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FIN 486 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment
Part 3 JJs Jammers Summary FIN 486 Week 1
Assignment Part 1 Financial Statement
Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow Reconciliation
FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350 Words) FIN 486
Week 2 Individual Assignment (Chapter 5, Chapter
8) FIN 486 Week 2 Team Assignment (P4-6, P4-19)
FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment
(P102,P107, P1010, P1014, P1021, P111,
P114, P117, P118, P119) FIN 486 Week 3 Video
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FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Financial
Statement Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow
Reconciliation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   Part 1 Financial
Statement Construction Exercise Take the
following results for JJs Jammers and create a
Balance Sheet and Income Statement in the 2012
columns of the template showing JJs Jammers 2011
results (In alphabetical order).
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FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 3 JJs Jammers
Summary FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   Write a 525- to 700-word
summary that includes the following Explain how
the three different parts of the Financial
Statement work together to provide a picture of
how the business is operating. Explain the role
of the Financial Manager in stewarding the
companys resources. Formulate and write your
opinion as to whether the
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FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1 What
are a chief financial officers (CFO) two roles?
Use real-world examples to explain why these
roles are important to a companys success.
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2 Explain business ethics in your own words. Why
are business ethics important in strategic
planning? Howdobusinessethicsaffecttheworkplace?
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FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Ethics (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   This Tutorial contains 2
Different Papers Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper
describing the demise of Enron Corporation and
WorldCom. Identify major factors that led to the
dissolution of Enron Corporation and WorldCom.
Explain specific ethical violations in accounting
practices at Enron Corporation and WorldCom.
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FIN 486 Week 1 JJs Jammer Assignment FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com   Read
the attached documents for assignment
instructions. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment. a. Compute the 13 ratios
for both companies. (Use a 360-day year. Do not
round intermediate calculations. Input your
profit margin, return on assets, return on
equity, and debt to total assets answers as a
percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Round all
other answers to 2 decimal places.) b. Provide
what each ratio represents to each of the two
companies. a.
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  FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350 Words)
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486 Week 1 Video Summary
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FIN 486 Week 2 Apply Gale Force Surfing Case
Study FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Force Surfing Case Study Purpose This assignment
allows students to view the impact of level
versus seasonal production on inventory levels,
bank loan requirements, and profitability. In
addition, it allows students the opportunity to
demonstrate the ability to apply profitability
analysis activities used in financial
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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1 Why
are financial ratios used to assess a companys
financial performance? Why are sales reports,
profits, debts, or current liability reports
insufficient? How have financial ratios been used
in your company? Do you think they are an
effective assessment of financial performance? If
so, why? If not, why?
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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2 If you
had to pick three commonly calculated ratios to
analyze the financial health of a company, which
would you analyze? Why would you choose those
ratios?
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FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment (Chapter 5,
Chapter 8) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Assignment (5-1,5-4,5-5,5-8,5-10,5-17,5-21,P8-3,P8
-4,P8-9,P8-10,P8-13,P8-24,P8-25,P8-26) P83 Risk
preferences Sharon Smith, the financial manager
for Barnett Corporation, wishes to evaluate three
prospective investments X, Y, and Z. Sharon will
evaluate each of these investments to decide
whether they
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FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Department Budgets (2 Papers) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Your
Learning Team is the financial management team
for Huffman Trucking, responsible for creating
the financial portion of a strategic plan. You
must obtain information from the marketing,
sales, operations, and human resources
departments to complete it. Resource Virtual
Organizations Review Huffman Trucking's financial
information within the Virtual Organizations web
link located on the course
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FIN 486 Week 2 Team Assignment (P4-6, P4-19)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com   P4
6 Finding operating and free cash flows Consider
the following balance sheets and selected data
from the income statement of Keith Corporation.
Keith Corporation Balance Sheets December 31
Assets 2015 2014 Cash 1,500 1,000 Marketable
securities 1,800 1,200 Accounts receivable 2,000
1,800 Inventories 2,900 2,800 8,200 6,800
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FIN 486 Week 2 Video Summary FOR MORE CLASSES
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Summary
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FIN 486 Week 3 Apply Berkshire Instruments Case
Study FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Berkshire Instruments Case Study Purpose This
assignment allows students to work with issues
related to the cost of capital. In addition,
students will practice calculations related to
capital structure and use them in making
financial decisions. Assignment Instructions
Review the Week 3 Case Study. Complete the
required
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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1 In
your own words, explain capital budgeting. Why is
it important to a companys long-term success?
Provide an example of poorly performed capital
budgeting. How does this affect a companys
long-term success?
