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Top 10 List “Actions that will lower your project grade ”

Top 10 List “Actions that will lower your project grade ”. FIN 449 Spring 2013. #10!. Make “conclusions” based on one (or no) year of financial data!. #9. Copy tables from Yahoo!. #8. Be non-objective!. #7. “See Table x!”. #6. Copy text from a company’s 10-K filing!. #5.

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Top 10 List “Actions that will lower your project grade ”

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  1. Top 10 List“Actions that will lower your project grade” FIN 449 Spring 2013

  2. #10! Make “conclusions” based on one (or no) year of financial data!

  3. #9 Copy tables from Yahoo!

  4. #8 Be non-objective!

  5. #7 “See Table x!”

  6. #6 Copy text from a company’s 10-K filing!

  7. #5 Be an “underpants gnome!” (sorry for the South Park reference)

  8. #4 Have a “bad transparency” day!

  9. #3 Produce only one value!

  10. #2 “Slap your paper together” at the last minute!

  11. And the #1 Way to Lower Your Grade Avoid ever mentioning the “main point” of the project!

  12. One other issue worth mentioning Don’t be a “slacker!”

  13. What are some things you SHOULD do? (in no particular order) • Use the macro I provided. • Incorporate plenty of financial data into your paper (and not just in the valuation section). • Start paper/sections/paragraphs with “main ideas.” • Substantiate your ideas (don’t rely on bullet points). • Take the time to read and edit what your teammates write.

  14. Continued • Take the time to organize your content. • Pick financial metrics to track and use these throughout your paper. • Communicate and cooperate with teammates as much as possible in the next week. • Turn in a professional document.

  15. Some general feedback – reflections on presentations past and present • Simple description of business model • Summarize story before moving into forecasting • Define and track big-picture metrics • Relative valuation metrics • Effectiveness of sensitivity analyses

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