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Course notes, workbooks and talks from my finance classroom.
I teach finance at Florida Gulf Coast University and run treasury at Ava Labs. This is where I keep the material from my courses that stays useful after the term ends, and the talks I give.
Florida Gulf Coast University · Lutgert College of Business
Courses I teach
Teaching now · Fall 2026FGCU
Derivative Securities
Futures, forwards and options: how they are priced, hedged and combined, with every model built in Excel.
Course page →Teaching now · Fall 2026FGCU
Business Finance
An accelerated seven-week introduction to corporate finance: time value, valuation, capital budgeting and risk.
Course page →Taught · Spring 2026FGCU
Financial Management
Capital budgeting, valuation, cost of capital and capital structure, taught through cases and live decisions.
Course page →Next talk · Wed Oct 14, 12:00
AI: more than a chatbot
Three ways I use AI in my teaching: as a coach on my own lectures, as a teaching assistant, and as a research reader. The session ends with a live demo of getting started. FGCU AI Community of Practice, Bradshaw Library.
Oct 20, 2026FinTech roundtableGuest panelist with the risk-management view.FIN 4443 Financial Policy, FGCUPanelistFIN 4443FGCU
Oct 29, 2026From analyst to treasurer: a career in financeA career talk for graduating seniors.FIN 4443 Financial Policy, FGCUSpeakerFIN 4443FGCU
Most used
From the library
FIN 4533Option strategies cheat sheetSixteen strategies, each with its payoff diagram and break-evens.PDF · 4 pp
FIN 4533Put-call parityThe price relationship, the bounds and the arbitrage, on real Netflix quotes.PDF · 4 pp