Finance Forum

Bonaventure Finance Forum

The Department of Finance and the Career Center are sponsoring this year's Bonaventure Finance Forum on Wednesday, March 1 and Thursday, March 2 in which a dozen alumni with financial-related business experience come to campus to interact with students via several venues and forums. The event will kick off on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the Doyle Trustees Room with a panel discussion on Managing Your Career and is open to all students. Immediately following the panel discussion (which will allow opportunities for students to ask questions), we will hold a networking reception so that you might interact with our guests on a more intimate basis and begin building your network.

On Thursday, our guest will visit classes, conduct practice interviews, conduct actual interviews for internship and entry-level positions, and lead small group discussions. Juniors and seniors are particularly encouraged to participate in practice and actual interviews, which will be announced and coordinated through the Career Center this week. Contact Professor Stephen Horan (shoran@sbu.edu ) for a list of topics and times for the small group discussions.

some suggested audio

Here are some audio that should help you:

Short(10-15 min-non class) discussions:

1. On the Nexus of Contracts and REMM behavior
2. On Market Efficiency
3. On Behavorial Finance
4. On allocational Efficiency


Links to classes to follow

More suggested problems

Here are some problems for MBA 610...


Chapter 14 14.1, 14.4, 14.7

Chapter 15 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.9, 15.10,15.14, 15.15, 15.18


Enjoy! :)

TEST DATE FOR MBA 610

WE REALLY need to pick a date...

some want it before break, others after. I am indifferent.

So, I guess we will have a vote on Monday in class...The tuesday vote was a tie.

Suggested homework problems for MBA 610

Here you go:

Chapter 12: Questions and Problems 12.1, 12.2,12.3,12.4,12.6,12.7,12.13,12.16

Chapter 13: Questions and Problems 13.2, 13.3,13.5,13.13,13.14,13.16,13.21,13.22,13.23

have fun!

Bear Stearns Internship

Internship Opportunity with Bear Stearns. This opportunity is available to all Finance and Accounting majors. This internship will provide compensation and academic credit. Please submit Resumes to Professor Premo's office in Room 219 Murphy by noon on Tuesday, February 20, 2006. This is a great opportunity, please take advantage.

fin 422 virtual stock exchange

http://game.marketwatch.com/Competitions/CompetitionRules.asp?ShortName=BonaFinance

MBA 610--CLASS ONE IS ONLINE

HERE YOU GO class one

It will open as an MP3 file.

Microsoft Outlook Web Access

Free practice GRE, GMAT and LSAT exams will be offered in February

A representative from Kaplan will once again be offering FREE practice GRE, GMAT and LSAT exams on the St. Bonaventure campus. When:

Wednesday, Feb. 15
GMAT @ 6 p.m.
LSAT @ 6:15 p.m.
GRE @ 6:30 p.m.

Pre-registration with the Career Center is required. Register in person by visiting the Career Center, Rm 216 RC, by phone at 375-2384 or e-mail at career@sbu.edu At the time of registration, please provide the following information: name, major, year, phone, preferred test. Registration deadline is Monday, Feb. 13.

Connie Whitcomb, Director The Career Center

Finance 422-NEW CLASSROOM

Good news!

Portfolio Management (FIN 411) Class will now meet in RC 101. :)

YEAH!!

Clicker codes for MBA 610 Spring 2006

Class codes for MBA 610 to use clickers (go to Einstruction.com)

Section 1: I16738K863 (Monday class)
Section 2: G16739L785 (Tuesday class)

St. Bonaventure University:

St. Bonaventure University:: "13 Tues..........................Undergraduate Final Examinations
Exam Time Class Meeting Hour
8:00 AM-10:30 AM MWF 10:30 AM
10:35 AM- 1:05 PM MWF 8:30 AM
1:10 PM- 3:40 PM TTH 1:00 PM
3:45 PM- 6:15 PM OPEN

14 Wed............................ Undergraduate Final Examinations
Exam Time Class Meeting Hour
8:00 AM-10:30 AM MWF 9:30 AM
10:35 AM- 1:05 PM OPEN
1:10 PM- 3:40 PM TTH 2:30 PM
3:45 PM- 6:15 PM OPEN

15 Thur............................ Undergraduate Final Examinations
Exam Time Class Meeting Hour
8:00 AM-10:30 AM MWF 3:30 PM
10:35 AM- 1:05 PM MWF 11:30 AM
1:10 PM- 3:40 PM TTH 10:00 AM
3:45 PM- 6:15 PM OPEN"

Case Study - LTCM-Long-Term Capital Management

Here is the LTCM case we spoke of in class.

