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  1. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com

  2. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com FIN 534 Week 1 Chapter 1 Solution FIN 534 Week 1 Chapter 2 Solution FIN 534 Week 2 Chapter 3 Solution FIN 534 Week 3 Chapter 4 Solution FIN 534 Week 3 Chapter 5 Solution FIN 534 Week 4 Chapter 6 Solution

  3. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Final Exam Set 1 (4 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com FIN 534 Final Exam Part 1 Set 1 •           Question 1             BLW Corporation is considering the terms to be set on the options it plans to issue to its executives. Which of the following actions would decrease the value of the options, other things held constant?

  4. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Final Exam Set 2 (4 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com FIN 534 Final Exam Part 2 Set 1 •           Question 1             Which of the following is NOT normally regarded as being a good reason to establish an ESOP? •           Question 2             Which of the following is NOT normally regarded as being a barrier to hostile takeovers?

  5. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 1 Chapter 1 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. One of the disadvantages of a sole proprietorship is that the proprietor is exposed to unlimited liability. b. It is generally easier to transfer one’s ownership interest in a partnership than in a corporation. c. One of the advantages of the corporate form of organization is that it avoids double taxation. d. One of the advantages of a corporation from a social standpoint is that every stockholder has equal voting

  6. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 1 Chapter 2 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT?  a. Typically, a firm’s DPS should exceed its EPS. b. Typically, a firm’s EBIT should exceed its EBITDA. c. If a firm is more profitable than average (e.g., Google), we would normally expect to see its stock price exceed its book value per share.

  7. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Imagine a startup company of your own and briefly trace its development from a sole proprietorship to a major corporation with a focus on how that development would be financed.

  8. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 1 discussion 2 Discuss ways that the basic concepts we have discussed in this chapter directly impact your life. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  9. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 1 Quiz 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Question 1 You recently sold 100 shares of your new company, XYZ Corporation, to your brother at a family reunion.  At the reunion your brother gave you a check for the stock and you gave your brother the stock certificates.  Which of the following statements best describes this transaction?

  10. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 2 Chapter 3 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The ratio of long-term debt to total capital is more likely to experience seasonal fluctuations than is either the DSO or the inventory turnover ratio. b. If two firms have the same ROA, the firm with the most debt can be expected to have the lower ROE. c. An increase in the DSO, other things held constant, could be expected to increase the total assets turnover ratio. d. An increase in the DSO, other things held constant, could be expected to increase the ROE.

  11. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 2 discussion 1 Assume you are deciding whether or not to invest in a particular company. Discuss which elements of which financial statements you would want to carefully examine. Explain your rationale.

  12. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 2 discussion 2 From the e-Activity, determine if the company you analyzed would be a good investment for you or not. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  13. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 3 Chapter 4 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com A $50,000 loan is to be amortized over 7 years, with annual end-of-year payments. Which of these statements is CORRECT? a. The annual payments would be larger if the interest rate were lower. b. If the loan were amortized over 10 years rather than 7 years, and if the interest rate were the same in either case, the first payment would include more dollars of interest under the 7-year amortization plan. c. The proportion of each payment that represents interest as opposed to repayment of principal would be lower if the interest rate were lower.

  14. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 3 Chapter 5 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Three $1,000 face value bonds that mature in 10 years have the same level of risk, hence their YTMs are equal. Bond A has an 8% annual coupon, Bond B has a 10% annual coupon, and Bond C has a 12% annual coupon. Bond B sells at par. Assuming interest rates remain constant for the next 10 years, which of the following statements is CORRECT?

  15. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 3 discussion 1 Starting with your current situation, describe what you must do to ensure an annual retirement income of $60,000 starting at age 65.

  16. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 3 discussion 2 Discuss the impact of Standard & Poor’s downgrading the U.S. credit rating in 2011. Address current and likely future impact on U.S. business, individuals, the global economy and current financial practices. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  17. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 4 Chapter 6 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If you add enough randomly selected stocks to a portfolio, you can completely eliminate all of the market risk from the portfolio. b. If you were restricted to investing in publicly traded common stocks, yet you wanted to minimize the riskiness of your portfolio as measured by its beta, then according to the CAPM theory you should invest an equal amount of money in each stock in the market. That is, if there were 10,000 traded stocks in the world, the least risky possible portfolio would include some shares of each one.

