Choose a stock that you like- it can be any company in any industry. Then visit Yahoo Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com/?u . Once there, enter the ticker symbol for your stock in the space provided so that you can be taken to pages where you will see a comprehensive set financial information- including the latest price- relate
6. In March 2005, General Electric (GE) had a book value of equity of $113 billion, 10.6 billion shares outstanding, and a market price of $36 per share. GE also had cash of $13 billion, and total debt of $370 billion. a. What was GE's market capitalization? What was GE's market to book ration? b. What was GE's book deb
Financial Analysis and Forecasting A. Examination of Balance Sheet & Income Statement B. Common Size Statements C. Growth Rates D. Ratio Analysis E. DuPont Analysis F. Strategic Financing Model Coca-Cola Income Statement for December 1986 and 1996 (in millions) 1986 1996 Net Revenu
There are various ways of forecasting the schedule and cost of a project. You know that forecasting techniques you use and their accuracy will affect the CIO's perspective on your work. Address the following issues: Pros and cons of inflating a project based on PERT estimating or incorporating risk. (1-2 paragraphs) How doe
Can you help me get started with this assignment? Suppose that a nation has high unemployment and a deficit in its balance of payments. Use the IS LM BP analysis to explain how government policy may be used to increase income and restore balance of payments equilibrium. Apply your analysis to the US situation today.
What political factors affect a country risk analysis? Are some more important than others? Please explain in 200-300 words.
Developing countries have often attempted to establish cartels so as to counter the actual or perceived inexorable downward push on the prices of their exported commodities. How do you think such cartels are expected to help the developing countries?
Efficient Market Hypothesis: There are several celebrated investors and stock pickers frequently mentioned in the financial press who have recorded huge returns on their investments over the past two decades. Is the success of these particular investors an invalidation of the EMH? Explain?
Efficient Market Hypothesis: A stock market analyst is able to identify "mispriced" stocks by comparing the average price for the last 10 days to the average price for the last 60 days. If this is true, what do you know about the market?
List the major functions of financial markets and institutions in a modern financial system. I am having trouble with this question that I have to answer tonight. Help would be appreciated.
You have been asked to give a speech about "Security Analysis in Practice" to a group of industry professionals. Use the Library, course resources, and the Internet to locate information on this topic. In your speech you are to address the following: *The most common theoretical underpinnings of the models used by practitione
Please give your opinion on the following two questions: 1) I feel financial leverage is a better risk than operating risk... 2) The two types of leverage (DOL) and (DFL) are both risky, however, it is extremely risky combining the two together...
Can you help me get started with these exercises? The assignment is below I have included underneath each problem some facts that are known. Thank you for your help. --------------- 1.) The following information provides the amount of cost incurred in May for the cost items indicated. During May 16,000 units of the
A mutual fund's sales literature claims the fund has no risk exposure because it invests exclusively in federal government securities, which are free of default risk. Is this true? Explain your answer.
Grocery stores who are reducing their prices and taking a reduction in their profits margin, for items that are already heavily reduced. By doing this the company is hoping to bring in more customers and while they are shopping will purchase higher priced items. Would you agree or disagree?
The assignment is as follows: Prepare a paper in which you compare and contrast three potential financial outcomes for ExxonMobil's proposed initiative(s). Evaluate your findings to determine the most likely outcome. Additionally, be sure to include your calculations which support your analysis of the various financial outcom
Can you help me get started with this assignment? Scenario Other issues are facing Wallingford Pharmaceuticals. The company had not kept up with modern manufacturing technology and was in the process of modernizing the injectable manufacturing facilities in Pueblo and Colorado Springs. There were several modernizing scenario
This assignment is concerned with your understanding of the key issues relative to portfolio analysis and investment. In completing this assignment you are to limit your scope to the US stock markets only. Use the Library, the Internet, and course resources to write a 2-page essay which you will use with new clients of your fina
I need some 'direction' to get started. Can you help? Part 1 Compare and contrast the access that investors have to financial information about public vs. private companies. Part 2 a) What kind of information can be derived from the balance sheet? b) What is the interrelationship among the four financial st
Can you help me get started with this assignment? Present an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation that analyzes Guillermo's alternatives and make a recommendation of a financial decision. Include a justification for your recommendation and create a pro forma cash flow budget for the organization for at least the next 2 year
Effective annual rate: A financial institution made a $10,000, 1-year discount loan at 10% interest, requiring a compensating balance equal to 20% of the face value of the loan. Determine the effective annual rate associated with this loan. (Note: Assume that the firm currently maintains $0 on deposit in the financial instit
1. Suppose the following relationships for the Dawn Corporation: Sales/total assets= 10x Return on assets= 15% Return on equity= 25% What is the real risk free rate for 3-month if the inflation for 3 months is estimated as 4%? What is Dawn's debt ratio? 2. Suppose the following data on yields from holds: 3-month T-Bi
1. What is the present value of $1,250 due in 10 years at a 7% discount rate? 2. Suppose an index of small firm stocks started in 1946 at 10, and the index level was 1890.59 in 2001. What is the capital gains yield of the small firm stocks for the period? 3. Suppose the following relationships for the Dawn Corporation:
1. If a company's inventory turnover ratio is 24, how long is the firm's inventory conversion period if you use a 360-day year? 2. To finish college, you need $18,000 per year for 4 years, starting next year (that is, you will need to withdraw $18,000 one year from today). A relative offers to pay the expense by depositing in
1. A company's 2000 sales were $8,954,238. Sales were $5 million 10 years earlier. To the nearest percentage point, at what rate have sales been growing? 2. If a company's days sales outstanding (DSO) is 36 days, what is the accounts receivable turnover if you use a 360-day year? 3. A $100 is deposited in a savings account
For the final project, you will evaluate the financial health of a Wal-Mart. Write a 750- to 1,000-word paper in APA format and create a PowerPoint® presentation that summarizes your evaluation. Prior to writing the paper, you will need to research your chosen company and conduct an industry comparison to determine how your com
Consider the role of the finance department at Abel Athletics. As a division manager, how might the finance department help you to successful complete the duties of your job? What role does a finance department play in valuing business opportunities for future acquisitions? What are the ethical responsibilities of the finance de
According to portfolio theory, people should hold more than one asset (or investment) in their portfolios. The idea is that if some investments do poorly, other investments in the portfolio can compensate for the poor investments. Some experts claim, however, that not all people in a society follow this prescription. In other wo
P4-2 Future value calculation Without referring to tables or to the preprogrammed function on your financial calculator, use the basic formula for future value along with the given interest rate, i, and the number of periods, n, to calculate the future value interest factor in each of the cases shown in the following table. Comp
(attached is the company I analyzed in Week 3) (The Question that needs to be answered) - Look back at the company you analyzed for revenue trends in Week Three. Now, assume there is a 50% chance that the revenue is what you predicted in Week Three, a 30% chance that it is the same as last year, and a 20% chance that it is lo