Financial Decision Making

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Problems and cases in financial decision making for non-financial corporations and financial institutions. FIN 475 Financial Decision Making (3)The objective of this course is to tie together the various topics in finance such as corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions & markets. Using the variety of different analytical tools and techniques that students have been exposed to, they will - Evaluate the relationship between profitability and solvency of a firm. - Project the need for short term and long term financing. - Evaluate the various sources of financing and recommend the optimal. - Budget the capital that is raised to identify the profitable projects that capital should be invested in. - Evaluate different dividend policies to maximize value of a firm. - Carefully examine the risk-return tradeoff that portfolio managers face. - Study the relationship between assets and liabilities of financial institutions. - Critically evaluate synergies that are created in mergers and acquisitions.