15.535  Business Analysis Using Financial Statements (BAUFS)

Course Evaluation Link

http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/evaluate.html

Please take a few minutes at your convenience and fill in a course evaluation. I am always very interested in getting feedback and hearing about ways to improve the course. Thanks.

Announced on 09 December 2014  9:57  a.m. by Christopher Francis Noe

Quiz 2 Graded and Returned

Hey All,

We hope everyone is wrapping up their projects and looking forward to presentations next week. Quiz 2 has been returned to your folders. Here is a bit of info on the quiz:

Mean: 33
Median: 33
STD: 5
P25: 30
P75: 37

If you don't have a folder, you can pick up your quiz at the beginning of the next class (this only applies to cross-registered students, non-MBA grad students, etc).

Overall, folks struggled with questions 1 and 4, but did well on questions 2 and 3. Before reaching out to the teaching team, please look through the answer key carefully - we tried to add as much detail and color as possible to highlight the correct answer. The answer key is posted on Stellar now.

If you still have questions, feel free to reach out and we're happy to discuss.

Best,
Jonathan and Derek

Announced on 06 December 2014  9:49  a.m. by Jonathan Dobberstein

Final Project Logistics

I wanted to let everyone know what the logistics will be for the final project deliverable next week.
1.) A single hard copy of your team’s project write-up is due at the beginning of class on Monday December 8.
2.) A single electronic copy of your team’s presentation slides is due at NOON on Monday December 8. This applies to both sections because I will have all presentations loaded on my computer in advance to minimize transition time between presentations. Please email the slides to me and the TAs.
3.) Teams will be selected at random to present with no advance notice so all teams must be prepared first thing on the Monday December 8.
4.) Presentations are 6-8 minutes in length with a few minutes after for questions. Do not try to summarize your entire write-up in this time. Just provide one or two unique insights about your company along with a buy/sell/hold recommendation.
5.) Presentations are not graded, but we will still be recording class participation for questions and comments. Not all team members are required to say something during presentations. For example, teams can designate a single person to present.
6.) If you are a team split across sections, the section with the most people will be where you present. If class conflicts prevent everyone from attending, that is fine.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or the TAs.

Announced on 01 December 2014  10:03  a.m. by Christopher Francis Noe

New Century Case Discussion

Just a reminder that if you would like to take advantage of one of the last opportunities of the semester for meaningful class participation by taking the lead in the case discussion tomorrow, please email me before class.

Announced on 30 November 2014  12:00  p.m. by Christopher Francis Noe

Optional Project Deliverable Deadline - Wednesday November 26

If you choose to do so, please send me an electronic version of your draft forecasting and valuation sections of your final project write-up by midnight on WEDNESDAY. I will provide you with comments when you return from Thanksgiving.

Announced on 20 November 2014  11:08  a.m. by Christopher Francis Noe