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FIN 571 Entire Course Final Guide For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   FIN
571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Walmart)   FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio
Analysis (General Motors)   FIN 571 Week 2 Stock
Valuation and Analysis (Apple)
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  FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2018) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Ques
tion 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.
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com What
is ethics? If you follow all applicable rules and
regulations, are you an ethical person?  
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Assum
e 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 firms liabilities (relative to the
book value of liabilities)?
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (Apple)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
com   Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this
assignment is to help students gain a better
understanding of the financial statements used
for corporate financial reporting and the key
ratios used to make business decisions.  Assignmen
t Steps  Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of
the following industries
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 FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (General
Motors) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
help students gain a better understanding of the
financial statements used for corporate financial
reporting and the key ratios used to make
business decisions.  Assignment Steps  Select a
Fortune 500 Company from one of the following
industries Pharmaceutical Energy Retail Automotiv
e
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (Pfizer)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
com   Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this
assignment is to help students gain a better
understanding of the financial statements used
for corporate financial reporting and the key
ratios used to make business decisions.  Assignmen
t Steps  Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of
the following industries Pharmaceutical Energy Re
tail Automotive
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Walmart) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
help students gain a better understanding of the
financial statements used for corporate financial
reporting and the key ratios used to make
business decisions.  Assignment Steps 
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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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 firms
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. What is the
value of the shareholders' equity account for
this firm? How much is net working capital?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Suppo
se 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  
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com    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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Amazon) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow students the opportunity to research a
Fortune 500 company stock using the popular
online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool
allows the student to review analyst reports and
other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest.  Assignment Steps 
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Apple) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow students the opportunity to research a
Fortune 500 company stock using the popular
online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool
allows the student to review analyst reports and
other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest.  Assignment
Steps  Resources Yahoo Finance 
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Ford) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow students the opportunity to research a
Fortune 500 company stock using the popular
online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool
allows the student to review analyst reports and
other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest. 
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Target) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow students the opportunity to research a
Fortune 500 company stock using the popular
online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool
allows the student to review analyst reports and
other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest.  Assignment
Steps  Resources Yahoo Finance
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Walmart) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow students the opportunity to research a
Fortune 500 company stock using the popular
online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool
allows the student to review analyst reports and
other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest.  Assignment
Steps  Resources Yahoo Finance
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Wh
y are interest rates on short-term loans not
necessarily comparable to each other? Give
three possible reasons.  
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com      
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
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 FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment
Interpreting Financial Results For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   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  Compare the financial ratios with
each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014
with 2013 2013 with 2012 and 2012 with
2011). Compare the calculated financial ratios
against the industry benchmarks for the industry
of your assigned company.  
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FIN 571 Week 3 Researching Industry Financial
Statistics For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow the students an opportunity to complete
their financial evaluation of a company using the
financial research database Plunkett Research
Online. Plunkett Research Online provides
in-depth analysis of a company's financials,
comparisons to industry averages, a list of top
executives, how the company compares to other
competitors in terms of revenue, number of
employees, market capitalization and other key
financial metrics. 
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation   For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com       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
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FIN 571 Week 3 Using the Payback Method, IRR, and
NPV For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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
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  FIN 571 Week 4 Assignment Rate of Return for
Stocks and Bonds For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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. Assignment Steps
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com      
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.
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Ph
yllis 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 projects 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 projects life. Assuming you
have a choice between depreciation methods, whose
advice should you follow? Why?
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements   For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Decide up
on 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.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com     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
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  FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Capital Market
Efficiency Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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 
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FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance
on Stock Valuation For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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 ResourcesCorporate Finance
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  FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Be
cause 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?
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Th
e 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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Th
e 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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)   For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
    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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 1 (SNC) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   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. The
team must understand how the income statement,
balance sheet, and statement of cash flows are
interconnected and be able to analyze forecasted
financial information to consider possible
effects of each opportunity on the firm's
financial position.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
  For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialran
k.com     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
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FIN 571 Week 6 Signature Assignment Short Term
Funding (2 PPT) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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.
 
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll)   For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
    The executive team of New Heritage Doll has
completed the decision making for capital
budgeting for the firm. Now the team must decide
which decisions and approach were the best for
the company. The executive team must create a
presentation to be given to the board members of
New Heritage Doll
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FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 2 (SNC) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   The
executive team of New Heritage Doll has completed
the decision making for capital budgeting for the
firm. Now the team must decide which decisions
and approach were the best for the company. The
executive team must create a presentation to be
given to the board members of SNC.
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