1. What is the yield curve? Why is does it almost always slope upward? What influences its slope?
2. What are the critical events and points-in-time for an IPO processes in USA?
3. Jane Stringer argues that "the DCF valuation method has increased managers' focus on short-term rather than long-term performance, since the discounting process places much heavier weight on short-term cash flows rather that long term ones." Comment.