FinanceProfessor Lessons of the WeekThese all appeared in past Newsletters, so be sure to sign up for more lessons in the future! What is Finance anyways? What are the basic types of organizational structure? How to Draw up a Business Plan The firm as a nexus of contracts Why Shareholders are so important Interest-Simple and Compound Arithmetic vs Geometric returns Time Value of Money The controversy of Market Efficiency Mutual Fund Performance (Load vs. No loads) Advantages of Mutual Funds The Dow and the S&P Capital Structure 1 Capital Structure 2 Capital Structure 3 Dividend Policy Stock Buybacks What is a Green Shoe Option? The difference between Arithmetic and Geometric returns Reasons for corporate hedging What is Front Running and why is it important? Who is Peter Lynch? What is Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) What is break-even analysis? Executive pay-You paid them how much?! What are stock indicies? and how do they work? Still more on the Dow So who are the superstar investors?