Introduction Elinda Fishman Kiss Ph D Univ of

Introduction • Elinda Fishman Kiss, Ph. D. (Univ. of Rochester) • Former Professor - Rutgers, Temple, Wharton, Wellesley, PSU, TCNJ, Drexel • RTC (Resolution Trust Corp. ) • PSFS (Philadelphia Savings Fund Soc. ) • Citicorp Investment Bank • First Pennsylvania Bank (now Wachovia) • Federal Reserve - Board of Governors; US Treasury • Treasurer - Custom Equipment Mfg. , Inc. • e-mail ekiss@rhsmith. umd. edu & EFKiss@AOL. com • web page http: //bb. rhsmith. umd. edu http: //www. smith. umd. edu/faculty/elinda-kiss • Cell 215 -962 -9071 • Fax 215 -938 -1591 (home) 301 -405 -0359 (university) • Recipient of the Krowe and Wikler awards for Teaching BUFN 722 - Financial Institutions 1 Excellence

• • on index cards Course and section number (e. g. , 772 or 445, DC 06? , 02 DC? ) name phone number (Home) (Office) (cell) e-mail address - very important - will send you class announcements in email v. Include as many emails as you wish – home, office, university, etc. – PLEASE PRINT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN CAPS • • • past Finance courses employment - what do? where? social security number or student ID Are you registered? yes/no Are you completing incomplete? yes/no Sign the card on the back of the card BUFN 722 - Financial Institutions 2

Financial Web pages • • • • Bloomberg http: //www. bloomberg. com/welcome. html CNN Financial News http: //www. cnnfn. com/ New York stock exchange http: //www. nyse. com/ Chicago Board of Trade http: //www. cbot. com/ NASDAQ & AMEX http: //nasdaq. com Wachovia bank http: //www. wachovia. com Vanguard- mutual funds http: //www. vanguard. com/ Fed Reserve Econ Data http: //stls. frb. org/fred/ Bureau of Labor Statistics http: //www. bls. gov/blshome. html Bureau of Census http: //www. census. gov/ International Monetary Fund http: //www. imf. org/ Economic Calendar http: //biz. yahoo. com/calendar NABE http: //www. nabe. com/ Data http: //www. federalreserve. gov 3

Wall Street Journal Interactive • Find your 12 digit account number on the address label. You need this number to register for the WSJ Interactive edition • be sure your web browser is operational. • point your browser to: http: //info. wsj. com/student • at the User Name prompt, enter your 12 -digit account number without any spaces (e. g. , 010296201704) • answer the questions on the short survey. • use name exactly as it appears on address label. • click “Submit” • select a unique password. (remember it) (write down in secure location) • from now on, go to http: //wsj. com to access the Interactive Journal front page or http: //wsj. com/pages/money. htm • 1 -800 -975 -8602 for question on print subscription & 1 -800 -3692834 for questions on Interactive journal. 1 -800 -975 -8602 for questions on Journal in Education program.

for you to get my class notes • send me your e-mail address to: EFKiss@aol. com or ekiss@rhsmith. umd. edu • use an e-mail address that allows attachments - you can get a free e-mail account from University computer center (I may send you notes as e-mail attachment, which you can download) • The notes are in Powerpoint presentation format. You can print the slides (in black & white) 6 (or 3 or 4) to a page or in outline form - Select this option by clicking on File Print What [& arrow down to: Outline View or 6 (or 3 or 4)slides per page] • then you can make notes beside each one. • I will try to have the slides available one day before each class; there is no guarantee that I will cover all the material in each set of class notes - or that I will add new material in class • If you do not have Power. Point, you can download Power. Point viewer (a free download) at http: //www. microsoft. com • Web Browsers & Viewers Power Point Viewers Microsoft Power Point Viewers – you can read the slides but can print only one per page BUFN 722 - Financial Institutions 5

Power Point Viewer • • • http: //www. microsoft. com Web Browsers & Viewers Power Point Viewers Microsoft Power Point Viewers click on appropriate viewer for your operating system (win 95, win 3. 1, Mac) • download Power Point Viewers • this is a free download • can read & view slides • can print - one slide per page • follow instructions • download power point viewer if do NOT have power point on your computer 6