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Dear Students,
Welcome to my personal page for the course Corporate Finance, created to integrate our Canvas platform, especially to answer your curiosities with extra videos, articles, or notes, or to promote ideas for class discussion and class presentations (in the second module).
The course is focused on Applied Finance, especially on Investment and Financing Decisions.
Level: Post-graduate course
Connect with me (under uppointment): Direct Link in Zoom for CF students
Links for Laboratory, Breakout rooms & Team working
BREAKOUT ROOMS LAB: Here is the Direct Link in Zoom for project work (in groups) and breakout rooms (in case we agree to organize group discussions). Once you are connected, you will be located in a virtual waiting room until all the other attending students are connected and after I will open the session for everybody
Once you connect please RENAME your name, by adding your team group (G1, G2, G3, ecc) BEFORE your NAME SURNAME (for example: G1 NAme Surname)
Alternative Platform (K) for contests that will be organized during the course
Group Project
Topic: Sustainability and Greenwashing: a case analysis (video on Shein recent investigation)
Business Game useful links --5 things to know before the markets open. Please find below other links:
Refinitiv Database (for JH students only)
LSEG Workspace, students of JH can access LSEG, with an account. Go to LSEG Self-Registration Portal. --> Use your Hopkins email in the format “JHEDid@jh.edu.” --> You will receive an email from LSEG in your regular Hopkins email account with a link to complete your registration and set a password. Click the link and enter the required information. --> In the Product selection, choose the AMR (after market research) Add-On option for full access and functionality in Workspace. -->In about 15 minutes, LSEG will send you another email, with a link that will allow you to set your password. For your safety, do not use the same password that you use for your Hopkins account. Once you set up your account and password, access LSEG Workspace through the link above. Choose to use the web version* or install the desktop client. The same ID and password will work for both.
Refinitiv Desktop Application
The LSEG desktop application includes a powerful Excel plugin with features that are not available on the Web Client
You can switch between desktop and web version using same account
To install, choose the download option at LSEG Workspace
Other useful links:
Yahoo Finance --> for basic information and ratio of your company
Best - Worst stocks of the day
Investing.com --> news, graphs, and analysis of graphs --also good for the calendar, & Beta of stocks
Tradingview --> for general information, charts, news, ecc
Forexinfo.it --> news and graphical analysis of news
Finviz --> ratio analysis and fundamental analysis & Other useful information
Portfolio visualizer -- useful for a back-test of a portfolio (to evaluate past trends and guess future)
Fundamental analysis --> Ratios and Z score Risk assessment
Reuters --> comparison with the sector
Proreal time --> Technical analysis
Bloomberg.com --> Good for news
Education
Investopedia.com --> financial education and info on technical analysis
Trend-online.com --> financial education
CALL FOR IDEAS:
HOW CAN WE CREATE A BETTER WORLD?
"Call For Ideas" Section, especially with reference to EQUALITY, INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITY, or, venture philanthropy investment process, impact investing, or valuation of social impact.
Useful links for Class Discussion and Business Ideas Presentations
ESG video & Sustainability
Greenwashing video & Impactwashing
Impact Investing Review 2025: Article (Venture Capital journal) ---> for JH students: Go to Taylor & Francis or use the link ; Scroll down and click "Access through your institution"; Type "Johns Hopkins" in "Type the name of your institution"; Login through your JH ID; then you can click on View PDF.
Are M&As always beneficial? Youtube Video; Related article link
TO THINK ABOUT --- Videos and Useful Links
Series of Videos-Documentaries (to help you think about the topics to select in your class project):
EQUALITY EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
"Inclusion"; Inclusive Education: Australia Model
New Themes on Racing and Equity; SUSTAINABILITY FINANCE
SUSTAINABILITY
ESG Risk Rating -- Video on how it works;
Alternative ESG Rating (alphabetical)
Further useful readings and links
Videoclip samples
Notes:
Before next Class
ATTENTION: BEFORE CLASS 3, please read the chapter of the book suggested for the course.
Week xxx
Laboratory applications on firm performance for firm financing purposes
--> Quick Review of Balance Sheets Income Statement CF Statement The Free Cash Flow
if you need more help on fundamental analysis
--> Ratios and Z score Risk assessment
FURTHER LINKS
Yahoo Finance --> for basic information and ratio of your company
Reuters --> comparison with the sector
Week xx - Research Lab
The class will be divided into various breakout rooms focused on the final group projects
Week xx
Class Presentation and Class Discussion
THE END!!!!!!!
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