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FIN 402 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     FIN 402 Week 1
Assignment Capital Markets and Investment Banking
Process Paper FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 FIN 402 Week 1
DQ 2 FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 FIN 402 Week 2 Learning
Team Assignment Portfolio Selection Paper FIN 402
Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper FIN 402
Week 2 DQ 1
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FIN 402 Final Exam Guide   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 402 Investment
Fundamentals and Portfolio Management Final Exam
Guide True/False 1.___ ___ The balance sheet
shows what assets the firm controls at a point in
time and how it financed the assets. 2.___
___ Free cash flow Cash flow from operations
Capital expenditures Disposition of property
and equipment.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN402 Week
1 Assignment Capital Markets and Investment
Banking Process Paper
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2
Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment Plan For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment
Plan Carolyn Bowen, who just turned 55, is
employed as an administrative assistant for the
Xcon Corporation, where she has worked for the
past 20 years. She is in good health, lives
alone, and has two grown children. A few months
ago her husband died, leaving
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2, 2.1,
2.2, 3.1, 12.1 For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn
Bowens Investment Plan FIN 402 Week 1
Assignment Case Problem 2.1 Daras Dilemma What
to Buy? FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem
2.2 Ravi Dumars High-Flying Margin Account
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.1 Daras
Dilemma What to Buy? For more classes
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Daras Dilemma What to Buy? Dara Simmons, a
40-year-old financial analyst and divorced mother
of two teenage children, considers herself a
savvy investor. She has increased her investment
portfolio considerably over the past five years.
Although she has been fairly conservative with
her investments,
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.2 Ravi
Dumars High-Flying Margin Account   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
2.2 Ravi Dumars High-Flying Margin Account Ravi
Dumar is a stockbroker who lives with his wife,
Sasha, and their five children in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Ravi firmly believes that the only way
to make money in the market is to follow an
aggressive investment posturefor example, to use
margin trading. I
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune   For more classes
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Perezes Good Fortune Angel and Marie Perez own a
small pool hall located in southern New Jersey.
They enjoy running the business, which they have
owned for nearly three years.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 12.1
Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual Funds For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 12.1 Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual
Funds The Reverend Mark Thomas is the minister of
a church in the San Diego area. He is married,
has one young child, and earns a modest income.
Because religious organizations are not notorious
for their generous retirement programs, the
reverend has decided he should
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are capital
market instruments? How are they used? Which is
most important? Explain your answer.
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is an asset
class? How are asset classes selected? What
factors affect the selection?
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is a
derivative? What are the different types of
derivatives? How do businesses use derivatives to
mitigate risks?  
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Submit
your Weekly Questions, with original questions,
in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show
your work to earn full credit.   Do not use
Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or other
generic internet websites as sources. Use
credible sources only.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN
402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 2.1
Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio Theory Whos
Right   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Case Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern
Portfolio Theory Whos Right? Walt Davies and
Shane OBrien are district managers for Lee, Inc.
Over the years, as they moved through the firms
sales organization, they became (and still
remain) close friends. Walt, who is 33 years old,
currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Shane,
who is 35, lives in Houston, Texas. Recently, at
the
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision   For more classes
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Coatess Decision On January 1, 2017, Dave
Coates, a 23-year-old mathematics teacher at
Xavier High School, received a tax refund of
1,100. Because Dave didnt need this money for
his current living expenses, he decided to make a
long-term investment. After surveying a number of
alternative investments costing no more than
1,100, Dave isolated two that seemed most
suitable to his needs.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1, 4.2,
2.1, 5.2, 13.1 (Part a,b,c,d) For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 4.1 Coatess Decision FIN
402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case
Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio
Theory Whos Right
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision   For more classes
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Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision Over the past 10 years, Molly
ORourke has slowly built a diversified portfolio
of common stock. Currently her portfolio includes
20 different common stock issues and has a total
market value of
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 5.2 Susan
Lussiers Inherited Portfolio Does It Meet Her
Needs For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  Case Problem 5.2 Susan Lussiers Inherited
Portfolio Does It Meet Her Needs? Susan Lussier
is 35 years old and employed as a tax accountant
for a major oil and gas exploration company. She
earns nearly 135,000 a year from her salary and
from participation in the companys drilling
activities. An expert on oil and gas taxation,
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 13.1
Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio Performance
(Part a,b,c,d)   For more classes
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Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio
Performance Mary and Nick Stalcheck have an
investment portfolio containing four investments.
It was developed to provide them with a balance
between current income and capital appreciation.
Rather than acquire mutual fund shares or
diversify within a given class of investments,
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are liquidity
ratios? Why are they important? How may an
investor use liquidity ratios when
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the CAPM?
Are CAPM assumptions realistic? Why or why not?


