ECON 1710 · Investments I
How asset markets work, pricing stocks, bonds, options, and futures, risk and return, CAPM, portfolio management, and market efficiency.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Brown students.
At Brown, finance runs through Economics. ECON 1710 Investments and ECON 1720 Corporate Finance are the foundation that every advanced finance course builds on.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
ECON 1720 · Corporate Finance
Capital budgeting, risk, securities issuance, capital structure, dividends, compensation, mergers and acquisitions, and LBOs.
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Where students get stuck.
Options and futures
Derivatives appear early in ECON 1710. We make payoffs and pricing intuitive before the math gets heavy.
M&A and LBOs
The deal topics at the end of ECON 1720 pull everything together. We build them from the basics.
Open Curriculum gaps
With no required courses, some students arrive without accounting. We fill in what the course assumes.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
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On Zoom
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
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Before we finish
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
Questions
Before you book.
I haven't taken accounting. Can I still do well in ECON 1720?
Yes. We cover the accounting you need as it comes up.
Do you help with advanced finance electives?
Yes. Send me the syllabus and we'll start there.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
Get started
Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
Book your first sessionOnline Finance Tutor is an independent tutoring service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Brown University. Course names are used only to describe the material we cover.