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• FIN 402 Entire Course (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Final Exam Guide (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
  Investment Banking Process Paper
• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1
• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2
• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3
• FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
  Selection Paper
• FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper

• FIN 402 Investment Fundamentals and Portfolio
  Management Final Exam Guide
• True/False
• 1.___ ___ The balance sheet shows what assets
  the firm controls at a point in time and how it
  financed the assets.
• 2.___ ___ Free cash flow Cash flow from
  operations Capital expenditures Disposition
  of property and equipment.

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• FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
  Investment

• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• FIN402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
  Investment Banking Process Paper

• What are capital market instruments? How are they
  used? Which is most important? Explain your
  answer.

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• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

• What is an asset class? How are asset classes
  selected? What factors affect the selection?

• hat is a derivative? What are the different types
  of derivatives? How do businesses use derivatives
  to mitigate risks?

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• FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set

• FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question

• The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
  to practice the concepts outlined in the
  textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
  the assignment and post your solutions to those
  problems.
• 1. Creating prices for securities and allowing
  for liquidity are functions of
• 2. Which of the following best describes the
  function of an investment banker selling an issue
  on a "best efforts" basis?

• Submit your Weekly Questions, with original
  questions, in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be
  sure to show your work to earn full credit.
• Do not use Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or
  other generic internet websites as sources. Use
  credible sources only. Also, do not use quotes in
  lieu of a response in your own words.

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• FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper

• FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• FIN402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper

• What are different ratio categories? Which
  category is most important to bondholders? Why?
  Which category is most important to stockholders?
  Why?

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• FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

• What are liquidity ratios? Why are they
  important? How may an investor use liquidity
  ratios when making investment decisions?

• What is the CAPM? Are CAPM assumptions realistic?
  Why or why not?

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• FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
  Selection

• FIN 402 Week 2 weekly Problem Set

• Resources Electronic Reserve Readings, Internet,
  University Library
• Select one publicly traded bond.
• Select five organizations from the following
  list. These organizations represent the stocks
  that comprise your portfolio.
• Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Citigroup
• Dell
• Disney

• The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
  to practice the concepts outlined in the
  textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
  the assignment and post your solutions to those
  problems. In your solutions, provide an
  explanation as to why you choose the answer.
• 1. If RF 6 percent, b 1.3, and the ERP 6.5
  percent, compute Ke(the required rate of return).

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• FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question

• FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
  Paper

• 1. (2 point) Calculate the expected return
  of the following stocks using CAPM. You can use
  internet websites to get Beta figures, such as
  Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, MSN Money,
  Marketwatch, etc. Use 4 as the risk free rate
  and 6 as the risk premium.
• a. Proctor Gamble (PG)
• b. Microsoft (MSFT)

• FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
  Paper

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• FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• What is the difference between systematic and
  unsystematic risk? How is the beta coefficient
  used to assess risk? Is it better to maximize
  return or minimize risk? Why?

• What is the relationship between inflation and
  interest rates? How does this relationship affect
  asset prices? How does the unemployment rate
  affect interest rates?

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• FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web

• What factors must be taken into consideration
  when creating an investment portfolio? How must a
  portfolios components be weighted?

• FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
  Exercise
• ResourceFundamentals of Investment Management
• Prepare a response to the following assignment
• Web Exercise (Ch. 21) of Fundamentals of
  Investment Management, including calculations for
  each organization listed in Step 9

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• FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set

• FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question

• The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
  to practice the concepts outlined in the
  textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
  the assignment and post your solutions to those
  problems. In your solutions, provide an
  explanation as to why you choose the answer.
• 1. Which of the following are assumptions of the
  simple CAPM model?
• 2. Consider the CAPM. The risk-free rate is 6
  and the expected return on the market is 18.
  What is the expected return on a stock with a
  beta of 1.3?

• Submit your Weekly Questions, with original
  questions, in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be
  sure to show your work to earn full credit.
• 1. (2 point) Use the expected return and
  Beta calculated in Week 2 Homework Questions 1
  for the stocks listed PG, Microsoft, Macys, JP
  Morgan Chase and Southern Company. You will make
  three portfolios
• a. Equal weight each of the stocks in the
  portfolio

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• FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course

• What are examples of active and passive portfolio
  management techniques? Why would a portfolio
  manager pursue active instead of passive
  techniques?

• Does international diversification enhance risk
  reduction? Why or why not? What measures may be
  taken to reduce risks of international portfolio
  investing?

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• FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
  Return

• What are unique risks associated with foreign
  investments? How might an investor protect his or
  her portfolio against such risks? Is it possible
  to protect a portfolio from all risk?

• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
• FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
  Return Tradeoff Memo
• Resources Constructing and Managing a Portfolio
  Simulation, Electronic Reserve Readings,
  University Library
• Complete the Constructing and Managing a
  Portfolio simulation on the student website.

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• FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
  Return

• FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Problem Set

• FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
  Return Analysis Paper
• Complete the following activities
• Conduct a risk assessment and return analysis on
  the investment vehicles in your portfolio.
• Select the weights of each vehicle in your
  portfolio for example, the percentage of the
  portfolio each vehicle makes up.

• The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
  to practice the concepts outlined in the
  textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
  the assignment and post your solutions to those
  problems.
• 1. The weak form of the EMH states that ________
  must be reflected in the current stock price.
• 2. When the market risk premium rises, stock
  prices will ________.
• 3. Proponents of the EMH typically advocate
  __________.

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• FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question

• FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
  Paper

• 1. (2 point) Go to Morningstar.com. Find the
  listed mutual funds profiles on the website.
  Under Ratings Risk, find and submit the Sharpe
  Ratio for each fund. Then discuss, using the
  ratio, which fund you believe provides a better
  investment.
• Funds ARTVX
• BPAIX
• BOSOX
• MFCFX
• 2. (2 point) List two pros and two cons of
  investing internationally. Do not focus on the
  investment vehicles, but rather having
  investments that are not domiciled/does business
  in the U.S

• FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
  Paper

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• FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)

• What are different types of alternative
  investment vehicles? Which is preferable? What
  factors could affect the choice of such a vehicle?

• What is an individual retirement account? Is it
  important to have an individual retirement
  account?

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• FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 (UOP Course)

• FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment

• What are derivatives? How may they be used to
  manage a portfolio?

• Prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  address the following
• Analyze effects of international portfolio
  diversification on an investment portfolio.
• Examine alternative investment vehicles

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