; 23-7; 23-9; 23-10; and Prob. ST-1, and Problems 23-1, 23-5; 23-8a-c, 23-11, 23-13, and Chapter 23 Mini Case (parts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h); December 3, 2003: Topics: (1) The Cash Budget, (2) Current Asset Management, and (3) "How is this all relevant to your world today?" Reading: Chapter 22 (pp ) Assignment: Chapter 22: Questions 22-6, 22-7, 22-8, 22-11; and Problems 22-1, 22-5, 22-9, 22-11, and Chap. 22 Mini Case Be able to answer the question: What would you do as CEO to increase Ski s shareholder s wealth and why? and In addition, individual students will write (and turn in) a brief paper (under two pages doublespaced and typed), illustrating in depth one example of how this course has been relevant to your understanding of today's world. Your illustration may be (1) work related, (2) reflect a change in how you view your personal finances, (3) a financial analysis of a company, (4) an economic and financial review of a recent corporate restructuring (e.g. merger, acquisition, spin off, divestiture, etc.) or (5) a critical evaluation of a recent article demonstrating your financial insight acquired from this course. The best individual student paper discussed in class tonight, within each small group of 6 students, will be presented to the entire class following the break. (Good oral presentations will count significantly toward class participation credit.) December 10, 2003: Comprehensive Final Examination. 8