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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com     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? threat of a proxy fight pay raises
based on length of service implementation of a
stock option plan 4.Financial managers primarily
create firm value by maximizing current
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide Set 2 (NEW) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com     . Financial
managers should primarily strive to 2. The
process of planning and managing a firm's
long-term assets is called 3. Which one of the
following actions by a financial manager creates
an agency problem? 4. Which one of these is a
cash outflow from a corporation? 5. For each of
the following, compute the present
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
Accounting Review) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com     IN 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
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com  
  IN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set) 1.The ultimate control of a corporation lies
in the hands of the corporate president. board
of directors. chairman of the board. chief
executive officer. stockholders. 1. (Set 2) If a
firm is currently profitable, then it will
always have sufficient cash to pay its bills in a
timely manner. the timing of the cash flows on
proposed projects is irrelevant. its current cash
inflows must
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  FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd
.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.fin571nerd.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. (Do not round intermediate
calculations.) What is the value of the
shareholders' equity account for this firm? How
much is net working capital? 2. Which one of the
following assets is generally the most liquid?
3. Which one of the following accounts is
included in
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
days by
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.co
m     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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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
2.The most recent financial statements for
Williamson, Inc., are shown here
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.fin571nerd.com       Watc
h 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.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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 Current
ratio Quick ratio
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FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com     IN 571 Week
4 Connect Problems Q-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?
(Do not round
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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, crea
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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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. 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. Any type of
project should be accepted if the NPV is positive
an
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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 VISI www.fin571nerd.co
m     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.fin571nerd.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.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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 o
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com     Res
ources Harvard Business Publishing Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth
Assignment Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of Corporate
Finance
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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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. Write a summary of no more than 700
words explaining how the capital improvement you
identified could
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
Compare the decisions and
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FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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. Compare the
decisions and results of all members of the team.
Create a 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation that includes detailed speaker
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