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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2 Why is
capital budgeting part of a companys long-term
strategic planning process? What are the pros and
cons of these methods o NPV o Simple
payback
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FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment
(P102,P107, P1010, P1014, P1021, P111,
P114, P117, P118, P119) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin486cart.com   P102 Payback
comparisons Nova Products has a 5-year maximum
acceptable payback period. The firm is
considering the purchase of a new machine and
must choose between two alternative ones. The
first machine requires an initial investment of
14,000 and generates annual after-tax cash
inflows of 3,000 for each of the next 7 years.
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FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term
Financial Needs (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
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contains 2 Different Papers You are the head of
the Huffman Trucking accounting department. The
chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to
prepare a financial report addressing long-term
financial needs. Resource Virtual Organizations
Examine financial information for Huffman
Trucking, within the Virtual Organization web
link located on the course materials page. Read
the New Strategic Directions Memo. Calculate
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FIN 486 Week 3 Team Assignment FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com   a) Calculate
the after-tax cost of debt b) Calculate the cost
of preferred stock c) Calculate the cost of
retained earnings d) calculate the cost of common
stock e) calculate the firms weighted average
cost of capital using retained earnings and the
capital structure weights f) calculate the firms
weighted average cost of capital using new common
stock and the capital structure weights a. Cost
of debt Proceeds from sale of 1,000 par value
bond
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FIN 486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance
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486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance
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FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2 What
is capital structure? Why does it matter in terms
of a companys financial performance? How does a
companys capital structure affect overall risk?
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FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment (P12-1,
P12-3, P12-6, P12-17, P12-19) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin486cart.com   P121
Recognizing risk Caradine Corp., a media services
firm with net earnings of 3,200,000 in the last
year, is considering the following projects. LG 1
The media services business is cyclical and
highly competitive. The board of directors has
asked you, as chief financial officer, to do the
following a.Evaluate the risk of each proposed
project
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FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Assignment Capital Budgeting Scenarios Choose a
scenario from the Capital Budgeting Worksheet to
review and analyze. Using net present value,
determine the proposals appropriateness and
economic viability.
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FIN 486 Week 4 KFC and the Colonel Case Study
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486 Week 4 Apply KFC and the Colonel Case Study
Purpose This assignment allows students to
provide practical business strategies. Assignment
Instructions Review the Week 4 Case Study.
Summarize the following in 2 to 3 pages
? Discuss issues raised concerning Sanders
approach in connection with the sale to Brown and
Massey. ? Include some of the other options that
Sanders may have considered other than the
2,000,000 cash
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FIN 486 Week 4 Risk and Return Summary FOR
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Week 4 Risk and Return Summary
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FIN 486 Week 4 Signature Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios (New Factory) FOR MORE
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4 Signature Assignment Capital Budgeting
Scenarios About Your Signature Assignment
Signature/Benchmark Assignments are 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
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FIN 486 Week 4 Signature Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios (New Factory) FOR MORE
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4 Signature Assignment Capital Budgeting
Scenarios About Your Signature Assignment
Signature/Benchmark Assignments are 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
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FIN 486 Week 5 Individual Assignment Eboy
Corporation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   The current balance in
accounts receivable for Eboy Corporation is
443,000. This level was achieved with annual
(365 days) credit sales of 3,544,000. The firm
offers its customers credit terms of net 30.
However, in an effort to help its cash flow
position and to follow the actions of its rivals,
the firm is considering changing its credit terms
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FIN 486 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final
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FIN 486 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic
Financial Plan (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
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contains 2 Different Papers Resource The
previously completed budgeting spreadsheets
Create the financial portion of the strategic
plan. The plan must include 3 years of income
statements, balance sheets, and cash flow
statements. Write a 700- to 1,050-word memo that
explains the plans major assumptions and
identifies areas of
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FIN 486 Week 5 Signature Assignment Harrods
Sporting Goods Case Study FOR MORE CLASSES
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Apply Signature Assignment Harrods Sporting
Goods Case Study About Your Signature Assignment
Harrods Sporting Goods Case Study 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.
Signature/Benchmark Assignments are graded with
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FIN 486 Week 5 Summary Long Term Financing
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486 Week 5 Summary Long Term Financing
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FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Asor Products, Inc
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Jenny Rene, the CFP of Asor Products, Inc. has
just completed an evaluation of a proposed
capital expenditure for equipment that would
expand the firm's manufacturing capacity. Using
the traditional NPV methodology, she found the
project unacceptable because NPV traditional
-1,700 lt 0 Before recommending rejection of the
proposed project, she has decided to assess
whether there might be real options embedded in
the firm's cash flows. Her
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FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Case Study Casa de
Diseno FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin486cart.com   Chapter 16 Case Study
Casa de Diseno In January 2012, Teresa Leal was
named treasurer of Casa de Diseno. She decided
that she could best orient herself by
systematically examining each area of the
companys financial operations. She began by
studying the firms short-term financial
activities. Casa de Diseno is located in Southern
California and specializes in a furniture line
called Ligne Moderna. Of high quality and
contemporary design, the
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