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• FIS 260 Capstone CheckPoint

• FIS 260 Entire Course

• 31. Resource Career profiles and career
  opportunities in finance sections in Introduction
  to Institutions
• 32. Post your response to the Assignment section
  of the following Each chapter of the text
  includes career profiles of men and women in
  finance and most chapters include sections on
  career opportunities in finance.

• FIS 260 Week 1 Assignment The Monetary System
• FIS 260 Week 1 Check Point The Four Pillars and
  the Components of Finance
• FIS 260 Week 2 Check Point Functions of the
  Banking System
• FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 1 of 2
•  FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 2 of 2

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• FIS 260 Final Project The Current Financial
  Environment

• FIS 260 Week 1 Assignment The Monetary System

• 33. Research and compare the following services
  provided by three different commercial banks or
  other depository institutions the current
  interest charged on a variable credit card
  account, the current annual percentage rate for a
  new car, and the current interest rate on a
  30-year fixed mortgage.

• Write a 500- to 700-word paper on the monetary
  system, focusing on the relationship between the
  money supply and economic activity. Include in
  your paper the following points
•  The three ways money is transferred from savers
  to businesses

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• FIS 260 Week 1 CheckPoint The Four Pillars and
  the Components of Finance

• FIS 260 Week 2 CheckPoint Functions of the
  Banking System

• Post your response to the Assignments section as
  an attachment

• Answer each of the following questions What are
  the differences between commercial and investment
  banking? What types of services and products do
  commercial banks provide? What types of services
  and products do investment banks provide? What
  are the five functions that the banking system
  performs?

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• FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 1 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 2 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 1 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 2 DQs part 2 of 2

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• FIS 260 Week 3 Assignment The Federal Reserve
  System

• FIS 260 Week 3 CheckPoint The Fed Discount Rate
  and Federal Funds Rate

• The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of
  the United States and, as such, plays an
  important role in our financial system. The
  monetary policy implemented by the Federal
  Reserve System can affect individual financial
  matters as well as the economy as a whole.

• 1. Complete the Internet Activity on p. 86 in
  Introduction to Institutions.
• 2. Research, at www.stls.frb.org, the historical
  changes in the federal funds rate, and answer the
  following questions What are the changes in
  basis points and the targeted level on September
  17, 2001? June 25, 2003? June 29, 2006?

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• FIS 260 Week 4 CheckPoint The U.S. Treasury

• FIS 260 Week 4 DQs part 1 of 2

• Complete the Internet Activity on p. 105 of the
  text. Identify the mission and goals of the U.S.
  Department of the Treasury located at
  www.treas.gov. Write a brief summary of the
  information.
•  Post your summary to the Assignments section.

• FIS 260 Week 4 DQs part 1 of 2

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• FIS 260 Week 4 DQs part 2 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 5 Assignment International Trade

• FIS 260 Week 4 DQs part 2 of 2

• 13. Resource The Internet Activity on p. 130 of
  Introduction to Institutions
• 14. Imagine that you are a financial advisor for
  a multinational corporation and that one of your
  duties is to compile current information on
  currency exchange rates and trade relationships.

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• FIS 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Development of the
  International Monetary System

• FIS 260 Week 6 CheckPoint The Interest Rate

• 11. Define briefly each of the following terms,
  and arrange them in an appropriate chronological
  order
• a. Euro
• b. Breton Woods System
• c. World Bank
• d. Flexible Exchange Rates
• e. International Monetary Fund

• 20. Answer the following questions regarding
  interest rates What is the interest rate?
  Explain the loan able funds theory of interest
  rates. What are the two basic sources of loan
  able funds? What are some of the major factors
  affecting the supply of loan able funds? What are
  the determinants of market interest rates?

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• FIS 260 Week 6 DQs part 1 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 6 DQs part 2 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 6 DQs part 1 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 6 DQs part 2 of 2

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• FIS 260 Week 7 Assignment Risk and Diversification

• FIS 260 Week 7 CheckPoint Rates of Return

• 25. Complete Appendix C.
• 26. Post your calculations and summary to the
  Assignments section as an attachment

• 23. Answer the following questions Explain the
  differences between historical and expected rates
  of return. What is variance and standard
  deviation? How are they used as measures of risk?
  What are states of nature and how are they used
  for expected measures of risk and return? What
  are some characteristics of an efficient market?

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• FIS 260 Week 8 CheckPoint Capital Budgeting

• FIS 260 Week 8 DQs part 1 of 2

• 29. Answer the following questions What is
  capital budgeting? Where must firms look for
  beneficial capital budgeting projects? What must
  firms avoid when seeking capital budgeting
  projects? Briefly describe the five stages of the
  capital budgeting process. What are some capital
  budgeting considerations unique to multinational
  corporations?

• FIS 260 Week 8 DQs part 1 of 2

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• FIS 260 Week 8 DQs part 2 of 2

• FIS 260 Week 8 DQs part 2 of 2

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