FIN 3403 · Financial Management of the Firm
Time value of money, security valuation, and the investment, financing, and dividend decisions of the firm.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Florida State students.
I taught MBA finance at Florida State, so I know the College of Business well. FIN 3403 covers time value of money, security valuation, and the investment, financing, and dividend decisions a firm makes, and every later finance course builds on it.
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.
Florida State
Where students get stuck.
The BA II Plus
Sections typically use a financial calculator. Wrong sign conventions or payment settings cost points on problems you actually understood.
Valuing stocks and bonds
Security valuation is time value of money in disguise. Once that connection lands, the chapter gets much easier.
Capital budgeting
NPV and IRR are simple formulas with a lot of judgment around them. We practice the judgment, not only the button presses.
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
Did you really teach at Florida State?
Yes. I taught MBA-level finance at Florida State University for a year.
Can you help me set up my financial calculator?
Yes. We set it up together and practice until you trust it on exam day.
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.
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