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FIN 571 Entire Course (DQs, Assignment, Quiz,
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Assignment The Stock Market And The Economy FIN
571 Apply Week 2 Signature Assignment Investor
Presentation (Apple) FIN 571 Apply Week 2
Signature Assignment Investor Presentation
(Pfizer) FIN 571 Apply Week 4 Signature
Assignment Shareholder Analysis (Apple) FIN 571
Apply Week 4 Signature Assignment Shareholder
Analysis (walmart)
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FIN 571 Apply Week 2 Signature Assignment
Investor Presentation (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Investor Presentation Select
a Fortune 500 company or another company you are
familiar with. Consider pharmaceuticals, computer
hardware, retail, or automotive industries for
your selection. If you choose a company that is
not in the Fortune 500, ensure that enough
financial information and key performance
indicator results are available to complete the
assignment. Imagine your manager has asked you to
help with a presentation on the companys
financial performance at the companys annual
meeting.
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FIN 571 Apply Week 2 Signature Assignment
Investor Presentation (Pfizer) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Investor Presentation Select
a Fortune 500 company or another company you are
familiar with. Consider pharmaceuticals, computer
hardware, retail, or automotive industries for
your selection. If you choose a company that is
not in the Fortune 500, ensure that enough
financial information and key performance
indicator results are available to complete the
assignment. Imagine your manager has asked you to
help with a presentation
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FIN 571 Apply Week 4 Signature Assignment
Shareholder Analysis (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Shareholder Analysis
Continue your work with the company you selected
in Week 2. Research your companys financial
reports for 2017. Complete a 2- to 3-page
FAQ/Shareholder Analysis. Evaluate economic
conditions that influence company performance.
Consider political, environmental, currency
(money),
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FIN 571 Apply Week 4 Signature Assignment
Shareholder Analysis (walmart) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Shareholder Analysis
Continue your work with the company you selected
in Week 2. Research your companys financial
reports for 2017. Complete a 2- to 3-page
FAQ/Shareholder Analysis. Evaluate economic
conditions that influence company performance.
Consider political, environmental, currency
(money), global economics, and government
influences on economic conditions. Compare market
conditions with the companys performance for
2017.
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FIN 571 Apply Week 6 Signature Assignment
Financial Plan (Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Financial Plan Prepare a
financial plan for the company you select for
your business plan. This financial plan will be
included in your final business plan in your
capstone course. Describe the business, including
the type of business. Create the business case. o
Determine why funding is needed for the company.
o Determine the sources of funding.
Considerself-funding, borrowing, equity, venture
capital, etc. o Evaluate the requirements of each
funding source
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Financial Plan (Walmart) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Signature Assignment Financial Plan Prepare a
financial plan for the company you select for
your business plan. This financial plan will be
included in your final business plan in your
capstone course. Describe the business, including
the type of business. Create the business case. o
Determine why funding is needed for the company.
o Determine the sources of funding.
Considerself-funding, borrowing, equity, venture
capital, etc. o Evaluate the requirements of each
funding source you determined appropriate. o
Analyze the associated risks of each funding
source.
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FIN 571 Apply Week1 Assignment The Stock Market
And The Economy FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Assignment Content 1.
Research how financial markets and institutions
influence the US and global economies. Create an
8- to 12-slide presentation or 350- to 575-word
summary to present your research. Choose 4
financial markets or institutions. Briefly
explain what each specializes in (mortgages,
stocks, government securities, etc.). Compare how
each financial market you identified influences
the US economy and global economy. Cite
references to support your assignment. Format
your citations according to APA guidelines.
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FIN 571 Week 1 Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Pollution Busters Inc.
is considering a purchase of 10 additional carbon
sequesters for 115,000 apiece. The sequesters
last for only 1 year before becoming saturated.
Then the carbon is sold to the government. o A
Suppose the government guarantees the price of
carbon. At this price, the payoff after 1 year is
136,850 for sure. How would you determine the
opportunity cost of capital for this investment?
o b-1. Suppose instead that the sequestered
carbon has to be sold on the London Carbon
Exchange. Carbon prices have been extremely
volatile, but Pollution Busters CFO learns that
average rates of return from investments
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FIN 571 Week 2 Practice FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com 1) Spock Enterprises has
a market value of 100 million in debt
outstanding. They also have a market value of
equity of 400 million. Spock's total market
value is ______ million. 2) Another name for the
WACC is the ___________. 3) The weighted average
cost of capital is the expected rate of return
investors would demand on a portfolio of 4)
Vandalay Industries has 30 million of debt and
70 million of equity outstanding. The market
cost of debt is 8 and the cost of equity is 14.
