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• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)

• FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
  Accounting Review)

• 1.A proxy fight occurs when the board of
  directors disagree on the members of the
  management team.
• 2. A stakeholder is any person or entity
• 3.Which one of the following is least apt to help
  convince managers to work in the best interest of
  the stockholders?

• 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?

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• FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
  Set)

• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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

• 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

• FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Structures

• 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)? 

• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems

• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1

• 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?

• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2

• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
  Structure Advice

• 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

• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
  Finance

• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
  Analysis Problems

• 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

• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

• FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems

• 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.

• 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

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• FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1

• FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2

• Why are interest rates on short-term loans not
  necessarily comparable to each other? Give
  three possible reasons.

• 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

• FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection

• 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 

• 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 3 Team Assignment Financial
  Statement Interpretation

• FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems

• 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 Current ratio Quick
  ratio Net profit margin Asset utilization

• 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?

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• FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1

• FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2

• 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.

• Phyllis 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
  Pro Forma Statements

• FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection

• 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.

• 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

• FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems

• 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.

• 1.The difference between the present value of an
  investments future cash flows and its initial
  cost is the payback period. internal rate of
  return. profitability index. discounted payback
  period. net present value. 2.Which statement
  concerning the net present value (NPV) of an
  investment or a financing project is correct? An
  investment project that has positive cash flows
  for every time period after the initial
  investment should be accepted

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• FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1

• FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2

• Because 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?

• The 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 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
  Problems

• FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection

• 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)

• 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 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
  Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)

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

• 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

• 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 

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• FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection

• FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
  Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll)

• 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.

• 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 Compare the decisions and
  results of all members of the team.

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