You are the newly appointed President of the local Chamber of Commerce. You are making your first presentation to the Chamber and want to make a good first impression. Your presentation will be based on the following topic, purpose, and audience. â?¢Topic: Expected U.S. GDP growth rate going forward â?¢Audience: Loca
Search the internet for a Medicaid program and select the state in which you reside and another state for comparison. Complete the attached matrix describing how your state's Medicaid program is administered. Included in the matrix is: The oversight agency; Funding for the program; The state's Medicaid fiscal agent and
Public Stewardship Paper Locate an Article on fiscal management summarize findings including reccommendations. Also include the importance of responsible public stewardship.
How does a company decide whether to issue bonds or preferred stock?
Pistachio, Inc. is thinking of building a bakery to introduce French cookies, so-called macarons, to the Newark market. A preliminary marketing study, which cost $75,000 and which was completed last year, showed a significant demand for macarons in the Newark area. The bakery is expected to last for 25 years. Its initial cost is
If a project's expenditure is $15 million, can you estimate the projects' net present value if capital is 5%, 10%, 15% at 1yr $5,000,000, 2yr $10,000,000, and 3yr at $20,000,000. Show me step by step so I can understand how to get the NPV.
InBev, one of the world's largest beverage producer, marketer and distributor made a very significant expansion internationally in 2008/9. What did they do? How did they increase their "global footprint"? Was it successful up to this point? What has happened since then in terms of the footprint? How's the "marriage' these days?
Here are stock market and Treasury bill percentage returns between 2006 and 2010: Year Stock Market Return T-Bill Return 2006 17.27 6.30 2007 7.41
Discuss why one should use caution when using financial ratios for analyzing a healthcare organization's current financial position and future viability. Provide examples of a hypothetical healthcare organization' ratios to support your discussion.
The following are account balances on December 31, 2011 for I.C. Optometry (in alphabetical order): Accounts Payable $ 30,000 Accounts Receivable, Net $ 80,000 Cash $ 16,000 Equity (January 1, 2011) $128,000 Expenses (includes taxes) $390,000 Inventory $ 62,000 Long-term Debt $ 70,000 Long-term Investments $ 20,000 Ne
In a genetics experiment on peas, one sample of offspring contained 410 green peas and 121 yellow peas. Based on those results, estimate the probability of getting an offspring pea that is green. Is the result reasonably close to the value of 3/4 that was expected? The probability of getting a green pea is approximately _____
"The federal open market committee (fomc) meets about every six weeks to assess the state of the economy and to decide what actions the central bank should take. The minutes of this meeting are released three weeks after the meeting; however, a brief press release is made available immediately. Find the schedule of minutes and p
Lee Financial Services pays employees monthly. Payroll information is listed below for January 2011, the first month of Lee's fiscal year. Assume that none of the employees exceeded any relevant wage base. Salaries $ 452,000 Federal income taxes to be withheld 90,400 Federal unemployment tax rate 0.80% State unemployme
The Robinson Company has the following current assets and current liabilities for these two years: 2010 2011 Cash and marketable securities $ 50,000 $ 50,000 Accounts receivable 300,000 350,000 Inventories 350,000 500,000 Total current assets $700,000 $900,000 Accounts payable $200,000 $250,000 Bank loan 0 150,000 Accru
You own stock in the Lewis-Striden Drug Company. Suppose you had expected the following events to occur last month: a. The government would announce that real GNP had grown 1.2 percent during the previous quarter. The returns of Lewis-Striden are positively related to real GNP. b. The government would announce that inf
Restate briefly the case (summarize) , analyze the facts, present my conclusions from the perspective of relevant finance information such as corporate governance, risk, etc.
2.Why do you think the kit-assembly approach was not more successful in Russia? It was a common automaker production/distribution strategy employed in much of the world's emerging markets, but was not working in Russia. â?¢Complete knockdown kits (CKDs) and semi-knockdown kits (SKDs) are methods used by some of the major glob
Discuss long-term care services and how they are financed. Provide examples. Discuss one of the service areas in long-term care.
Why are retail selling prices of merchandise cheaper at times?
An important aspect of the decision-making process is the consideration of risks associated with the options in an opportunity set. Measuring the risk of available options can drastically alter the decisions made by an organization's senior management team. Are markets like the NYSE, NASDAQ, and CME fair markets? Why? Why is
The Rago Corporation had the following stock outstanding from 2009 through 2012: Preferred stock: $100 par value, 8 percent cumulative, 5,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding Common stock: $10 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding The company paid $30,000, $30,000, $94,000, and $130,000 in di
How an understanding of adverse selection and moral hazard can help us better understand financial crises. The greatest financial crisis faced by the United States was the Great Depression, from 1929 to 1933. Go to http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html. This site contains a brief discussion of the factors that led to the
Discuss the following terms related to structure and staffing: realignment, restructuring and lateral shift. Choose the term you believe to the most detrimental to the organization and staff. Why?
You need to decide how to invest a graduation gift of $1000. The annual rate of return is given in the next table for each of the three different types of investments and three different states of the economy. Recession Stable Economy Expansion Investment A 2.5% 2.5%
Please see attached Show that the risk-neutral probabilities in the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model are given by equations (6.15). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (See attached pages for relevant information from the textbook) 188 Chapter 6 is preferable to taking
Consider a GNMA mortgage pool with principal of $20 million. The maturity is 30 years with a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent per annum. Assume no prepayments. a. What is the monthly mortgage payment (100 percent amortizing) on the pool of mortgages? b. If the GNMA insurance fee is 6 basis points and the servicing fe
Question 1 The primary role of organized security exchanges is to raise capital (money) for firms. Answer TRUE FALSE Question 2 In an "underwriting" the investment banker guarantees the firm selling the securities a specified amount. Answer TRUE FALSE T Question 3 In a "best
Explain the issue of related party transactions not being arm's length transactions and the risk that transactions with related parties might not be valued at the same amount as they would be with an independent third party. Is it simply because the actual amount of the transaction would be higher with a third party?
Is there some critical distinction between "operating leverage" and "financial leverage"?
After you answer each question you must also explain whether your answer affects corporations and individuals positively or negatively. Please number your answer to match each question number. GENERAL FRAUDULENT PRACTICES 1. What measures do you have in place to help your organization fight fraud? 2. How, if at all, does yo