The firm has a 35 corporate tax rate. What is
Vandalay's WACC? 5) The market value of a firm is
equal to
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FIN 571 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com What is a firm's
weighted-average cost of capital for a firm that
is financed 45 by debt? The debt has a 10
required return and the equity has a 17 required
return. The tax rate is 21. The company cost of
capital is the return that is expected on a
portfolio of the company's Plasti-tech Inc. is
financed 60 with equity and 40 with debt.
Currently, its debt has a pretax interest rate of
12. Plasti-tech's common stock trades at 15.00
per share and its most recent dividend was 1.00.
Future dividends are expected grow by 4. If the
tax rate is 21, what is Plasti-tech's WACC?
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FIN 571 Week 3 Chapter 5 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com A dollar invested today
at 7.5 percent interest compounded annually will
be worth _______ one year from now. Joseph signs
a contract with a company that will pay him
25,000. Following the principles of the time
value of money, Joseph would be best off if he
received payment Real-world investments often
involve many payments received or paid over time.
Managers refer to this as a ___________________.
You put 100 in the bank now, 200 in the bank a
year from now, and 300 in the bank in two years.
How much money will you have available 3 years
from now if you earn a 7.5 rate of interest?
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FIN 571 Week 3 Chapter 9 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com To calculate net present
value, you need to discount _________. The term
incremental cash flow can best be defined as An
opportunity cost arises in a project whenever A
benefit or cash flow foregone as a result of an
action is called When calculating NPV, why are
cash flows discounted instead of accounting
profits? Incremental cash flow is equal to Some
examples of indirect effects that could affect
incremental cash flows would be Some examples of
opportunity costs that should be included in
project analysis are To calculate net present
value, you need to discount _________.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Practice FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com How the firm raises the
money required for its investments and operations
is known as the A corporation is a legal entity
that has the rights to do which of the following?
Shareholders have limited liability which means
that they can A disadvantage of a partnership is
Intangible assets include which of the following?
The chief financial officer is involved in The
financing decision involves
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FIN 571 Week 5 Practice Chapter 11 and 12
Question FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.c
om If an investor purchases a security for
12.30, then sells it at a later date for 14.10,
her capital gain would be ____________. An
investor purchases a share of stock today for
27.50 and holds it for a year. During the year
the stock pays 4.50 in dividends. The investor
sells the stock at the end of the year for
29.25. What is her percentage return? (Record
your answer as a percent rounded to one decimal
place.) U.S. Treasury bills are nearly a
risk-free investment because If an investor
purchases a security today for 9.00 and sells it
tomorrow for 7.50, his capital gain will be
_________.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Although Standard and
Poor's Composite Index contains a limited number
of U.S. publicly traded stocks, the Index
represents "Dow up 14. Story at 600." This
means that Although several stock indexes are
available to inform investors of market changes,
the Dow Jones Industrial Average In a year in
which common stocks offered an average return of
12 and Treasury bills offered 3. The risk
premium for common stocks was Companies that are
exposed to the business cycle
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FIN 571 Week 6 Practice Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Short-term and long-term
financing are used to meet the firm's XYZ company
has current liabilities of 100,000 and current
assets of 175,000. The company's net working
capital is _____. Starting in 2018 with a reduced
tax rate in place, U.S. corporations no longer
have an incentive to leave profits abroad.
Holdings of marketable securities are best at at
what investment for a taxpaying firm? Which of
the following items is a current liability on the
balance sheet? If the firm is a short-term lender
Net working capital is equal to Starting in 2018,
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FIN 571 Week 1 Discussion Primary and Secondary
Markets FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com
You are a new economist for a major financial
institution, and youve been invited to speak as
a guest lecturer for a Freshman Finance course at
the local university. Respond to the following in
a minimum of 175 words Share how you would
describe the overall purpose and mechanics of
both primary and secondary markets. How would
you explain the way the performance of your
company is influenced by the activity of the
markets you described?