Heather Densmore: Landing That Internship

Given all of our discussion on internships, here is some outside validation of their importance.
From Business Week:
Heather Densmore: Landing That Internship: "My main goal for the summer was to learn as much as possible about the real-estate investment industry and, fortunately for me, it seemed that Invesco was equally intent on this and provided numerous learning opportunities"

Class announcements

The test for Fin 301 is Thursday Nov. 17, 2005 in Plassman 200 at 6:30PM
The test for Fin 401 is Monday Nov. 21, 2005 in Plassman 200 at 6:30 PM

* Office hours will be canceled On Wednesday.

* Please come to class with questions for the review session.

New Podcasts of class notes (not review, full length) are now online.

Office hours on Wed.

Office hours on Wed (10/25/05) will be pushed back about 30minutes. I can not make it until just after 2PM I will stay longer by 30 minutes as well.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

From Career Services

Wed 7:00 pm info session for internship with DB.

also

The following employer has been added to the On-campus Recruiting schedule.

(Please submit résumés to the Career Center by noon on the due date.)

Buffamante, Whipple, Buttafaro CPA -- Accountant -- Accounting majors

Résumés due: Oct. 26

REMINDER -- Résumé Due Dates:

Oct. 25 -- Manning & Napier -- Financial Analyst; Intern -- Finance, Accounting majors

Upcoming Event:

JobQuest 2005

WNY Regional Career Fair

Tuesday, Nov. 1

3 - 6 p.m.

HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY

Pre-register with the Career Center, by Oct. 27, if you'd like to attend this job/internship fair and be entered in a prize drawing! All SBU students are invited to attend this upcoming event. (Additional details can be obtained by stopping in room 216 RC.)

New Podcasts are up

Podcasts for each class were just uploaded. Not sure why the 401 is not showing up right now, but it says it tis there.

From Career services

The timing for this is excellent since no one has class!

"On-campus Recruiting Orientation

Wednesday, October 19

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Room 216 RC

Students who wish to participate in the recruiting process this Fall are encourage to attend this additional On-campus Recruiting Orientation being offered Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the Career Center. Attendance at this presentation will help you become informed about, and eligible for, upcoming, on-campus interview opportunities coordinated by the Career Center. "

Finance 301 Excel project #2

Your next excel project is to apply what we have learned in a corporate finance setting and apply it to our personal life.

So you will need to project out earnings, expenses, savings, and investments over the rest of your life.

This is not a project you want to wait until the last minute! It is Due Nov. 11th. I put an example (not a particularly explemary one, but an example none the less) on the 301 mainpage.

As a starting point, you will have to project out your earnings. Be sure to document where your numbers come from. This will involve some outside research.

For instance, why you think your stating salary is whatever you state it to be. Roberthalf.com may be a starting point in this. Similarly, for all expense items. For instance, if you plan on living in San Francisco or NYC do not tell me you think you will live on $400 a month rent.

Social Security income and expenses can be found online, but expect the taxs to go up and teh income to go down.

For investments, you will need to break it down into taxable and non taxable retirement accounts. And also realize your return is dependent on allocation, so Iwill need to see both. And again, do not make unrealistic assumptions such as I will invest in CDs and earn 7% above inflation.

The project is about 2/3rds excel. You will also have to give a write up of key assumptions, what could go right or wrong (i.e. what you should be worrying about financially) and what you can do to protect yourself. Finally it should contain a section on what you learned from the project. Total write up should be less than 4 pages (double spaced) plus one page of sources.

Again, it is due November 11th. Submission on both paper and electronically.