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  1. FIN 571 Experience Tradition/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment Calculate Project Cash Flow, NPV, IRR, payback methods The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to calculate the project cash flow using net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and the payback methods.  Assignment Steps  Resources:Corporate Finance Create a 350-word memo to management including the following:

  3. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment Capital Market Efficiency Paper Purpose of Assignment  The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to explain what it means to have an efficient capital market. Students will gain an understanding of the different levels of market efficiency and how behavioral finance can inhibit reaching market transparency.  Assignment Steps  Resources: Microsoft® Word 

  4. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance on Stock Valuation Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate to students how the issuance of debt to purchase outstanding common stock could affect the value of the company's equity and redefine the capital structure. The problem will also allow students to explore the effect of corporate taxes through debt financing. Assignment Steps Resources:Corporate Finance

  5. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment Rate of Return for Stocks and Bonds The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to calculate the rate of return of equity and debt instruments. It allows the student to understand the effects of dividends; capital gains; inflation rates; and how the nominal rate of return affects valuation and pricing. The assignment also allows the student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC, and Flotation Costs to understand the influence of debt and equity on the company's capital structure.

  6. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment Select Fortune 500 Company Assignment Steps  Resources: Yahoo Finance  Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries: • Pharmaceutical • Energy • Retail • Automotive • Computer Hardware • Manufacturing

  7. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Assignment start-up company Signature Assignment (score 80%) About Your Signature Assignment: This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.  

  8. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (3 Set with Excel File) 1.Which one of the following parties is considered a stakeholder of a firm? 2.The process of planning and managing a firm's long-term assets is called: 3. Which one of the following actions by a financial manager creates an agency problem? 4. Which one of these is a cash outflow from a corporation?

  9. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) 1.A proxy fight occurs when: the board of directors disagree on the members of the management team. 2. A stakeholder is any person or entity: 3.Which one of the following is least apt to help convince managers to work in the best interest of the stockholders? threat of a proxy fight

  10. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2017) Question 1    The underlying assumption of the dividend growth model is that a stock is worth: A. An amount computed as the next annual dividend divided by the required rate of return. B. An amount computed as the next annual dividend divided by the market rate of return. C. The same amount computed as any other stock that pays the same current dividend and has the same required rate of return. D. The present value of the future income that the stock is expected to generate. E. The same amount to every investor regardless of their desired rate of return.

  11. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Final Exam Guide Set 2 (NEW) 1. Financial managers should primarily strive to: 2. The process of planning and managing a firm's long-term assets is called: 3. Which one of the following actions by a financial manager creates an agency problem? 4. Which one of these is a cash outflow from a corporation? 5. For each of the following, compute the present value

  12. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and Accounting Review) 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?

  13. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem Set) 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?

  14. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 What is ethics? If you follow all applicable rules and regulations, are you an ethical person?

  15. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 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.

  16. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Structures 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.

  17. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems 1.Sankey, Inc., has current assets of $4,230, net fixed assets of $25,700, current liabilities of $3,500, and long-term debt of $14,400. What is the value of the shareholders' equity account for this firm? 2.Which one of the following assets is generally the most liquid?

  18. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 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?

  19. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 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

  20. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Structure Advice 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.

  21. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and Finance 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. Create a 1,400-word analysis of the application of SOX in which you include the following:

  22. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio Analysis Problems 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.

  23. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection 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.

  24. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems 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

  25. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 Why are interest rates on short-term loans not necessarily comparable to each other? Give three possible reasons.

  26. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 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

  27. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting Financial Results 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: 

  28. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial Statement Interpretation Select three publicly traded companies. Choose one each from the following sectors: manufacturing, service, and retail. At least one of the three companies should be foreign. If possible, choose from among the team members' places of business or similar industries. Calculate the following:

  29. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems Q-1 Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 20 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 7 percent paid annually. If the yield to maturity is 8.1 percent, what is the current price of the bond? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  30. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 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.

  31. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 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. Assuming you have a choice between depreciation methods, whose advice should you follow? Why?

  32. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing Pro Forma Statements 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.

  33. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection 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.

  34. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage and Forecasting 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. You manufacture hunting pack systems in China for 80 dollars each, including shipping.  The manufacturing costs only include variable costs. 

  35. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems 1.The difference between the present value of an investment’s future cash flows and its initial cost is the: payback period. internal rate of return. profitability index. discounted payback period. net present value.

  36. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 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?

  37. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 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.

  38. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC 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) What is the total present value of the following cash stream, discounted at 8 percent? (5 points)

  39. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection 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. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

  40. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) Acting as the executive team for a small company, your team 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.

  41. For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation Managing Growth, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) Acting as the executive team for a small company, your team 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.

  42. FIN 571 Experience Tradition/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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