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FIN 571 Entire Course

• 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 Week 3 Individual Practice Quiz

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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)

• 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
• the CEO of the firm

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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Practice Quiz

• 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?
• a) sole proprietorship
• b) partnership
• c) corporation
• d) a and b

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice

• 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?
• Respectfully,
• John Owner

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems

• 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

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

• Read the Ethics case, "A Sad Tale The Demise of
  Arthur Anderson" located in the WileyPLUS Week
  Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Chapter
  readings.
• Discuss the mistakes made by Arthur Anderson and
  potential actions that leadership could have
  taken to prevent the organizational failure.
• Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your
  discussion.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
  assignment.

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FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting
Financial Results

• 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).

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FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Practice Quiz

• Multiple Choice Question 32
• The operating cycle
• ends not with the finished goods being sold to
  customers and the cash collected on the sales
  but when you take into account the time taken by
  the firm to pay for its purchases.
• To measure operating cycle we need another
  measure called the days' payables outstanding.
• begins when the firm receives the raw materials
  it purchased that would be used to produce the
  goods that the firm manufactures.

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FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Practice Quiz

• 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
• PV of multiple cash flows Jack Stuart has loaned
  money to his brother at an interest rate of 5.75
  percent. He expects to receive 625, 650, 700,
  and 800 at the end of the next four years as
  complete repayment of the loan with interest. How
  much did he loan out to his brother? (Round to
  the nearest dollar.)

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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting

• 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. Sales are a function of
  the number of packs sold and the price per pack.
  Likewise, variable costs are a function of the
  number of packs sold and the cost to produce each
  pack. You sell these packs to retailers for 200
  dollars each.

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
Problems

• Discounted Cash Flows and WACC Homework Problems
• 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)
• Year Amount
• 1 400
• 2 750
• 3 945
• 4 145

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Practice Quiz

• 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?
• Multiple Choice Question 54
• The process of identifying the bundle of projects
  that creates the greatest total value and
  allocating the available capital to the projects
  is known as
• risk analysis.
• rationing.
• capital rationing.

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Wileyplus Assignment

• Problem 5.17
• Problem 5.21
• Problem 6.19
• Problem 6.27
• Problem 7.16
• Problem 8.24
• Problem 9.15
• 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.)

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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Homework
Problems

• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment

• 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
• Acting as the CEO of a small company, you 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 6 Individual Practice Quiz

• 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.
• Multiple Choice Question 66

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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Wileyplus Assignment

• Problem 10.14
• Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm.
  Recently, it developed a new process for
  producing spices. The process requires new
  machinery that would cost 1,968,450. Have a life
  of five years, and would produce the cash flows
  shown in the following table.
• Year Cash Flow
• 1 512,496
• 2 -242,637
• 3 814,558
• 4 887,225
• 5 712,642
• What is the NPV if the discount rate is 15.9
  percent? (Enter negative amounts using negative
  sign e.g. -45.25. Round answer to 2 decimal
  places, e.g. 15.25.)

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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.
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