Formerly Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA)
William Larimer Mellon, Founder
Schenley Park
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3890
United States of America

Pierre Jinghong Liang
Associate Professor of Accounting

Financial Statement Analysis

70-428 Spring 2006 Sections A
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University

 
Instructor: Pierre Jinghong Liang
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Required Texbook: Penman, Stephen, Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation Second Edition, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003 ISBN: 007253317X
 
Course Objectives:
This course is about fundamental analysis using financial statements. We develop and apply technologies for understanding and identifying firm activities that generate shareholder value and for developing valuation benchmarks. The ultimate goal of such analysis is to aid the security valuation and risk analysis exercies. This course is intended to help students establish a good foundation and introduce students the basics of equity and debt analysis techniques.

This course is intended for students who are interested in careers in finance, accounting, consulting, and especially, in security analysts positions in financial services firms. The Tepper MBA counterpart course is " 45-802 financial statements and fundamental analysis."

 
 
   
   


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