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1Introduction: Accounting Scandals, Business Valuation and Market Efficiency
2The Basics of Company Valuation: DCF Foundations Setting the Stage for Using Accounting Information
3Cash Flow Analysis: Is Cash King?
4Using Accounting Earnings for Valuation - Why Earnings and Not Cash Flow?Submit group names and select company for Project
5Comparative Analysis: What Do Analysts Do?
6Turbo Accounting I - A Review of How to Read a Financial StatementHomework #1 Due
7How Companies Cook the Books
8Detecting Earnings Management: Applied Analysis
91) Quiz #1 - In Class

2) Final Guidance/Overview on Part 1 of Project
Optional Review Session scheduled day before Quiz
You must e-mail Part 1 of your team's report to me and to the due diligence team by 5:00 pm the day after class 9.
10Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams"Cash Flow Projections and Earnings Quality"
11Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams"Cash Flow Projections and Earnings Quality"
12Risk Assessment: Do Financial Statements Capture Risk?
13Risk I: Cost of Capital: Is CAPM Dead?
14Risk and Accounting Trading Strategies: Do Investors Understand Accounting?
15Risk II: Accounting #'s in Contracts: Ratio Analysis and Bankruptcy Detection
16Mergers and Acquisitions: Impairment of Goodwill, Writedowns, Private Firm ValuationHomework #2 Due
17Employee Stock Options and Valuation: Should Options be Expensed? Understanding the current debate
181) Quiz #2 - In Class

2) Final Guidance/Overview on Part 2 of Project
Optional Review Session scheduled day before Quiz
19Off Balance Sheet Activities - Deconstructing the Enron Debacle and Beyond
20Pension Plans - The Next Accounting Disaster?
21International Financial Analysis
22Hot Topics in Accounting and Valuation: + CapstoneHomework #3 Due
You must e-mail your team's complete report (Part 1 and Part 2) to me and to the due diligence team by 5:00 pm the day after class 23.
23Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams"Company Valuation and Risk Assessment"
24Analyst Team Presentations and Due Diligence Response by Matched Teams"Company Valuation and Risk Assessment"

 








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