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Money and Banking
Announcements
- Reminder:
A written book review is due 7 days after your panel discussion. There are two exceptions:
1)
Since the panel discussion on Random Walk was so early,
participants may turn in their book reviews as late as the end of this
week.
2) Seven days after the panel discussion on
Sowell's Housing Boom and Bust is the day before Thanksgiving, so
students who are reading and discussing that book may submit their book
review to me by Wednesday December 2. - Book reviews should be in the form of a Microsoft Word file, emailed to me. Suggested
length is 5 pages of double-spaced text (not including cover sheet),
but I'm more interested in quality than quantity.
- A
good book review is critical as opposed to merely summative. A
great source for guidance on writing good reviews is this site. Also, this overview page is brief but has valuable wisdom. One
final thought: In the unlikely event you are tempted to pattern
your book review off of a published review of the same book by a
professional reviewer, don't. It's unethical. Saving a few
hours of work is not worth compromising your integrity, even if
you have extraordinary demands on your time.
- I've
posted a study guide for the Final Exam which, so far, covers Chapters
10 and 11. See below under "handouts & virtual handouts."
Password required to open file.
- Here are my notes on the foreign exchange market.
- Click here for the one-page handout on writing discussion questions, which I passed out in class on Monday Nov 2.
Syllabus
Daily Indicator
- Schedule of upcoming student presentations
- Sites with calendars of indicators by release date
- A site I visit often for data and graphs
- Reputable blogs that interpret indicators
- How I'll score your presentation
- Rubric for evaluating presentations
- This is probably a bit too fancy for something that isn't a huge part
of your grade, but I'm trying to get into the habit of using rubrics
like this for grading papers and presentations, and making them
available to students in advance so students will have the best
possible idea of the instructor's expectations.
Book review and panel discussion
- Click here for the one-page handout on writing discussion questions, which I passed out in class on Monday Nov 2.
- Book assignments:
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton Malkiel
Panel discussion date: Wednesday, November 11
Students: Andrastek, Brown, Grosskopf, Kaseska, Torcaso
Your book review and panel discussion should focus on Chapters 1-11. You need not read Chapters 12-15. - A Failure of Capitalism, by Richard Posner
Panel discussion date: Wednesday, December 2
Dickerson, Milano, Smith - The Housing Boom and Bust, by Thomas Sowell
Panel discussion date: Wednesday, November 18
Connolly, Crandall, Khoshbin, Koeneman, Schranck - Fool's Gold, by Gillian Tett
Panel discussion date: Wednesday, December 9
Basalone, Kempton, Maclaughlin, Rombalski
- You will need to purchase, borrow, or otherwise acquire rent a copy of your assigned book.
Homework
- How your homeworks are scored: Each HW is worth up to 10 possible points.
10 = A+ = surpassed my expectations
9 = A/A- = very good work on all parts
8 = B = good attempt on all parts, good work on most parts
7 = C = some work good, others not so good and/or a few parts missing
1-6 = D or less = substantial portions missing and/or most work is far from correct - HW1, due 11:00pm 9/23 Answers to HW1
- HW2, due 8:00pm 10/6. instructions, Excel file Answers to HW2
- HW3, due 8:00pm Tuesday 11/3.
Resources
Good sources for data and information
Handouts and "virtual handouts"
- Here
is where I will post handouts I distribute in class and "virtual
handouts" for you to read on your computer or print out and add to your
notes.
- The daily indicator, Wednesday Sept 9.
- Here
are the other data graphs I presented on Wed Sept 9 (interest rates,
house prices, foreclosures, stock market, a few others)
- The daily indictator, Friday Sept 11
- Excel file with present value calculations from class, Mon Sept 21
- Note on Good Graphing Practices, a summary of lessons from our class discussion on Wed Sept 30.
- Worksheet on the Loanable Funds Model, distributed in class on Friday Oct 2.
- Partial study guide for Exam 1, updated October 4, now includes Chapters 1-4
- Data on the term structure and risk structure, from class Monday Oct 5
- Here's
the yield curve practice problem I wrote on the board at the end of
class today (Wed Oct 7), including the solution. It's an Excel
file, you can change the 1-year interest rates in the first table and
it will recalculate all the answers for you.
- Here's the October 27 version of the study guide for Exam 2, which now contains Chapters 5, 7, and 8.
- Handout on Chapter 9, distributed in class on Wed Nov 4.
- Click here for the discussion questions on A Random Walk Down Wall Street - password protected
- Partial study guide for the Final Exam (Chapters 10 & 11 so far) - password protected
Your midterm exams
Last year's midterm exams
- Here
are the actual midterm exams from the last time I taught this course.
I provide them to you with important disclaimers. Please read and
understand each one before accessing the old midterm exams.
- When
preparing for your exams, do not rely too heavily on these old exams.
I don't always teach the course exactly the same way - the order and
selection of topics may change, the way I present some of them may
change, and the textbook may change.
- The old final exam is not available. Don't ask for it.
- The answer key for each exam is at the end of the file.
- Exam 1 (the answer key is at the end of the file)
- Exam 2
- Answer key for Exam 2
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