FIN 571 Education on your terms / tutorialrank.com

1
FIN 571 Education on your terms/tutorialrank.com
2
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2017) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Questi
on 1 The underlying assumption of the dividend
growth model is that a stock is worth A. An
amount computed as the next annual dividend
divided by the required rate of return. B. An
amount computed as the next annual dividend
divided by the market rate of return.
3
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com What
is ethics? If you follow all applicable rules and
regulations, are you an ethical person?
4
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Assume
that interest rates have increased
substantially. Would this tend to increase or
decrease the market value (meaning the price
an investor in the firm's paper is willing to
pay) of a firms liabilities (relative to the
book value of liabilities)?
5
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this
assignment is to help students gain a better
understanding of the financial statements used
for corporate financial reporting and the key
ratios used to make business decisions. 
6
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Watch the "Your
Business Structure" and "Corporate Business
Structures" videos on the Electronics Reserve
Readings page. Identify the different business
structures.
7
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Assume
that interest rates have increased
substantially. Would this tend to increase or
decrease the market value (meaning the price
an investor in the firm's paper is willing to
pay) of a firms liabilities (relative to the
book value of liabilities)? This question is
referring to a firm's liability such as a bond or
debenture that has been issued in the markets.
8
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Suppos
e rf is 5 and rM is 10. According to the SML
and the CAPM, an asset with a beta of -2.0   has
a required return of negative 5 5 - 2(10 -
5). Can this be possible? Does this mean that
 
9
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Write a 350 to 700
word response to the following e-mail   Dear
Consultant,   I am currently starting a business
and developing my business plan. I'm in need of
some advice on how to start forming my business.
I am not sure exactly how it will be financed and
whether or not I want to take on partners. I am
interested and willing to learn the in
10
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (SOX) was passed as the result of the
Enron scandal and other instances of accounting
fraud. This act was passed to strengthen the role
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

