| 1 | Introduction: Accounting Scandals, Business Valuation and Market Efficiency (PDF) |
| 2 | The Basics of Company Valuation: DCF Foundations Setting the Stage for Using Accounting Information (PDF) |
| 3 | Cash Flow Analysis: Is Cash King? (PDF) |
| 4 | Using Accounting Earnings for Valuation - Why Earnings and Not Cash Flow? (PDF) |
| 5 | Comparative Analysis: What Analysts Do? (PDF) |
| 6 | Turbo Accounting I - A Review of How to Read a Financial Statement (PDF) |
| 7 | How Companies Cook the Books (PDF) |
| 8 | Detecting Earnings Management: Applied Analysis (PDF) |
| 9 | 1) Quiz #1 - In Class
2) Final Guidance/Overview on Part 1 of Project |
| 10 | Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams |
| 11 | Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams |
| 12 | Risk Assessment: Do Financial Statements Capture Risk? (PDF) |
| 13 | Risk I: Cost of Capital: Is CAPM Dead? (PDF) |
| 14 | Risk and Accounting Trading Strategies: Do Investors Understand Accounting? (PDF) |
| 15 | Risk II: Accounting Numbers in Contracts: Ratio Analysis and Bankruptcy Detection (PDF) |
| 16 | Mergers and Acquisitions: Impairment of Goodwill, Writedowns, Private Firm Valuation (PDF) |
| 17 | Employee Stock Options and Valuation: Should Options be Expensed? Understanding the current debate (PDF) |
| 18 | 1) Quiz #2 - In Class
2) Final Guidance/Overview on Part 2 of Project |
| 19 | Off Balance Sheet Activities - Deconstructing the Enron Debacle and Beyond (PDF) |
| 20 | Pension Plans - The Next Accounting Disaster? (PDF) |
| 21 | International Financial Analysis (PDF) |
| 22 | Hot Topics in Accounting and Valuation: + Capstone (PDF) |
| 23 | Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams |
| 24 | Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams |