SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentMA Program of Public Finance, First Year MA Program of Public Finance, Second Year
Course NameWarren Buffett's Investment Methodology
InstructorLIN CHI-ANG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

(Subject to change)



Feb. 20: Finance and Investing



Feb. 27: Common Stocks



Mar. 5: Mergers and Acquisitions



Mar. 12: Buffett's Value Investing Rules



Mar. 19: BrkB



Mar. 26: BrkA



Apr. 2: No Class (National Holiday)



Apr. 9: Corporate Governance and Sustainability



Apr. 16: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company



Apr. 23: Mid-term Report



Apr. 30: Clayton Homes 



May 7: RC Willey



May 14: Acme Brick 



May 21: Taxation



May 28: Accounting Shenanigans



Jun. 4: Group Reports 



Jun. 11: Group Reports 



Jun. 18: Group Reports 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Grades will be determined on the basis of the student's performance in relation to a) class attendance and participation, b) one individual assignment, c) one group presentation on reviewing a Berkshire Hathaway company, and d) one research report.  



Class attendance and participation (10%)



Individual assignment (20%)



Group presentation (30%)



Final research report (40%)



 


Textbook & Reference

(Required Texts)



(A) Cunningham, Lawrence A. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America. Fourth Edition. 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-61163-758-8)



(B) Ross, Stephen A., Randolph W. Westerfield, and Bradford D. Jordan. Essentials of Corporate Finance. 10th ed., 2020. McGraw-Hill. 



(Reference Books) 



1. Brears, Robert C. Natutral Resource Management and the Circular Economy. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.



2. De Angelis, Roberta.  Business Models in the Circular Economy: Concepts, Examples and Theory. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.



3. Lin, Brian Chi-ang and Zheng, Siqi. (eds.) Environmental Economics and Sustainability. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2017.



4. Osterwalder, Alexander and Pigneur, Yves. Business Model Generation : A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2010.



 


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