ECON 022 · Financial Economics
Firm financing, financial markets, asset prices and returns, and options and futures. Prerequisites are ECON 001 and ECON 031 or its equivalent.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Swarthmore students.
Swarthmore has no business school, so finance is ECON 022 Financial Economics in the economics department, and accounting is ECON 033 Financial Accounting. ECON 022 needs ECON 001 and ECON 031 or the equivalent. It covers how firms finance operations, asset pricing, and options and futures.
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 033 · Financial Accounting
The accounting course in the department, with ECON 001 as the prerequisite.
Topics
What we cover.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
- How firms finance operations
- Asset pricing
- Options and futures
- Financial accounting (ECON 033)
- Midterm and final exam prep
Swarthmore
Where students get stuck.
Statistics underneath the finance
Because ECON 031 is a prerequisite, exam questions expect comfort with the statistics behind returns and risk. We refresh that part before going on to pricing.
Word problems with extra numbers
Finance questions hide the unknown in a paragraph. We practice finding what is being asked, drawing the timeline, and matching the rate to the payment period before any math.
Knowing which formula to reach for
Most lost points come from picking the wrong setup, not from arithmetic. We sort problems by type so the first move is obvious on exam day.
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.
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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.
My midterm didn't go well. Is it too late to fix it?
No. Send me the exam and I will mark where the points went. Most are lost on setups and wording, which are fixable before the next exam or the final. I can't promise a grade, but there is almost always a clear pattern.
Which calculator can I use in ECON 022?
I could not find a published calculator policy for the course, so check your syllabus. Some finance courses require a financial calculator and others allow only a scientific one, and we practice on the model you will bring.
Is this course taken by students outside finance?
The department offers it in fall, so it draws economics majors and students from other majors who want a finance course. Check your degree requirements for your own major, and bring the course to me either way.
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.
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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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