  18. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 4 Chapter 7 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The constant growth model takes into consideration the capital gains investors expect to earn on a stock. b. Two firms with the same expected dividend and growth rates must also have the same stock price. c. It is appropriate to use the constant growth model to estimate a stock's value even if its growth rate is never expected to become constant.

  19. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 4 discussion 1 Drawing on what you discovered in the e-Activity, discuss how instances of corporate mismanagement or fraud should be taken into account when assessing the risks associated with certain types of investments.  Information is the investor's best tool when it comes to investing wisely. Often, the lack of reliable, readily available, current information also opens the door to fraud. It is easier for the unscrupulous to spread false information and to manipulate a stock's price when accurate information about the company is scarce.

  20. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 4 discussion 2 Discuss the non-rational factors that may have a role in the valuation of stocks and stock market equilibrium. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  21. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 4 Quiz 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? 1)      A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually 2)      Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual calculations 3)      Time lines cannot be constructed to deal with situations where some of the cash flows occur annually but others occur quarterly

  22. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 5 Chapter 8 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Put options give investors the right to buy a stock at a certain strike price before a specified date. b. Call options give investors the right to sell a stock at a certain strike price before a specified date. c. Options typically sell for less than their exercise value.

  23. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 5 Chapter 9 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Bankston Corporation forecasts that if all of its existing financial policies are followed, its proposed capital budget would be so large that it would have to issue new common stock. Since new stock has a higher cost than retained earnings, Bankston would like to avoid issuing new stock. Which of the following actions would REDUCE its need to issue new common stock?

  24. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 5 discussion 1 Based on what you discovered in the e-Activity, make at least two recommendations for regarding how your selected company should approach its capital budgeting. Explain the reasoning behind your recommendations. A capital budgeting analysis conducts a test to see if the benefits (i.e., cash inflows) are large enough to repay the company for three things: 

  25. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 5 Quiz 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 5 quiz 4 Question 1             Assume that in recent years both expected inflation and the market risk premium (rM − rRF) have declined.  Assume also that all stocks have positive betas.  Which of the following would be most likely to have occurred as a result of these changes?

  26. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 6 Chapter 10 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The internal rate of return method (IRR) is generally regarded by academics as being the best single method for evaluating capital budgeting projects. b. The payback method is generally regarded by academics as being the best single method for evaluating capital budgeting projects.

  27. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 6 Chapter 11 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. An externality is a situation where a project would have an adverse effect on some other part of the firm’s overall operations. If the project would have a favorable effect on other operations, then this is not an externality. b. An example of an externality is a situation where a bank opens a new office, and that new office causes deposits in the bank’s other offices to decline.

  28. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 6 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 6 discussion 1 Analyze the concept of “stress test” as applied to financial institutions and create a better alternative for assessing the viability of a financial institution.

  29. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 6 Quiz 5 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 6 Quiz5 Question 1             Call options on XYZ Corporation’s common stock trade in the market.  Which of the following statements is most correct, holding other things constant?

  30. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 7 Chapter 12 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com 1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Perhaps the most important step when developing forecasted financial statements is to determine the breakdown of common equity between common stock and retained earnings. b. The first, and perhaps the most critical, step in forecasting financial requirements is to forecast future sales. c. Forecasted financial statements, as discussed in the text, are used primarily as a part of the managerial compensation program, where management’s historical performance is evaluated.

