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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple Choice
Question 51 Which of the following is considered
a hybrid organizational form? partnership limited
liability partnership sole proprietorship
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
Accounting Review) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com
  FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1
Problem Set) 1.The ultimate control of a
corporation lies in the hands of the corporate
president.
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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)?
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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 Connect Problems FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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?  2.Which one of the following assets is
generally the most liquid? 3.Which one of the
following accounts is included in stockholders'
equity?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   Why 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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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
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FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch
the "Concept Review Video Working Capital
Management" video located in theWileyPLUS
Assignment Week 3 Videos Activity.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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.
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 CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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?
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.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.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Res
ources Harvard Business Publishing Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth
Assignment Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of Corporate
Finance WileyPLUS Assignments
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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.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
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