Problem: You are about to graduate with your bachelor's degree. While you are mixing and mingling with the guests at your graduation party, your second cousin, twice removed, on your mother's side, who received his MBA three years ago, asks you to tell him about some of the courses that you had taken. After you tell him that financial management was one of the courses, he asks you the following questions:
1. What factors can managers actually influence that affect stock price?
2. What role do you think ethics plays in financial management in corporations today?
3. For recent graduates, are there any new finance careers or "hot" areas of opportunity?