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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Practice Quiz FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Structures FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Structure Advice FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio Analysis Problems FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FIN 571 Entire Course
Multiple Choice Question 51 Which of the following is considered a hybrid organizational form? partnership limited liability partnership sole proprietorship corporation Multiple Choice Question 59 Which of the following is a principal within the agency relationship? the board of directors a company engineer FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)
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) 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. 4) The annual report refers to FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1
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. 4) The annual report refers to FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 2
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? FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and Accounting Review)
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? 7.Accounting profits and cash flows are generally: 8.Your credit card company charges you 1.00 percent per month. What is the annual percentage rate on your account? FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem Set)
What is ethics? If you follow all applicable rules and regulations, are you an ethical person? FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1
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)? FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2
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 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Structures
www.fin571genius.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 Multiple Choice Question 44 Which of the following business organizational forms is easiest to raise capital? FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Practice Quiz
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? 3.Which one of the following accounts is included in stockholders' equity? 4.It is easier to evaluate a firm using its financial statements when the firm: 5.Which one of these accounts is classified as a current asset on the balance sheet? FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems
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 Week 2 DQ 1
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 Week 2 DQ 2
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. Please advise on what my options are, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and possible tax consequences for each scenario? FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Structure Advice
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: Discuss the mistakes made by the company and their leadership. FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and Finance
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. 1992 1993 1994 Gross Profit Margin 60% 55% 51% FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio Analysis Problems
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 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz
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. Please post your answers in the classroom discussion section underneath the week six assignment. 1.Net Present Value: Johnson Complex Fabrications is a metal parts manufacturing company. It has developed a new process for producing extruded aluminum tubing. The process requires $1,968,450 initial investment. It expected to have a life of five years and would produce net cash inflows for each of the next five years: year 1 $512,496; year 2 $242,637; year 3 $814,558; year 4 $887,225 and year 5 $712,642. FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection
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: FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems
Why are interest rates on short-term loans not necessarily comparable to each other? Give three possible reasons. FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1
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 Week 3 DQ 2
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. FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection
FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems 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? 2.Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Calculate the price of this bond if the YTM is : 3.Yan Yan Corp. FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems
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 Week 4 DQ 1
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 FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing Pro Forma Statements
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 FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Practice Quiz
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 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection
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. Variable costs are not calculated as a percentage of sales in this case. FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage and Forecasting
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) FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC Problems
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? FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Practice Quiz
Problem 5.17 Your finance text book sold 53,250 copies in its first year. The publishing company expects the sales to grow at a rate of 20 percent for the next three years, and by 10 percent in the fourth year. Calculate the total number of copies that the publisher expects to sell in year 3 and 4. (If you solve this problem with algebra round intermediate calculations to 6 decimal places, in all cases round your final answers to the nearest whole number.) FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Wileyplus Assignment
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. . FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection
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. Please post your answers in the classroom discussion section underneath the week six assignment. 1.Net Present Value: Johnson Complex Fabrications is a metal parts manufacturing company. It has developed a new process for producing extruded aluminum tubing. The process requires $1,968,450 initial investment. It expected to have a life of five years and would produce net cash inflows for each of the next five years: year 1 $512,496; year 2 $242,637; year 3 $814,558; year 4 $887,225 and year 5 $712,642. FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Homework Problems
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: FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
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. FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Practice Quiz
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. FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection
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. FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection
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