IEMS 326 Economics and Finance for EngineersFall 2012Last modified: Wed Dec 5 14:40:06 CST 2012 |
Lectures: Monday Wednesday Friday 3:00-3:50 in L251 Instructor: Benjamin Armbruster TA: Yaxiong Zeng, yaxiongzeng2015@u.northwestern.edu |
Homework 5 and accompanying spreadsheet and solution
Homework 4 and accompanying spreadsheet and solution
Case 1
Homework 3 and solution
Homework 2 and solution
Homework 1 and solution
Midterm 2 and solutions part 1 and part 2
Formula sheet and practice problems for final.
Notes on bonds
Background information on the financial system 1,
2,
slides,
and notes.
Notes on depreciation.
Lecture 14 slides on IRR and MARR
Midterm 2 formula sheet
Background information on inflation:
wikipedia
and two examples of hyperinflation (
Germany
and
Zimbabwe)
Consumer price index: the official website,
a recent report,
and a spreadsheet with CPI-U values.
Midterm 2 practice problems
Midterm 1 and solutions
Lecture 10 slides
Lecture 9 slides and spreadsheet for oil well decision tree
Lecture 7 slides, notes on simulation,
and a spreadsheet of a mortgage backed security (MBS).
Midterm 1 formula sheet and practice problems
Notes on loans, mortgages, and a mortgage spreadsheet
Spreadsheet demonstrating relative and absolute references.
Notes on time value of money
and annuities
Social Security spreadsheet
Syllabus
Tentative schedule
Wait list information