August 18th, 2009
Wall St. Training Self-Study Instructor, Hamilton Lin, CFA discusses and compares and contrasts the drivers of value of capital structure changes from a financial point of view. First we run through a comparison to share repurchases and the lack of value creation and then provide counter-arguments of cost of capital, funding costs and opportunity costs [...]
August 14th, 2009
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August 12th, 2009
Wall St. Training Self-Study Instructor, Hamilton Lin, CFA illustrates the logic behind balancing financial models (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement) via the Debt Sweep and Interest Schedule. In addition, we cover how a circular reference arises due to the average balance calculation for interest. In our Advanced Financial Modeling courses, we explain [...]
July 28th, 2009
On October 2, 2008, Dean Glenn Hubbard, Senior Vice Dean Chris Mayer, and Professors Bruce Greenwald and Pierre Collin-Dufresne discussed the banking crisis and responded to questions from MBA students at Columbia Business School. The panelists addressed the turmoil among financial institutions, the government’s efforts to agree upon a bailout strategy and the potential effects [...]
July 20th, 2009
Wall St. Training Self-Study Instructor, Hamilton Lin, CFA digs into a common mistake by finance and valuation professionals — the inclusion of capital leases as a form of debt. While certain industries (airlines and real estate) are the exceptions, by and large, when valuing companies, one should not include capital leases as debt in Total [...]