  31. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 7 Chapter 13 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Suppose Leonard, Nixon, & Shull Corporation’s projected free cash flow for next year is $100,000, and FCF is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6%. If the company’s weighted average cost of capital is 11%, what is the value of its operations? a. $1,714,750 b. $1,805,000

  32. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 7 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 7 discussion 2 Drawing on what you discovered in the e-Activity, determine what additional steps can be taken in the valuation of a corporation to avoid instances like the one you researched from occurring in the future. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  33. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 7 Quiz 6 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 7 quiz 6 Question 1             Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Answer                                     Question 2

  34. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 8 Chapter 14 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements about dividend policies is CORRECT? a. Modigliani and Miller argue that investors prefer dividends to capital gains because dividends are more certain than capital gains. They call this the ―bird-in-the hand‖ effect. b. One reason that companies tend to avoid stock repurchases is that dividend payments are taxed at a lower rate than gains on stock repurchases.

  35. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 8 Chapter 15 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Which of the following statements best describes the optimal capital structure? a. The optimal capital structure is the mix of debt, equity, and preferred stock that maximizes the company’s earnings per share (EPS). b. The optimal capital structure is the mix of debt, equity, and preferred stock that maximizes the company’s stock price. c. The optimal capital structure is the mix of debt, equity, and preferred stock that minimizes the company’s cost of equity.

  36. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 8 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 8 discussion 1 I examined PepsiCo to determine how it should address its free cash flow, either through distributions to shareholders or repurchasing of stock.

  37. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 8 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 8 discussion 2 Capital structure is the manner in which a firm’s assets are financed; that is, the right-hand side of the balance sheet. Capital structure is normally expressed as the percentage of each type of capital used by the firm--debt, preferred stock, and common equity

  38. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 8 Quiz 7 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 8 quiz 7 This quiz consist of 30 multiple choice questions. The first 15 questions cover the material in Chapter 12. The second 15 questions cover the material in Chapter 13. Be sure you are in the correct Chapter when you take the quiz.

  39. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 9 Chapter 16 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Swim Suits Unlimited is in a highly seasonal business, and the following summary balance sheet data show its assets and liabilities at peak and off-peak seasons (in thousands of dollars):  Peak Off-Peak  Cash $ 50 $ 30  Marketable securities 0 20  Accounts receivable 40 20

  40. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 9 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 9 discussion 1 Based on the content of this chapter and what you discovered in the e-Activity, analyze cash management technology and make at least one recommendation for another technique that would enhance working capital management. Explain the reasoning behind your recommendation.

  41. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 9 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 9 discussion 2 Create an idea for a startup venture and discuss the most viable way to raise the working capital to get the startup running. Explain your rationale.

  42. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 9 Quiz 8 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Question 1             Which of the following statements about dividend policies is correct?  Question 2             If a firm adheres strictly to the residual dividend policy, the issuance of new common stock would suggest that

  43. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 10 Chapter 17 Solution FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com In Japan, 90-day securities have a 4% annualized return and 180-day securities have a 5% annualized return. In the United States, 90-day securities have a 4% annualized return and 180-day securities have an annualized return of 4.5%. All securities are of equal risk, and Japanese securities are denominated in terms of the Japanese yen. Assuming that interest rate parity holds in all markets, which of the following statements is most CORRECT?

  44. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 10 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 10 discussion 1 Based on what you uncovered in the e-Activity, determine the most significant risk factors associated with investing in the company you selected when compared with investing in a domestic company. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  45. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 10 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 10 discussion 2 Recommend three policy changes that would make the Federal Reserve’s job of controlling U.S. interest rates easier. Explain your reasoning.

  46. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 10 Quiz 9 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 10 quiz 9 Question 1 Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? Question 2 Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

  47. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 11 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 11 discussion 1 Reflect on the lessons learned during this class and discuss the most interesting or surprising thing you learned. Explain what made it so.

  48. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 11 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Week 11 discussion 2 Discuss how you plan on using what you learned in this course in your current or future position. What will prove to be the most valuable?

  49. FIN 534 RANK Change The World /fin534rank.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom FIN 534 Week 11 Quiz 10 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin534rank.com Finance 534 week 11 quiz 10             Question 1             Suppose DeGraw Corporation, a U.S. exporter, sold a solar heating station to a Japanese customer at a price of 143.5 million yen, when the exchange rate was 140 yen per dollar.  In order to close the sale, DeGraw agreed to make the bill payable in yen, thus agreeing to take some exchange rate risk for the transaction.

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