11
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased 2
Times, Rating A     Ratio Analysis
Problems Ratio Analysis (Individual
Assignment)  You may use excel or word.doc format
for this assignment.Please post your homework as
a word.doc or excel file in the class discussion
section below by the due date.
12
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this
assignment is to allow students the opportunity
to research a Fortune 500 company stock using the
popular online research tool Yahoo Finance. The
tool allows the student to review analyst reports
and other key financial information necessary to
evaluate the stock value and make an educated
decision on whether to invest. 
13
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 2 Times, Rating A     Why are
interest rates on short-term loans not
necessarily comparable to each other? Give
three possible reasons.
14
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 0 Times, Rating No
rating     Optical Supply Company offers credit
terms of 2/10, net 60. If Optical Supply is
considering a change in its credit terms to one
of those indicated, explain whether the change
should increase   or decrease sales. (a) 2/10,
net 30, (b) net 60, (c) 3/15, net 60, (d) 2/10,
net 30, 30 extra
15
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting
Financial Results   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased 4
Times, Rating B     Resource  Financial
Statements for the company assigned by your
instructor in Week 2. Review the assigned
company's financial statements from the past
three years.
16
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 Researching Industry Financial
Statistics For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
allow the students an opportunity to complete
their financial evaluation of a company using the
financial research database Plunkett Research
Online. Plunkett Research Online provides
in-depth analysis of a company's financials,
comparisons to industry averages, a list of top
executives, how the company compares to other
competitors in terms of revenue, number of
employees, market capitalization and other key
financial metrics. 
17
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation   For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial
Purchased 2 Times, Rating A     Select three
publicly traded companies. Choose one each from
the following sectors manufacturing, service,
and retail.  At least one of the three companies
should be foreign. If possible, choose from among
the team members' places of business or similar
industries.
18
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 3 Using the Payback Method, IRR, and
NPV For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   The purpose of this
assignment is to allow the student to calculate
the project cash flow using net present value
(NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and the
payback methods.  Assignment Steps  Resources
Corporate Finance
19
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 4 Assignment Rate of Return for
Stocks and Bonds For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   The purpose of this
assignment is to allow the student an opportunity
to calculate the rate of return of equity and
debt instruments. It allows the student to
understand the effects of dividends capital
gains inflation rates and how the nominal rate
of return affects valuation and pricing. The
assignment also allows the student to apply
concepts related to CAPM, WACC, and Flotation
Costs to understand the influence of debt and
20
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 1 Times, Rating B     A firm uses
a single discount rate to compute the NPV of all
its potential capital budgeting projects, even
though the projects have a wide range of
nondiversifiable risk. The firm then undertakes
all those projects
21
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 1 Times, Rating No
rating   Phyllis believes that the firm should
use straight-line depreciation for a capital
project because it results in higher net income
during the early years of the projects life.
Joanna believes that the firm should use the
modified accelerated cost recovery system
depreciation because it reduces the tax liability
during the early
22
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements   For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial
Purchased 4 Times, Rating A     Decide upon an
initiative you want to implement that would
increase sales over the next five years, (for
example, market another product, corporate
expansion, and so on).
23
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased 3
Times, Rating A     Operating Leverage and
Forecasting Problems Team Assignment Please
complete the following problems.  When
calculating earnings per share and PE ratios,
please show your work. This problem is similar to
the examples shown in the lecture.
24
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Capital Market
Efficiency Paper For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment  The purpose of this assignment is to
allow the student an opportunity to explain what
it means to have an efficient capital market.
Students will gain an understanding of the
different levels of market efficiency and how
behavioral finance can inhibit reaching market
transparency. 
25
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance
on Stock Valuation For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to
demonstrate to students how the issuance of debt
to purchase outstanding common stock could affect
the value of the company's equity and redefine
the capital structure. The problem will also
allow students to explore the effect of corporate
taxes
26
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 2 Times, Rating B     Because the
weighted average is always a correct measure of a
required return, why do firms not create
securities to finance each project and offer them
in the capital market in order to accurately
determine the required return for the project?
27
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutori
al Purchased 2 Times, Rating B     Because the
weighted average is always a correct measure of a
required return, why do firms not create
securities to finance each project and offer them
in the capital market in order to accurately
determine the required return for the project?
28
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
Problems   For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased 1
Times, Rating No rating     Discounted Cash
Flows and WACC Homework Problems   Please post
the answers (and show your work) in the
assignments section by midnight the last day of
the week assigned.
29
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)   For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com T
utorial Purchased 0 Times, Rating No
rating     Acting as the executive team for a
small company, your team will apply the
principles of capital budgeting to invest in
growth and cash flow improvement opportunities in
three phases over 10 simulated years. Each
opportunity has a unique financial profile and
you must analyze the effects on working capital.
Examples of opportunities include taking on new
customers,
30
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 1 (SNC) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Acting as
the executive team for a small company, your team
will apply the principles of capital budgeting to
invest in growth and cash flow improvement
opportunities in three phases over 10 simulated
years. Each opportunity has a unique financial
profile and you must analyze the effects on
working capital. Examples of
31
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 6 Assignment start-up company
Signature Assignment (score 80) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Abou
t Your Signature Assignment This signature
assignment 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. The signature assignments may be
graded with an automated rubric that allows the
University to collect
32
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
  For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialran
k.com Tutorial Purchased 1 Times, Rating No
rating     Resources Harvard Business
Publishing Working Capital Simulation Managing
Growth Assignment Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of
Corporate Finance WileyPLUS Assignments
33
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll)   For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com T
utorial Purchased 2 Times, Rating A     The
executive team of New Heritage Doll has completed
the decision making for capital budgeting for the
firm. Now the team must decide which decisions
and approach were the best for the company. The
executive team must create a presentation to be
given to the board members of New Heritage Doll
34
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com
FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 2 (SNC) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   The
executive team of New Heritage Doll has completed
the decision making for capital budgeting for the
firm. Now the team must decide which decisions
and approach were the best for the company. The
executive team must create a presentation to be
given to the board members of SNC. Compare the
decisions and results of all members of the
team.
35
FIN 571 Education on your terms/ tutorialrank.com