FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/tutorialrank.com

1
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com
The Best way to predict the Future is to create
it.....To Best way....
www.tutorialrank.com
2
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Assignment Calculate Project Cash Flow,
  NPV, IRR, payback methods
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  student to calculate the project cash flow using
  net present value (NPV), internal rate of return
  (IRR), and the payback methods.
• Assignment Steps
• Resources Corporate Finance
• Create a 350-word memo to management including
  the following
• Describe the use of internal rate of return
  (IRR), net present value (NPV), and the payback
  method in evaluating project cash flows.
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of
  each method.

3
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance on
  Stock Valuation
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Purpose of Assignment
• The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate
  to students how the issuance of debt to purchase
  outstanding common stock could affect the value
  of the company's equity and redefine the capital
  structure. The problem will also allow students
  to explore the effect of corporate taxes through
  debt financing.
• Assignment Steps
• ResourcesCorporate Finance

4
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Assignment Rate of Return for Stocks and
  Bonds
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  student an opportunity to calculate the rate of
  return of equity and debt instruments. It allows
  the student to understand the effects of
  dividends capital gains inflation rates and
  how the nominal rate of return affects valuation
  and pricing. The assignment also allows the
  student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC,
  and Flotation Costs to understand the influence
  of debt and equity on the company's capital
  structure.
• Assignment Steps
• Resources Corporate Finance

5
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Assignment Select Fortune 500 Company
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Assignment Steps
•  
• Resources Yahoo Finance
•  
• Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the
  following industries
•  
• Pharmaceutical
•  
• Energy
•  
• Retail
•  
• Automotive

6
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Assignment start-up company Signature
  Assignment (score 80)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• About Your Signature Assignment This signature
  assignment is designed to align with specific
  program student learning outcome(s) in your
  program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are
  broad statements that describe what students
  should know and be able to do upon completion of
  their degree. The signature assignments may be
  graded with an automated rubric that allows the
  University to collect data that can be aggregated
  across a location or college/school and used for
  program improvements.

7
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (3 Set with Excel File)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• 1.Which one of the following parties is
  considered a stakeholder of a firm?
• 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?

8
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)
• Click Here to Buy the Tutorial
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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?
•  

9
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2017)
• Click Here to Buy the Tutorial
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Question 1 The underlying assumption of the
  dividend growth model is that a stock is worth
• A. An amount computed as the next annual dividend
  divided by the required rate of return.
• B. An amount computed as the next annual dividend
  divided by the market rate of return.
• C. The same amount computed as any other stock
  that pays the same current dividend and has the
  same required rate of return.
• D. The present value of the future income that
  the stock is expected to generate.

10
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide Set 2 (NEW)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• 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

11
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
  Accounting Review)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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
•  
• 1. Which Excel cell entry will calculate the
  square root of 165?
•  
• 2. Which statements about Excels FV function are
  correct?

12
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
  Set)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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.
•  
• board of directors.
•  
• chairman of the board.
•  

13
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• What is ethics? If you follow all applicable
  rules and regulations, are you an ethical person?

14
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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)?
• This question is referring to a firm's liability
  such as a bond or debenture that has been issued
  in the markets. What happens to the price an
  investor who is looking to purchase that bond or
  debenture is willing to pay if the market
  interest rate increases above the rate that the
  bond or debenture pays.

15
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Structures
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
  assignment.

16
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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?

17
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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)?
• This question is referring to a firm's liability
  such as a bond or debenture that has been issued
  in the markets. What happens to the price an
  investor who is looking to purchase that bond or
  debenture is willing to pay if the market
  interest rate increases above the rate that the
  bond or debenture pays.

18
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

•  
• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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

19
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
  Structure Advice
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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.
•  

20
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
  Finance
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.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.
•  
• Create a 1,400-word analysis of the application
  of SOX in which you include the following
•  

21
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
  Analysis Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A
•  
•  
• 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.

22
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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.

23
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A 
•  
• 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. No dividends are paid. Next
  years sales are projected to be 8,418. What is
  the external financing needed? 

24
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
•  
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A
•  
•  
• Why are interest rates on short-term loans not
  necessarily comparable to each other? Give
  three possible reasons.

25
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 0 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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

26
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting
  Financial Results
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 4 Times, Rating B  
• 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).
• Compare the calculated financial ratios against
  the industry benchmarks for the industry of your
  assigned company.

27
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A
•  
•  
• 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.

28
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
  Statement Interpretation
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A 
• 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
• Financial leverage

29
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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? 

30
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating B
• 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.

31
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating
•  
• 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?

32
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
  Pro Forma Statements
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 4 Times, Rating A 
• 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.
• Discuss and interpret the financials in relation
  to the initiative. Make recommendations on
  potential discretionary financing needs.

33
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating A
•  
•  
• 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.

34
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
  and Forecasting
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 3 Times, Rating A 
•  
• 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

35
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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.
•  

36
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating B
•  
•  
• 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?

37
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating
•  
• 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.

38
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
  Problems
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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.
•  
•  

39
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 3 Times, Rating B
•  
•  
• 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.

40
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com

• FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
  Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)
• For more course tutorials visit
• www.tutorialrank.com
• Tutorial Purchased 0 Times, Rating No rating
•  
•  
• 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.

41
FIN 571 course Marvelous Learning/
tutorialrank.com
The Best way to predict the Future is to create
it.....To Best way....
www.tutorialrank.com