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2. FIN 486 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 3 JJ’s Jammers Summary FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Financial Statement Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow Reconciliation FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350 Words) FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment (Chapter 5, Chapter 8) FIN 486 Week 2 Team Assignment (P4-6, P4-19) FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment (P10–2,P10–7, P10–10, P10–14, P10–21, P11–1, P11–4, P11–7, P11–8, P11–9) FIN 486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance FIN 486 Week 3 Team Assignment FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment P12-1, P12-3, P12-6, P12-17, P12-19)

3. FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Financial Statement Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow Reconciliation For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Part 1: Financial Statement Construction Exercise Take the following results for JJ’s Jammers and create a Balance Sheet and Income Statement in the 2012 columns of the template showing JJ’s Jammers 2011 results (In alphabetical order). Make sure you make the embedded calculations for the caption accounts (like total Current Assets or Gross Profit) Accounts Receivable 77251: Cash and Securities 315954: Goodwill and Other Assets 448484:

4. FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 3 JJ’s Jammers Summary For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Write a 525- to 700-word summary that includes the following: Explain how the three different parts of the Financial Statement work together to provide a picture of how the business is operating. Explain the role of the Financial Manager in stewarding the company’s resources. Formulate and write your opinion as to whether the market for JJ’s Jammers is good based on the financial results depicted in the 2011 and 2012 results.

5. FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1 What are a chief financial officer’s (CFO) two roles? Use real-world examples to explain why these roles are important to a company’s success.

6. FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2 Explain business ethics in your own words. Why are business ethics important in strategic planning? Howdobusinessethicsaffecttheworkplace?

7. FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Ethics (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing the demise of Enron Corporation® and WorldCom®. Identify major factors that led to the dissolution of Enron Corporation® and WorldCom®. Explain specific ethical violations in accounting practices at Enron Corporation® and WorldCom®. Describe the role of business ethics in strategic financial planning. Cite readings and at least one other source, including the Internet.

8. FIN 486 Week 1 JJ’s Jammer Assignment For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Read the attached documents for assignment instructions. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. a.     Compute the 13 ratios for both companies. (Use a 360-day year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your profit margin, return on assets, return on equity, and debt to total assets answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Round all other answers to 2 decimal places.) b.    Provide what each ratio represents to each of the two companies.

9. FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350 Words) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary

10. FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 2 Apply: Gale Force Surfing Case Study Purpose This assignment allows students to view the impact of level versus seasonal production on inventory levels, bank loan requirements, and profitability. In addition, it allows students the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to apply profitability analysis activities used in financial decision making. Assignment Instructions

11. FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 Why are financial ratios used to assess a company’s financial performance? Why are sales reports, profits, debts, or current liability reports insufficient? How have financial ratios been used in your company? Do you think they are an effective assessment of financial performance? If so, why? If not, why?

12. FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2 If you had to pick three commonly calculated ratios to analyze the financial health of a company, which would you analyze? Why would you choose those ratios?

13. FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment (Chapter 5, Chapter 8) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment (5-1,5-4,5-5,5-8,5-10,5-17,5-21,P8-3,P8-4,P8-9,P8-10,P8-13,P8-24,P8-25,P8-26) P8–3 Risk preferences Sharon Smith, the financial manager for Barnett Corporation, wishes to evaluate three prospective investments: X, Y, and Z. Sharon will evaluate each of these investments to decide whether they are superior to investments

14. FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Department Budgets (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Your Learning Team is the financial management team for Huffman Trucking, responsible for creating the financial portion of a strategic plan. You must obtain information from the marketing, sales, operations, and human resources departments to complete it. Resource: Virtual Organizations Review Huffman Trucking's financial information within the Virtual Organizations web link located on the course materials page.

15. FIN 486 Week 2 Team Assignment (P4-6, P4-19) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com P4–6 Finding operating and free cash flows Consider the following balance sheets and selected data from the income statement of Keith Corporation. Keith Corporation Balance Sheets December 31 Assets 2015 2014 Cash $ 1,500 $ 1,000 Marketable securities 1,800 1,200 Accounts receivable 2,000 1,800 Inventories 2,900

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17. FIN 486 Week 3 Apply Berkshire Instruments Case Study For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 3 Apply: Berkshire Instruments Case Study Purpose This assignment allows students to work with issues related to the cost of capital. In addition, students will practice calculations related to capital structure and use them in making financial decisions. Assignment Instructions        Review the Week 3 Case Study. Complete the required activities 1 to 3 in Microsoft® Excel® or Microsoft® Word. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

18. FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1 In your own words, explain capital budgeting. Why is it important to a company’s long-term success? Provide an example of poorly performed capital budgeting. How does this affect a company’s long-term success?

19. FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2 Why is capital budgeting part of a company’s long-term strategic planning process? What are the pros and cons of these methods: o NPV o Simple payback o IRR

20. FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment (P10–2,P10–7, P10–10, P10–14, P10–21, P11–1, P11–4, P11–7, P11–8, P11–9) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com P10–2 Payback comparisons Nova Products has a 5-year maximum acceptable payback period. The firm is considering the purchase of a new machine and must choose between two alternative ones. The first machine requires an initial investment of $14,000 and generates annual after-tax cash inflows of $3,000 for each of the next 7 years. The second machine requires an initial investment of $21,000 and provides an annual cash inflow after taxes of $4,000 for 20 years. a. Determine the payback period for

21. FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term Financial Needs (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers You are the head of the Huffman Trucking accounting department. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to prepare a financial report addressing long-term financial needs. Resource: Virtual Organizations

22. FIN 486 Week 3 Team Assignment For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com a) Calculate the after-tax cost of debt b) Calculate the cost of preferred stock c) Calculate the cost of retained earnings d) calculate the cost of common stock e) calculate the firms weighted average cost of capital using retained earnings and the capital structure

23. FIN 486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance

24. FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1 What are major areas of risk in financial management? What are major areas of financial risk in your company? Which risk management techniques are important to your company? Why?

25. FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment (P12-1, P12-3, P12-6, P12-17, P12-19) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com P12–1 Recognizing risk Caradine Corp., a media services firm with net earnings of $3,200,000 in the last year, is considering the following projects. LG 1 The media services business is cyclical and highly competitive. The board of directors has asked you, as chief financial officer, to do the following:

26. FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital Budgeting Scenarios For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital Budgeting Scenarios Choose a scenario from the Capital Budgeting Worksheet to review and analyze. Using net present value, determine the proposal’s appropriateness and economic viability. Prepare a 500-word report explaining your calculations and conclusions. Answer the following in your report:

27. FIN 486 Week 4 KFC and the Colonel Case Study For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 4 Apply: KFC and the Colonel Case Study Purpose This assignment allows students to provide practical business strategies. Assignment Instructions Review the Week 4 Case Study. Summarize the following in 2 to 3 pages: Discuss issues raised concerning Sanders’ approach in connection with the sale to Brown and Massey. Include some of the other options that Sanders may have considered other than the $2,000,000

28. FIN 486 Week 4 Risk and Return Summary For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 4 Risk and Return Summary

29. FIN 486 Week 4 Signature Assignment Capital Budgeting Scenarios (New Factory) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 4 Signature Assignment Capital Budgeting Scenarios About Your Signature Assignment Signature/Benchmark Assignments are 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

30. FIN 486 Week 4 Team Assignment Case Study O’Grady Apparel Company For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com O’Grady Apparel Company was founded nearly 160 years ago when an Irish merchant named Garrett O’Grady landed in Los Angeles with an inventory of heavy canvas, which he hoped to sell for tents and wagon covers to miners headed for the California goldfields. Instead, he turned to the sale of harder-wearing clothing.

31. FIN 486 Week 5 Individual Assignment Eboy Corporation For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com The current balance in accounts receivable for Eboy Corporation is $443,000. This level was achieved with annual (365 days) credit sales of $3,544,000. The firm offers its customers credit terms of net 30. However, in an effort to help its cash flow position and to follow the actions of its rivals, the firm is considering changing its credit terms from net 30 to 2/10 net 30. The objective is to speed up the receivable collections and thereby

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33. FIN 486 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic Financial Plan (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Resource: The previously completed budgeting spreadsheets Create the financial portion of the strategic plan. The plan must include 3 years of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Write a 700- to 1,050-word memo that explains the plan’s major assumptions and identifies areas of risk. The memo must include the following:

34. FIN 486 Week 5 Signature Assignment Harrod’s Sporting Goods Case Study For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 5 Apply: Signature Assignment: Harrod’s Sporting Goods Case Study About Your Signature Assignment Harrod’s Sporting Goods Case Study 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. Signature/Benchmark Assignments are graded with a grading guide or an automated rubric that allows the University to

35. FIN 486 Week 5 Summary Long Term Financing For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com FIN 486 Week 5 Summary Long Term Financing

36. FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Asor Products, Inc For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Jenny Rene, the CFP of Asor Products, Inc. has just completed an evaluation of a proposed capital expenditure for equipment that would expand the firm's manufacturing capacity. Using the traditional NPV methodology, she found the project unacceptable because NPV traditional = -$1,700 < $0 Before recommending rejection of the proposed project, she has decided to assess whether there might be real options embedded in

37. FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Case Study Casa de Diseno For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Chapter 16 Case Study: Casa de Diseno In January 2012, Teresa Leal was named treasurer of Casa de Diseno. She decided that she could best orient herself by systematically examining each area of the company’s financial operations. She began by studying the firm’s short-term financial activities.

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