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FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper (2 Papers) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   This Tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Resources
Electronic Reserve Readings, Internet, University
Library Select one publicly traded bond. Select
five organizations from the following list. These
organizations represent the stocks that comprise
your portfolio. Cisco Systems, Inc. Citigroup De
ll Disney
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FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Resources
Electronic Reserve Readings, Internet, University
Library   Select one publicly traded
bond.   Select five organizations from the
following list. These organizations represent the
stocks that comprise your portfolio.   Cisco
Systems, Inc.   Citigroup  
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. In your
solutions, provide an explanation as to why you
choose the answer.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. (2 point)
Calculate the expected return of the following
stocks using CAPM. You can use internet websites
to get Beta figures, such as Yahoo! Finance,
Google Finance, MSN Money, Marketwatch, etc. Use
4 as the risk free rate and 6 as the risk
premium. a. Proctor Gamble (PG) b.
Microsoft (MSFT) c. Macys (M) d. JP
Morgan Chase (JPM)
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara
Decides to Take the Plunge For more classes
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Sara Decides to Take the Plunge Sara Thomas is a
child psychologist who has built a thriving
practice in her hometown of Boise, Idaho. Over
the past several years she has been able to
accumulate a substantial sum of money. She has
worked long and hard to be successful, but she
never imagined anything like this.
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1, 6.2,
7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.2 For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara Decides to Take
the Plunge FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case
Problem 6.2 Wally Wonders Whether Theres a Place
for Dividends FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case
Problem 7.1 Some Financial Ratios Are Real
Eye-Openers
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.2 Wally
Wonders Whether Theres a Place for Dividends
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cas
e Problem 6.2 Wally Wonders Whether Theres a
Place for Dividends Wally Wilson is a commercial
artist who makes a good living by doing freelance
workmostly layouts and illustrationsfor local
ad agencies and major institutional clients (such
as large department stores). Wally has been
investing in the stock market for some time,
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 7.1 Some
Financial Ratios Are Real Eye-Openers For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
7.1 Some Financial Ratios Are Real
Eye-Openers Jack Arnold is a resident of Lubbock,
Texas, where he is a prosperous rancher and
businessman. He has also built up a sizable
portfolio of common stock, which, he believes, is
due to the fact that he thoroughly evaluates each
stock he invests in. As Jack says,
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 7.2 Doris
Looks at an Auto Issue For more classes
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Doris Looks at an Auto Issue Doris Wise is a
young career woman. She lives in Phoenix,
Arizona, where she owns and operates a highly
successful modeling agency. Doris manages her
modest but rapidly growing investment portfolio,
made up mostly of high-grade common stocks.
Because shes young and single and has no
pressing family requirements, Doris has invested
primarily in stocks that offer the potential for
attractive capital
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.1 Chris
Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
8.1 Chris Looks for a Way to Invest His
Wealth Chris Norton is a young Hollywood writer
who is well on his way to television
superstardom. After writing several successful
television specials, he was recently named the
head writer for one of TVs top-
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.2 An
Analysis of a High-Flying Stock   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
8.2 An Analysis of a High-Flying Stock Marc
Dodier is a recent university graduate and a
security analyst with the Kansas City brokerage
firm of Lippman, Brickbats, and Shaft. Marc has
been following one of the hottest issues on Wall
Street, CI Medical Supplies, a company that has
turned in an outstanding performance lately and,
even more important, has exhibited excellent
growth potential.
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 9.2 Deb
Takes Measure of the Market For more classes
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Takes Measure of the Market Several months ago,
Deb Forrester received a substantial sum of money
from the estate of her late aunt. Deb initially
placed the money in a savings account because she
was not sure what to do with it. Since then,
however, she has taken a course
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative
Performance Paper
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
difference between systematic and unsystematic
risk? How is the beta coefficient used to assess
risk? Is it better to maximize return or minimize
risk? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
relationship between inflation and interest
rates? How does this relationship affect asset
prices? How does the unemployment rate affect
interest rates?
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What factors must be
taken into consideration when creating an
investment portfolio? How must a portfolios
components be weighted?  
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FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM
Web Exercise ResourceFundamentals of Investment
Management Prepare a response to the following
assignment Web Exercise (Ch. 21) of Fundamentals
of Investment Management, including calculations
for each organization listed in Step 9  
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. In your
solutions, provide an explanation as to why you
choose the answer. 1. Which of the following are
assumptions of the simple CAPM model?
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Submit your Weekly
Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit. 1. (2 point) Use
the expected return and Beta calculated in Week 2
Homework Questions 1 for the stocks listed PG,
Microsoft, Macys, JP Morgan Chase and Southern
Company. You will make three
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max
and Veronica Develop a Bond Investment
Program   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica Develop
a Bond Investment Program Max and Veronica
Shuman, along with their teenage sons, Terry and
Thomas, live in Portland, Oregon. Max is a sales
rep for a major medical firm,
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1,
10.2, 11.1, 11.2   For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica
Develop a Bond Investment Program FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The Case of the
Missing Bond Ratings FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment
Case Problem 11.1 The Bond Investment Decisions
of Dave and Marlene Carter FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 11.2 Grace Decides to
Immunize Her Portfolio
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The
Case of the Missing Bond Ratings For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
10.2 The Case of the Missing Bond Ratings Its
probably safe to say that theres nothing more
important in determining a bonds rating than the
underlying financial condition and operating
results of the company
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.1 The
Bond Investment Decisions of Dave and Marlene
Carter   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Case Problem 11.1 The Bond Investment
Decisions of Dave and Marlene Carter Dave and
Marlene Carter live in the Boston area, where
Dave has a successful orthodontics practice. Dave
and Marlene have built up a sizable investment
portfolio and have always had a major portion of
their investments in fixed-income securities
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.2 Grace
Decides to Immunize Her Portfolio   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
11.2 Grace Decides to Immunize Her
Portfolio Grace Hesketh is the owner of an
extremely successful dress boutique in downtown
Chicago. Although high fashion is Graces first
love
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    FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are examples of
active and passive portfolio management
techniques? Why would a portfolio manager pursue
active instead of passive techniques?  
