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BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm<br>BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements<br>BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges and Ethics<br>BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz<br>BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True<br>BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns<br>BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz<br>BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV)<br>BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working<br>BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting<br>BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz<br>
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BUS 401 Entire Course • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm • BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements • BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges and Ethics • BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz • BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True • BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns • BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz
BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assess the changing complexion of the U.S. labor force and how it directly affects the role of unionization in the workplace. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.
BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Financial Statements. View the Important Financial Documents video which looks at the fundamental financial documents every company needs; including the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow. In your post, choose one of the financial statements and explain how a manager would use the statement to drive financial analysis and decision-making. Your post should be 200-250 words in length
BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges and Ethics • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Financial Management Challenges and Ethics. Find at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today. One of the articles should be about the challenge of maintaining ethical financial integrity. The other article can be on any other challenge that a financial manager may face (e.g., competition, foreign markets, government
BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Question : • The financial goal of a for-profit business is: • Student Answer: • profit maximization. • owner wealth maximization. • cash flow maximization.
BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Dreams Do Come True. Imagine that you have decided you need a new car, but not any car will do; you have decided to purchase the car of your dreams. Conduct some research as to the cost of this car. You have determined in this imagined scenario that you could afford to make a 10% down payment. You can borrow the balance either from your local bank using a four-year loan or from the dealership’s finance company. If you purchase from your dealership’s
BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • . Investing in Bonds. Go to the Yahoo Finance Bonds Center. • Under: Features / BOND LOOKUP / Find Bonds by Name: • Type in the first letter of your last name. • Under “Type” Choose one of the “Corp” Bonds.
BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • the lower its present value will be. • the higher its present value will be. • Time does not affect present value, so it doesn’t matter how long we have to wait. • Beyond 10 years the value doesn’t change anymore because 10 years might as well be 20 years.
BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) & Future Value (FV). Assignment Instructions: You have been asked by a manager in your organization to put together a training program explaining Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) and how they are used to evaluate the price of stock.
BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Cash Flows From Working. It may surprise you that there are cash flows associated with holding a job. Using the examples provided in Chapter 6, construct a simple cash flow statement and payback calculation for when your job expenses will be covered for employment you currently have or have had in the past. Include the following in your cash flow statement
BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Capital Budgeting. View the Capital Budgeting video, which provides some factors that should be considered in capital budgeting considerations. • Imagine the producers of this video ask you to appear
BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Question : • The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a corporate investment decision are: • Student Answer: • incremental additional cash flows. • marginal after-tax cash flows. • incremental after-tax cash flows.
BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education Funding • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Return on Investment: Education Funding. Develop a three- to four-page analysis, excluding the title page and reference page(s), on the projected return on investment for your college education and projected future employment. This analysis will consist of two parts.
BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Interviewing Peter Lynch. Review the “Minimizing Risk” video segment, which is available through your online course. • C
BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of Capital • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Cost of Capital. Corporations often use different costs of capital for different operating divisions. Using an example, calculate the weighted cost of capital (WACC). What are some potential issues in using varying techniques for cost of capital for different divisions • ?
BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Investors will make an investment if: • Student Answer: • the historical rate of return exceeds the expected rate of return. • the required rate of return exceeds the expected rate of return. • the expected rate of return exceeds the actual rate of return.
BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Ratio Analysis • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Ratio Analysis. Using the University Library as a resource, find two articles that discuss financial ratio analysis. Identify two advantages and two disadvantages to using ratios in financial analysis. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format as outlined in the Writing Center.
BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Ratios to a Business • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Applying Ratios to a Business. Access the Evaluating Business Performance: Small Business Case Studies video in your online course.
BUS 401 Week 5 Final Paper • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • For the Final Paper, you will apply the concepts learned in class to an analysis of a company using data from its annual report. Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the company. You will then write a report either recommending or not recommending purchase of the company stock.