Discussion 1: 1. Dumping, while illegal, would offer products to consumers at very low prices. As a consumer, what is your opinion of this? Explain your reasoning. 2. Tariffs effectively raise the price of goods imported from different countries. How do you feel about this? 3. In your opinion, have U.S. companies effectivel
CAPM and Cost of Equity Estimation 1) What is your opinion to the questions below? The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a linear model that can be used to estimate a company's cost of equity and determine a stock's required rate of return. The required rate of return is one input into the Dividend Discount Model, a mo
First, read "New Century Brings Trouble for Subprime Mortgages" (see attached file). Answer the following questions: 1. As a reaction to problems in the subprime area, lenders tightened lending standards. What effect do you think this had on the housing market? 2. What is an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)? Do you think this
A trial balance lists all the accounts and their corresponding balances as on a particular date. It indicates whether an account has a debit or a credit balance. Consider the features of a trial balance and respond to the following: - Discuss the importance of preparing a trial balance while entering transactions using a com
Your Competitive Intelligence team reports that a wave of product liability lawsuits is likely to cause Digby to pull the product Deal entirely off the market this year. Assume Digby scraps all capacity and inventory this round, completely writing off those assets and escrowing the proceeds to a settlement fund, and assume these
Digby's balance sheet has $80,975,000 in equity. Further, the company is expecting net income of 4,000,000 next year, and also expecting to pay $5,000,000 in dividends. If there is no new stock issued what will be Digby's book value? Select: 1 $79,975,000 $44,189,000 $34,189,000 $89,975,000
Chester Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 10% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. How much will the company pay in separation costs if each worker receives $5,000 when separated? Select: 1 $300,000 $120,000 $1,072,000 $2,680,000
Of Chester Corporation's products, which earned the lowest Net Margin as a percentage of its sales? Select: Cake Cute Cedar Crimp
The Baldwin Company currently has the following balances on their balance sheet: Total Liabilities $138,888 Common Stock $55,651 Retained Earnings $43,516 Suppose next year the Baldwin Company generates $36,500 in net profit and pays $15,000 in dividends and total li
Baldwin's product Buzz has material costs that are rising from $6.82 to $7.82. Assume that period costs and other labor costs remain unchanged. If Baldwin decides to absorb the cost and not pass any on to its customers in the form of raised prices how many units of product Buzz would need to be sold next round to break even on t
The Chester company will sell 100 units (x1000) of capacity from their Cake product line. Each unit of capacity is worth $6 plus $4 per automation rating. The Chester company will sell the capacity for 35% off. How much do they receive when the capacity is sold? Select: $3,400,000 $2,210,000 $1,870,000 $1,190,000 Se
Which description best fits Andrews? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected pa
Refer to the HR Report section of the Inquirer. Digby spends $467,972 on various HR initiatives. What percentage of this expenditure is dedicated to training its employees? Select: 57.6% 73.7% 26.3% 66.3% See attached file for more information.
How much would it cost for Chester Corporation to repurchase all its outstanding shares if the price fell by 10%? Assume no brokerage fees. Select: $187.7 million $97.4 million $87.7 million $208.6 million See attached file for additional information.
Assuming no brokerage fees, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 12.4S2021 bond early. Select: $5,583,449 $6,305,845 $5,825,802 See attached file for additional information.
On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a variable cost? (select 1) - Promotion Expense - R&D Expense - Depreciation Expense - Direct Material Expense
The statement of cash flows for Baldwin Company shows what happens in the Cash account during the year. It can be seen as a summary of the sources and uses of cash (sources of cash are added, uses of cash are subtracted). Please answer which of the following is true if Baldwin's accounts payable goes down: (see attachment for da
Last year, Baldwin Corp paid their workers $26.81 per hour. How much will they be paying them 2 rounds from then? (see attached data set) Select: 1 $31.04 $29.56 $28.29 $28.15
Chester Corp. ended the year carrying $20,657,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how much more revenue would it have brought to Chester Corp.? Select: 1 $43,704,100 $32,615,000 $20,657,000 $11,369,000
Discuss the limitations of ratio analysis and the cautions which must be taken when reviewing a cross-sectional and time-series analysis.
Darling Paper Container, Inc. purchased several machines at a total cost of $300,000. The installation cost for this equipment was $25,000. The firm plans to depreciate the equipment using the MACRS 5-year normal recovery period. Prepare a depreciation schedule showing the depreciation expense for each year.
Discuss, and explain five differences between GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and IFRS (International Accounting Standards Committee). Analyze the accounting implications with examples. Give proper references.
The entity assumption is one of the most basic accounting assumptions. According to this assumption, an organization is considered as a separate economic unit. Consider the aspects of the entity assumption and respond to the following: How far does the entity assumption hold true for a proprietorship and a family-controlled
According to the historical cost principle, assets should be recorded in the books of account at their actual cost, measured on the date when the asset had been purchased. Consider the features of the historical cost principle and discuss the drawbacks of recording assets in the books of account following the historical cost pri
Need some help knowing the distinction between a financial manager and a mediocre manager How the distinction between a financial manager and a mediocre manager is the management of risk?
Discussion 1 • Assume that you recently received your MBA and now work as an assistant to the CFO of a large corporation. Your boss has asked you to prepare a financial forecast for the coming year. Address the following questions: • How would you set up the model to be presented to the executives? How many scenarios woul
Present Value Analysis 1) What is your opinion to the questions below? Valuation is a key area in finance. Time value of money techniques are used in valuation. That is, present value and future value are used in valuation. Present value involves discounting, whereas future value involves compounding. Investors want to kno
Topic 1: You own an automobile parts company and have been approached by a leading car manufacturer to supply parts to the company. How would you determine that the car manufacturer has a good record of servicing sales and paying its suppliers? What are the signs you would look out for in the financial statements for the possib
TOPIC 1: Retail firms are at risk that their inventory will become obsolete. What can a firm do to minimize this risk? What types of firms are most at risk? Least at risk? Select a retail firm that you think might be concerned about obsolete inventory and another that you believe would not be very concerned. Then, find their
What temptations might managers face if they have provided earnings guidance to investors and later find it difficult to meet the expectations that they helped create? Explain.