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Does international
diversification enhance risk reduction? Why or
why not? What measures may be taken to reduce
risks of international portfolio investing?
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are unique
risks associated with foreign investments? How
might an investor protect his or her portfolio
against such risks? Is it possible to protect a
portfolio from all risk?
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers)   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers FIN 402
Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and Return
Tradeoff Memo Resources Constructing and
Managing a Portfolio Simulation, Electronic
Reserve Readings,
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo   For more classes
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Individual Assignment Risk and Return Tradeoff
Memo   Resources Constructing and Managing a
Portfolio Simulation, Electronic Reserve
Readings, University Library   Complete the
Constructing and Managing a Portfolio simulation
on the student website.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper (Portfolio Risk Analysis)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN
402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper Complete the following
activities Conduct a risk assessment and return
analysis on the investment vehicles in your
portfolio. Select the weights of each vehicle in
your portfolio for example, the percentage of
the portfolio each vehicle makes up.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper For more classes
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Learning Team Assignment Risk and Return Analysis
Paper   Complete the following activities   Condu
ct a risk assessment and return analysis on the
investment vehicles in your portfolio.   Select
the weights of each vehicle in your portfolio
for example, the percentage of the portfolio each
vehicle makes up.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. 1. The
weak form of the EMH states that ________ must be
reflected in the current stock price. 2. When
the market risk premium rises, stock prices will
________. 3. Proponents of the EMH typically
advocate __________.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. (2 point) Go
to Morningstar.com. Find the listed mutual funds
profiles on the website. Under Ratings Risk,
find and submit the Sharpe Ratio for each fund.
Then discuss, using the ratio, which fund you
believe provides a better investment. Funds
ARTVX BPAIX BOSOX
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The
Franciscos Investment Options   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 14.1
The Franciscos Investment Options Hector
Francisco is a successful businessman in Atlanta.
The box-manufacturing firm he and his wife, Judy,
founded several years ago has prospered. Because
he is self-employed, Hector is building his own
retirement fund. So far, he has accumulated a
substantial
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1,
14.2, 15.1, 15.2 For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The Franciscos
Investment Options FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1
T. J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem
15.2 Jim and Polly Pernelli Try Hedging with
Stock Index Futures
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.2
Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to Hedge For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge A little more than 10 months ago, Luke
Weaver, a mortgage banker in Phoenix, bought 300
shares of stock at 40 per share. Since then, the
price of the stock has risen to 75 per share. It
is now near the end of the year, and the market
is starting to weaken
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1 T.
J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 15.1 T. J.s Fast-Track
Investments Interest Rate Futures T. J. Patrick
is a young, successful industrial designer in
Portland, Oregon, who enjoys the excitement of
commodities speculation. T. J. has been dabbling
in commodities since he was a teenagerhe was
introduced to this market by his dad
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.2 Jim
and Polly Pernelli Try Hedging with Stock Index
Futures For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 15.2 Jim and Polly Pernelli
Try Hedging with Stock Index Futures Jim Pernelli
and his wife, Polly, live in Augusta, Georgia.
Like many young couples, the Pernellis are a
two-income family. Jim and Polly are both college
graduates and hold high-paying jobs. Jim has been
an avid investor in the stock market for a number
of years and over time has built up a portfolio
that is currently worth nearly 375,000. The
Pernellis portfolio is well diversified,
although it is heavily
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (2 Papers) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   This tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Prepare a paper,
not to exceed 5 pages, in which you assess the
performance of your portfolio, using William
Sharpes and Harry Markowitzs modern portfolio
theories. Address the following Calculate your
portfolios performance using the Sharpe, Jensen,
and Treynor indices.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are different
types of alternative investment vehicles? Which
is preferable? What factors could affect the
choice of such a vehicle?
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is an
individual retirement account? Is it important to
have an individual retirement account?  
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are
derivatives? How may they be used to manage a
portfolio?
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FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Prepare a 1,050- to
1,750-word paper in which you address the
following Analyze effects of international
portfolio diversification on an investment
portfolio. Examine alternative investment
vehicles.

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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Problem Set   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. You
purchase one IBM July 125 call contract for a
premium of 5. You hold the option until the
expiration date when IBM stock sells for 123 per
share. You will realize a ______ on the
investment. 2. You purchase one IBM July 120 put
contract for a premium of 5. You hold the option
until the
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Questions For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Submit your Weekly
Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit.   Do not use
Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or other
generic internet websites as sources. Use
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