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FIN 571 Entire Course Final Guide FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   FIN 571 Week 1
Financial Ratio Analysis (Walmart) FIN 571 Week 1
Financial Ratio Analysis (General Motors) FIN 571
Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis (Apple) FIN
571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis (Amazon)
FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Target) FIN 571 Week 2 Stock
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2018) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   Question 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
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   What is ethics? If you
follow all applicable rules and regulations, are
you an ethical person?
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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)?
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
Assignment Steps Select a Fortune 500 Company
from one of the following industries
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (General
Motors) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
Assignment Steps Select a Fortune 500 Company
from one of the following industrie
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Pfizer) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
Assignment Steps Select a Fortune 500 Company
from one of the following industries
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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Walmart) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.co
m   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.
Assignment Steps Select a Fortune 500 Company
from one of the following industries
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  Watch the "Your Business Structure" and
"Corporate Business Structures" videos on the
Electronics Reserve Readings page. IdeFIN 571
Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.c
om ntify the different business structures. Write
a 350 to 700 word explanation of how each
business structure might and might not be
advantageous. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   In order to receive
proper credit, please reply to this message when
posting your answers to WK2 DQ1. Suppose
you own 1 million worth of 30-year Treasury
bonds. Is this asset riskless? You own
1 million worth of 90-day Treasury bills. You
roll over this investment every 90 days by
reinvesting the proceeds in another issue of
90-day Treasury bills. Is this investment
riskless?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   Suppose 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 the asset has
negative risk? Why would anyone ever invest in an
asset that has an expected and required return
that is negative? Explain
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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). Research a case of
corporate financial abuse related
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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. 1. Analysis of
cost of goods sold problem.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Amazon) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Apple) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com
  Assignment Steps Resources Yahoo Finance
Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the
following industries Pharmaceutical Energy
Retail Automotive Computer Hardware
Manufacturing Mining Access Yahoo Finance and
enter the company name. Review the financial
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Ford) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Target) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
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  Purpose of AssignmeFIN 571 Week 2 Stock
Valuation and Analysis (Walmart) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com nt 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.
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   Why are interest rates
on short-term loans not necessarily comparable to
each other? Give three possible reasons.
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Interpreting
Financial Results FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com 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. Calculate the financial ratios for
the assigned company's financial statements, and
then interpret those results against company
historical data as well as industry benchmarks
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FIN 571 Week 3 Researching Industry Financial
Statistics FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.c
om   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
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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. Calculate the following Current
ratio
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FIN 571 Week 3 Using the Payback Method, IRR, and
NPV FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   Th
e 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 Create a 350-word
memo to management including the following
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FIN 571 Week 4 Assignment Rate of Return for
Stocks and Bonds (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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 that appear to have positive
NPVs. Briefly explain why such a firm would tend
to become riskier over time.
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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 years of the projects
life. Assuming you have a choice between
depreciation methods, whose advice should you
follow? Why?
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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). Using the sample financial
statements, create pro forma statements of five
year projections that are clear, concise, and
easy to read. Be sure to double check the
calculations in your pro forma statements. Make
assumptions that support each line item increase
or decrease for your forecasted statements.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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
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FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Capital Market
Efficiency Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance
on Stock Valuation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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 through
debt financing. Assignment Steps
ResourcesCorporate Finance Scenario
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   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?
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   The development of the
new issue junk bond market had important
implications for capital structure choice. The
existence of a viable junk bond market means that
firms can comfortably maintain higher degrees of
leverage than they could prior to the development
of this market. Do you agree or disagree? Justify
your answer.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com
  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. Calculate the
future value of 1,535 invested today for 8 years
at 6 percent. (5 points)
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FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 1 (SNC) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   Resources
Harvard Business Publishing Working Capital
Simulation Managing Growth Assignment Ch. 1 - 21
ofFundamentals of Corporate Finance WileyPLUS
Assignments All additional resources from each
week Review the following scenario
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FIN 571 Week 6 Signature Assignment Short Term
Funding (2 PPT) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.com   About 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
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571nerd.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
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FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 2 (SNC) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571nerd.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.
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