St Francis
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Before beginning his professional career, Mike Fehrenbacher received an associate degree from Palomar College in San Marcos, California, while serving in the United States Marine Corps. Mike Fehrenbacher also attended the College of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois, earning a bachelor of arts degree in finance.
The finance program at the College of St. Francis prepares students to pursue a variety of careers, such as becoming a commercial banker or budget analyst. The curriculum covers financial concepts from basic principles through advanced capital finance. Students learn how companies obtain assets and financial resources to produce revenue. They study financial markets and investments, and they create and analyze data models to solve real-world problems in financial management.
Projects by finance students at the College of St. Francis include: calculating retirement income for investors; capital budgeting; participating in a “Jeopardy” competition related to corporate finance; and developing models for bond valuation, stock pricing, and interest rate forecasting.
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