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• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)
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• 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 t

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• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide Set 2 (NEW)
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• 1. 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
  value

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

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• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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?

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• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1
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• 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 T

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• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2
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• 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
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• 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 determi

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• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
  Finance
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• 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
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• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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 Team Assignment Financial
  Statement Interpretation
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• 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

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• FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems
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• 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 m

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• FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1
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• 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
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• 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 liabili

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• FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
  Pro Forma Statements
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• 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 form

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• FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection
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• 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
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• 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, in

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• FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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? J

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• FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
  Problems
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• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection
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• 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.

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• FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
  Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)
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• 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. E

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• FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
  Managing Growth, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)
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• 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. Ex

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

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

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• FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
  Managing Growth, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll)
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• 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.

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