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FIN 571 Week 2 Discussion ROE and EPS FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Post a total of
3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for
full participation. This includes your initial
post and 2 replies to other students or your
faculty member. Due Thursday You are a research
analyst for a publicly traded company, and youve
been assigned to give a presentation on how a
company uses performance metrics in corporate
valuation. Respond to the following in a minimum
of 175 words Think about how you would present
return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share
(EPS) to a group of investors or senior
management.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Discussion Capital Budgeting
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om Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2
separate days for full participation. This
includes your initial post and 2 replies to other
students or your faculty member. Due Thursday You
are a Finance Manager for a major utility
company. Respond to the following in a minimum of
175 words Think about some of the capital
budgeting techniques you might use for some
upcoming projects. Discuss at least 2 capital
budgeting techniques and how your company can
benefit from the use of these tools.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Discussion Financial Performance
Evaluation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd
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2 separate days for full participation. This
includes your initial post and 2 replies to other
students or your faculty member. Due Thursday You
are writing a book on how to evaluate performance
evaluation for a company. Respond to the
following in a minimum of 175 words Think
about some of the influences and measures of
company performance that you read about this
week.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Discussion Systematic and
Unsystematic Risk FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Post a total of 3
substantive responses over 2 separate days for
full participation. This includes your initial
post and 2 replies to other students or your
faculty member. Due Thursday You are the Chief
Risk Officer for a company and youve been tasked
with identifying the areas where your company is
exposed to systematic and unsystematic risks.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175
words Based on the information you learned
this week, what approach would you take in
explaining how systematic and unsystematic risks
affect risk planning
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FIN 571 Week 6 Discussion Venture Capital FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com Post a
total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate
days for full participation. This includes your
initial post and 2 replies to other students or
your faculty member. Due Thursday You are a
business consultant who works with new business
owners. A new client wants to start a bakery and
seeks your advice. Respond to the following in a
minimum of 175 words
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FIN 571 Wk 3 Apply Wk 3 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com 1 You can buy property
today for 2.0 million and sell it in 4 years for
3.0 million. (You earn no rental income on the
property.) a. If the interest rate is 12, what
is the present value of the sales price? (Do not
round intermediate calculations. Enter your
answer in millions rounded to 3 decimal places.)
b. Is the property investment attractive to you?
c-1. What is the present value of the future cash
flows, if you also could earn 100,000 per year
rent on the property? The rent is paid at the end
of each year.
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FIN 571 Wk 3 Practice Wk 3 Practice Questions
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com What
happens over time to the real cost of purchasing
a home if the mortgage payments are fixed in
nominal terms and inflation is in existence?
Multiple Choice The real cost is constant.
The real cost is increasing. The real cost is
decreasing. The price index must be known to
answer this question. How much more would you be
willing to pay today for an investment offering
10,000 in 4 years rather than in 5 years? Your
discount rate is 8. Multiple Choice 544.47
681.48 740.74 800.00
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FIN 571 Wk 5 Apply Wk 5 Quiz (with Excel File)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com This
Tutorial contains Excel file which can be used
for any values 1 Top hedge fund manager Sally
Buffit believes that a stock with the same market
risk as the SP 500 will sell at year-end at a
price of 41. The stock will pay a dividend at
year-end of 2.00. Assume that risk-free Treasury
securities currently offer an interest rate of
1.6. Average rates of return on Treasury bills,
government bonds, and common stocks, 19002017
(figures in percent per year) are as follows.
Portfolio Average Annual Rate of Return ()
Average Premium (Extra return versus Treasury
bills)
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FIN 571 Wk 5 Practice Wk 5 Practice Questions
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com The
Dow Jones Industrial Average is Multiple Choice
the most representative of the stock market
indexes. an index of 500 largest corporate
stocks in America. an index of 30 major stocks.
Correct an equally weighted index of all stocks
traded on the New York Stock Exchange. 2 Periods
of market decline are called Multiple Choice
discount factors. bull markets. coupons.
bear markets. 3 Which one of the following would
you expect to represent the broadest-based index
of U.S.
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