LSU has two intro finance courses with similar names. FIN 3715 Business Finance covers capital structure, dividend policy, working capital, and capital budgeting, and the catalog says it is not open to E. J. Ourso College students. FIN 3716 Principles of Finance covers risk and return, time value of money, valuation, and market efficiency.
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Financial management techniques, capital structure and dividend policy, working capital management, capital budgeting, and the institutional and international environment of the firm. Not open to students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business.
Principles of risk and return, time value of money, valuation, and market efficiency. Credit isn't given for both FIN 3715 and FIN 3716.
Why a company would choose more debt or less is one of the harder ideas in the course. We make the tradeoff concrete.
It sounds like a small topic and turns into a lot of exam questions. We make sure the logic is clear.
NPV, IRR, and payback each answer a different question. Knowing which to trust is what the exam tests.
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. A couple of sessions on time value of money makes the first weeks much easier.
Often, yes. Send me the syllabus and we'll see if I'm the right fit.
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.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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