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FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com 1) Which principle states that extraordinary returns are achievable with new ideas? 2) Occurs when a "follower" receives the benefit of an expenditure made by a "leader" by imitating the leader's behavior. 3) Occurs when inaccurate information can falsely exist.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com 1) Occurs when a "follower" receives the benefit of an expenditure made by a "leader" by imitating the leader's behavior. 2) Occurs when inaccurate information can falsely exist. 3) Refers to situations wherein the agent can take unseen actions for personal benefit even though such actions are costly to the principal.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and Accounting Review) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math & Accounting Review) 1. Functions Excel will make your life as a finance student much easier. This section will show how to use various functions in Excel. Once you understand the how and why of a particular financial equation, you can make 1. Which Excel cell entry will calculate the square root of 165? 2. Which statements about Excel’s FV function are correct? 3. Which fields are required to calculate net present value (NPV) in Excel?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem Set) 1.If a firm is currently profitable, then: 2.Short-term finance deals with: 3.A stakeholder is any person or entity: 4.Which one of these best fits the description of an agency cost? 5.The primary goal of financial management is to: 6.Which one of the following business types is best suited to raising large amounts of capital?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com What is ethics? If you follow all applicable rules and regulations, are you an ethical person?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Assume that interest rates have increased substantially. Would this tend to increase or decrease the market value (meaning the price an investor in the firm's paper is willing to pay) of a firm’s liabilities (relative to the book value of liabilities)? This question is referring to a firm's liability such as a bond or debenture that has been issued in the markets. What happens to the price an investor who is looking to purchase that bond or debenture is willing to pay if the market interest rate increases above the rate that the bond or debenture pays.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Watch the "Your Business Structure" and "Corporate Business Structures" videos on the Electronics Reserve Readings page. Identify the different business structures. Write a 350 to 700 word explanation of how each business structure might and might not be advantageous. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 42 Which of the following business organizational forms subjects the owner(s) to unlimited liability? a) sole proprietorship b) partnership c) corporation d) a and b
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FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com In order to receive proper credit, please reply to this message when posting your answers to WK2 DQ1. Suppose you own $1 million worth of 30-year Treasury bonds. Is this asset riskless? You own $1 million worth of 90-day Treasury bills. You “roll over” this investment every 90 days by reinvesting the proceeds in another issue of 90-day Treasury bills. Is this investment riskless? Can you think of an asset that is truly riskless?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Suppose rf is 5% and rM is 10%. According to the SML and the CAPM, an asset with a beta of −2.0 has a required return of negative 5% [= 5 − 2(10 − 5)]. Can this be possible? Does this mean that the asset has negative risk? Why would anyone ever invest in an asset that has an expected and required return that is negative? Explain.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Structure Advice FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Write a 350 to 700 word response to the following e-mail: Dear Consultant, I am currently starting a business and developing my business plan. I'm in need of some advice on how to start forming my business. I am not sure exactly how it will be financed and whether or not I want to take on partners. I am interested and willing to learn the intricacies of my options to determine how to best proceed with my plan.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and Finance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was passed as the result of the Enron scandal and other instances of accounting fraud. This act was passed to strengthen the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Research a case of corporate financial abuse related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and apply this to your current work or desired place of employment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Ratio Analysis Problems Ratio Analysis (Individual Assignment) You may use excel or word.doc format for this assignment.Please post your homework as a word.doc or excel file in the class discussion section below by the due date. 1. Analysis of cost of goods sold problem. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 53 Which one of the following statements about trend analysis is NOT correct? It allows management to examine each ratio over time and determine whether the trend is good or bad for the firm. This benchmark is based on a firm's historical performance. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System is used to identify benchmark firms. All of these are true statements.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Read the Ethics case, "A Sad Tale: The Demise of Arthur Anderson" located in the WileyPLUS Week Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Chapter readings. Discuss the mistakes made by Arthur Anderson and potential actions that leadership could have taken to prevent the organizational failure. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems If the Garnett Corp. has a 15 percent ROE and a 25 percent payout ratio, what is its sustainable growth rate? 1.If the Hunter Corp. has an ROE of 15 and a payout ratio of 18 percent, what is its sustainable growth rate 2.The most recent financial statements for Williamson, Inc., are shown here Assets and costs are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are not. No dividends are paid. Next year’s sales are projected to be $8,418. What is the external financing needed? 3.The maximum rate at which a firm can grow while maintaining a constant debt-equity ratio is best defined by its: 4.Financial planning, when properly executed: 5.Projected future financial statements are called: 6.Which account is least apt to vary directly with sales?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Why are interest rates on short-term loans not necessarily comparable to each other? Give three possible reasons.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Optical Supply Company offers credit terms of 2/10, net 60. If Optical Supply is considering a change in its credit terms to one of those indicated, explain whether the change should increase or decrease sales. (a) 2/10, net 30, (b) net 60, (c) 3/15, net 60, (d) 2/10, net 30, 30 extra
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting Financial Results FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Resource: Financial Statements for the company assigned by your instructor in Week 2. Review the assigned company's financial statements from the past three years. Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company's financial statements, and then interpret those results against company historical data as well as industry benchmarks: Compare the financial ratios with each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013; 2013 with 2012; and 2012 with 2011).
