Corporate Finance: Newsletter – February 25, 2012

Where we are in classÉ

Where you should be in the projectÉ

Data NotesÉ

To get a rough measure of the performance of your stock relative to its sector and the market, visit the Morningstar site (enter the index in the interactive graph to the right)

http://www.morningstar.com/

You can then enter your stock's symbol, and then look up total returns.

You can get an estimate of beta for your company by going to the Reuters site for your company:

http://www..marketguide.com

            To see comparable numbers on Jensen's alphas (over the last 5 years) , betas and R-squared for the sector in which your firm operates, you can visit my web site at:

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/data.html

You can download the data in excel format.

Miscellaneous FAQs

What will this quiz cover?

It will cover the first three chapters and much of the fourth (through betas being weighted averages) of the book and everything in the lecture notes through next WednesdayÕs class.

How can I best prepare for the quiz?

Work through as many problems as you can. The less of a quantitative background you have, the more important it becomes that you do this.