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BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.bus401.com<br><br>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 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True<br>BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Investing in Bonds<br>BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns<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 Return on Investment Education Funding<br>

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  1. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com

  2. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com • BUS 401 Entire Course (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 Corporate Income Tax and Real Interest Rates (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Annuity and Capital Asset Pricing (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Bonds and Common Stock (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment Alternative Investments (Ash Course) BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz (Ash Course)

  3. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Entire Course (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True • BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Investing in Bonds • BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns

  4. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Assignments • To complete this assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation: • BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis • Complete Study Problem 4.10 on page 124 of the text and submit to instructor. In parts "a" and "b," clearly label the calculation of the required ratios and solve using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers.

  5. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 Corporate Income Tax and Real Interest Rates For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Corporate Income Tax and Real Interest Rates • From Chapters 1 and 2, complete Study Problems 1-2 (page 26) and 2-2 (page 58) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  6. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial Management in a Firm (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • The Role of Financial Management in a Firm. Summarize the role of management as it relates to finance in a corporation. In your post, address the following: • 禮 Indicate the various aspects of finance that management must understand. • 禮 Describe why a manager needs to understand the characteristics and importance of financial markets including risk and efficiency.

  7. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis • From Chapters 3 and 4 complete Study Problems 3-2 (page 85) and 4-2 (page 122) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  8. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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

  9. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges and Ethics (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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 intervention, etc.).

  10. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz • Business - General Business • 1. • Question : • The financial goal of a for-profit business is: • Student Answer: • profit maximization.

  11. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and true/false questions.  • 1. Question : The income statement for Brit, Inc. Indicates that tax expense was $20,000. The balance sheet indicates that taxes payable for the same year increased by $ 5,000. What amount did Brit, Inc. actually pay in taxes during this year?

  12. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment Alternative Investments For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Alternative Investments • Complete the Mini Case on page 254 and submit to instructor. In parts "a" to "d," clearly label the calculation of the required ratios and solve using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers. Round to the nearest whole number. In parts "b" and "c," justify your answer in a crisp statement not to exceed 50 words each.

  13. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Annuity and Capital Asset Pricing For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Annuity and Capital Asset Pricing • From Chapters 5 and 6 complete Study Problems 5-6 (page 162) and 6-4 (page 196) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  14. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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 finance company, the

  15. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Bonds and Common Stock For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Bonds and Common Stock • From Chapters 7 and 8 complete Study Problems 7-8 (pages 224-225) and 8-16 (page 253) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  16. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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. • Assume interest rates for bonds today is 5% for an AAA rated bond. Calculate the price of the bond you have selected relative to the 5%. Is the bond selling at a premium

  17. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values, and Expected Returns (New)

  18. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz • Business - General Business • . • Question : • The longer we have to wait for a future amount to be received: • Student Answer:

  19. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and true/false questions.  • 1. Question : Butler Corp paid a dividend of $3.50 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% per year. If Butler Corp. Is selling for $75.60 per share, the stockholders' expected rate of return is _________ • 2. Question : Emery Inc. has a beta equal to 1.5 and a required return of 14 % based on the CAPM. If the risk free rate of return is 2%, the expected return on the market portfolio is _

  20. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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. • Upon completing your Net Present Value (NPV) & Future Value (FV) Training Program, employees should be able to:

  21. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 Assignment Weighted Average Cost For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Weighted Average Cost • Complete the Mini Case on page 368 and submit to instructor. In parts "a" and "b" clearly label the calculation of the required ratios and solve using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers.

  22. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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:

  23. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 NPV, PI, and IRR For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • NPV, PI, and IRR • From Chapters 9 and 10, complete Study Problems 9-4 (page 289) and 10-4 (page 325) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  24. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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 in the video to offer two additional considerations in capital budgeting decisions. One consideration

  25. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost of Debt (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Cost of Debt • From Chapter 11, complete Study Problem 11-10 (page 365) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings

  26. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz • Business - General Business • 1. • Question : • The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a corporate investment decision are: • Student Answer: • incremental additional cash flows.

  27. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and true/false questions.  • 1. Question : Jiffy Wax Corp. Can sell common stock for $15 per share and its investors require a 14 % return. However, the administrative or flotation costs associated with selling the stock amount to $2.40 per share. What is the cost of capital for Jiffy Wax if the corporation raises money by

  28. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education Funding (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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. • First, explain how you made the decision to pursue a degree in Business or Finance. In your explanation, include a summary of expenses related to that decision. Also, include things like cost of tuition, cost of books, and the interest that you may pay on any loans.

  29. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment 1 Break even Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Break-even Analysis • Complete Mini Case #2 on page 412 and submit to instructor. In parts "a" to "c," clearly label the calculation of the required ratios and solve using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers.

  30. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment 2 Flotation Costs and Issue Size For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Flotation Costs and Issue Size • Complete problem 13-2 on page 433 of the text and submit to your instructor. Clearly label the calculation of the required ratios and solve using excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers. Round to the nearest whole number. In each part summarize your analysis in a concise management statement not to exceed 100 words each.

  31. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Interviewing Peter Lynch. Review the “Minimizing Risk” video segment, which is available through your online course. • In the video segment, you will watch an interview with two great investors of the twentieth century. Imagine you are Harry Reasoner, and you are allowed to ask Peter Lynch one question about market risk, discount rates, or the weighted average

  32. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Leverage For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Leverage • From Chapter 12, complete Study Problems 12-4 (page 409) and 12-8 (page 410): Post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  33. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of Capital (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.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? If the overall company weighted average cost of capital (WACC) were used as the hurdle rate for all divisions

  34. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Dividend Policies For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Dividend Policies • From Chapter 13, complete Study Problem 13-4 (page 433) and post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problem and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  35. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz • Business - General Business • 1. • Question : • Investors will make an investment if: • Student Answer: • the historical rate of return exceeds the expected rate of return.

  36. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and true/false questions.  • 1. Question : Operating leverage refers to ________ • 2. Question : A firm that uses large amounts of debt financing in an industry characterized by a high degree of business risk would have ______ earnings per share fluctuations resulting from changes in levels of sales.

  37. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Financial Forecasting For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Financial Forecasting • From Chapters 14 and 15, complete Study Problems 14-4 (page 453) and 15-8 (page 482): Post the answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the problems and report the results of your analysis. Do not forget to show the necessary steps and explain how your attained that outcome. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings.

  38. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Ratio Analysis (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Ratio Analysis. Using the Ashford 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 Ashford Writing Center.

  39. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Ratios to a Business (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Applying Ratios to a Business. Access the Evaluating Business Performance: Small Business Case Studies video in your online course. • The video focuses on profitability, liquidity, efficiency, and stability of business. Given what you have learned about ratio analysis, choose one of the businesses from the video (Rose Chong Costumes, Anro’s Floor Maintenance, or John Osborne’s Gym

  40. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 5 Final Assignment Mini Case For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • The major written assignment for the course is a Final Project. The purpose of the Final Project is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of finance through the analysis of a mini case. From the Mini Case on page 329-330, parts "a" to "n," summarize your analysis in a concise management statement . For parts "e" to "k," use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the

  41. BUS 401 Innovative Educator/bus401.com BUS 401 Week 5 Final Paper (New) For more course tutorials visit www.bus401.com • Focus of the Final Paper • Evaluation of Corporate Performance • 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.

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