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 32 The operating cycle ends not with the finished goods being sold to customers and the cash collected on the sales; but when you take into account the time taken by the firm to pay for its purchases.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Watch the "Concept Review Video: Working Capital Management" video located in theWileyPLUS Assignment: Week 3 Videos Activity. Discuss strategies these business owners used to manage their working capital. Write a 350-700 word summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com A firm uses a single discount rate to compute the NPV of all its potential capital budgeting projects, even though the projects have a wide range of nondiversifiable risk. The firm then undertakes all those projects that appear to have positive NPVs. Briefly explain why such a firm would tend to become riskier over time.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Phyllis believes that the firm should use straight-line depreciation for a capital project because it results in higher net income during the early years of the project’s life. Joanna believes that the firm should use the modified accelerated cost recovery system depreciation because it reduces the tax liability during the early years of the project’s life.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Decide upon an initiative you want to implement that would increase sales over the next five years, (for example, market another product, corporate expansion, and so on). Using the sample financial statements, create pro forma statements of five year projections that are clear, concise, and easy to read. Be sure to double check the calculations in your pro forma statements. Make assumptions that support each line item increase or decrease for your forecasted statements. Discuss and interpret the financials in relation to the initiative. Make recommendations on potential discretionary financing needs.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 66 Present value: Tommie Harris is considering an investment that pays 6.5 percent annually. How much must he invest today such that he will have $25,000 in seven years? (Round to the nearest dollar.) Multiple Choice Question 61 PV of multiple cash flows: Jack Stuart has loaned money to his brother at an interest rate of 5.75 percent. He expects to receive $625, $650, $700, and $800 at the end of the next four years as complete repayment of the loan with interest. How much did he loan out to his brother? (Round to the nearest dollar.)
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Watch the "Concept Review Video: Stock Valuation" video located in the WileyPLUS Assignment: Week 4 Videos Activity. Discuss how markets and investors value a stock. Write a 350-700 word summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Operating Leverage and Forecasting Problems Team Assignment Please complete the following problems. When calculating earnings per share and PE ratios, please show your work. This problem is similar to the examples shown in the lecture.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Because the weighted average is always a correct measure of a required return, why do firms not create securities to finance each project and offer them in the capital market in order to accurately determine the required return for the project?
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com The development of the new issue junk bond market had important implications for capital structure choice. The existence of a viable junk bond market means that firms can comfortably maintain higher degrees of leverage than they could prior to the development of this market. Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Discounted Cash Flows and WACC Homework Problems Please post the answers (and show your work) in the assignments section by midnight the last day of the week assigned. Calculate the future value of 1,535 invested today for 8 years at 6 percent. (5 points)
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 55 Genaro needs to capture a return of 40 percent for his one-year investment in a property. He believes that he can sell the property at the end of the year for $150,000 and that the property will provide him with rental income of $25,000. What is the maximum amount that Genaro should be willing to pay for the property?
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FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Watch the "Concept Review Video: Cost of Capital" video located in the WileyPLUS Assignment: Week 5 Videos Activity. Discuss some of the corporate finance challenges faced by this company. Write a 350-700 word summary of your discussion.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Homework Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Week 6 Homework Complete the following problems. You should do this work in excel. A set of ungraded practice problems similar to the homework is provided in the week six material to help you do this assignment.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Resources: Harvard Business Publishing: Working Capital Simulation: Managing Growth Assignment Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of Corporate Finance WileyPLUS Assignments All additional resources from each week Review the following scenario: Acting as the CEO of a small company, you will apply the principles of capital budgeting to invest in growth and cash flow improvement opportunities in three phases over 10 simulated years. Each opportunity has a unique financial profile and you must analyze the effects on working capital. Examples of opportunities include taking on new customers, capitalizing on supplier discounts, and reducing inventory.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple Choice Question 55 Planning models that are more sophisticated than the percent of sales method have working capital accounts like inventory, accounts receivables, and accounts payables vary directly with sales. fixed assets that do not always vary directly with sales. all of these are true. all variable costs change directly with sales. Multiple Choice Question 66 Firms that achieve higher growth rates without seeking external financing have less equity and/or are able to generate high net income leading to a high ROE. are not highly leveraged. all of these are true.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Wileyplus Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Problem 10.14 Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new process for producing spices. The process requires new machinery that would cost $1,968,450. Have a life of five years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following table.
FIN 571 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/fin571tutor.com FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Watch the "Corporate Finance Video: Stable Money Makers" located in the WileyPLUS Assignment: Week 6 Videos Activity. Identify a capital improvement that could help Betty with her Alpaca business. Write a summary of no more than 700 words explaining how the capital improvement you identified could help the business. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.