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FIN 402 Final Exam Guide (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Entire Course (UOP)
FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper FIN 402 Week 1
DQ 1 FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2 FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 FIN
402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset
Classes Paper FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 FIN 402 Week 2
DQ 2 FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3
True/False  1.___  ___ The balance sheet shows
what assets the firm controls at a point in time
and how it financed the assets.    2.___  ___
Free cash flow Cash flow from operations
Capital expenditures Disposition of property
and equipment.    3.___  ___ The income statement
indicates the flow of sales, expenses, and
earnings during a period of time.
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper (UOP Course)
What are capital market instruments? How are they
used? Which is most important? Explain your
answer.
FIN402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
hat is a derivative? What are the different types
of derivatives? How do businesses use derivatives
to mitigate risks?
What is an asset class? How are asset classes
selected? What factors affect the selection?
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set
FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question
The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
to practice the concepts outlined in the
textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
the assignment and post your solutions to those
problems. 1. Creating prices for securities and
allowing for liquidity are functions of 2. Which
of the following best describes the function of
an investment banker selling an issue on a "best
efforts" basis?
Submit your Weekly Questions, with original
questions, in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be
sure to show your work to earn full credit.Do
not use Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or
other generic internet websites as sources. Use
credible sources only. Also, do not use quotes in
lieu of a response in your own words.
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
(UOP Course)
What are different ratio categories? Which
category is most important to bondholders? Why?
Which category is most important to stockholders?
Why?
FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
(UOP Course)
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
What is the CAPM? Are CAPM assumptions realistic?
Why or why not?
What are liquidity ratios? Why are they
important? How may an investor use liquidity
ratios when making investment decisions?
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FIN 402 Week 2 weekly Problem Set
FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper (2 Papers)
The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
to practice the concepts outlined in the
textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
the assignment and post your solutions to those
problems. In your solutions, provide an
explanation as to why you choose the answer. 1.
If RF  6 percent, b  1.3, and the ERP 6.5
percent, compute Ke(the required rate of return).
Resources Electronic Reserve Readings, Internet,
University Library Select one publicly traded
bond. Select five organizations from the
following list. These organizations represent the
stocks that comprise your portfolio. Cisco
Systems, Inc. Citigroup Dell Disney Ford
Motor Company General Electric Company The Home
Depot, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question
FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper (UOP Course)
1.      (2 point) Calculate the expected return
of the following stocks using CAPM. You can use
internet websites to get Beta figures, such as
Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, MSN Money,
Marketwatch, etc. Use 4 as the risk free rate
and 6 as the risk premium. a.       Proctor
Gamble (PG) b.      Microsoft (MSFT) c.      
Macys (M) d.      JP Morgan Chase (JPM) e.      
Southern Company (SO)
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
What is the relationship between inflation and
interest rates? How does this relationship affect
asset prices? How does the unemployment rate
affect interest rates?
What is the difference between systematic and
unsystematic risk? How is the beta coefficient
used to assess risk? Is it better to maximize
return or minimize risk? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise ResourceFundamentals of Investment
Management Prepare a response to the following
assignment Web Exercise (Ch. 21) of Fundamentals
of Investment Management, including calculations
for each organization listed in Step 9
What factors must be taken into consideration
when creating an investment portfolio? How must a
portfolios components be weighted? 
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question
FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set
Submit your Weekly Questions, with original
questions, in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be
sure to show your work to earn full
credit. 1.      (2 point) Use the expected return
and Beta calculated in Week 2 Homework Questions
1 for the stocks listed PG, Microsoft, Macys,
JP Morgan Chase and Southern Company. You will
make three portfolios a.       Equal weight each
of the stocks in the portfolio b.      Select the
two lowest beta stocks and weight them at 30
each, the two highest beta stocks at 10 each,
and the last one at 20 (Low beta portfolio)
The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
to practice the concepts outlined in the
textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
the assignment and post your solutions to those
problems. In your solutions, provide an
explanation as to why you choose the
answer. 1. Which of the following are assumptions
of the simple CAPM model?2. Consider the CAPM.
The risk-free rate is 6 and the expected return
on the market is 18. What is the expected return
on a stock with a beta of 1.3? 
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
Does international diversification enhance risk
reduction? Why or why not? What measures may be
taken to reduce risks of international portfolio
investing?
What are examples of active and passive portfolio
management techniques? Why would a portfolio
manager pursue active instead of passive
techniques?
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers)
FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
Resources Constructing and Managing a Portfolio
Simulation, Electronic Reserve Readings,
University Library Complete the Constructing and
Managing a Portfolio simulation on the student
website. Conduct research concerning the risk and
return tradeoff, and the relationship between
investment strategy and performance.
What are unique risks associated with foreign
investments? How might an investor protect his or
her portfolio against such risks? Is it possible
to protect a portfolio from all risk?
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Problem Set
FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper (Portfolio Risk Analysis)
The Problem Set is provided to you to enable you
to practice the concepts outlined in the
textbook. Select THREE completed problems from
the assignment and post your solutions to those
problems. 1. The weak form of the EMH states that
________ must be reflected in the current stock
price. 2. When the market risk premium rises,
stock prices will ________. 3. Proponents of the
EMH typically advocate __________. 
Complete the following activities Conduct a risk
assessment and return analysis on the investment
vehicles in your portfolio. Select the weights of
each vehicle in your portfolio for example, the
percentage of the portfolio each vehicle makes
up. Locate the beta for each security. Use .3
beta for bonds and 0 for money market instruments.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question
FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (UOP Course)
1.      (2 point) Go to Morningstar.com. Find the
listed mutual funds profiles on the website.
Under Ratings Risk, find and submit the Sharpe
Ratio for each fund. Then discuss, using the
ratio, which fund you believe provides a better
investment. Funds             ARTVX            
BPAIX             BOSOX             MFCFX
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
What is an individual retirement account? Is it
important to have an individual retirement
account?
What are different types of alternative
investment vehicles? Which is preferable? What
factors could affect the choice of such a
vehicle?  
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FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper (UOP Course)
FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
What are derivatives? How may they be used to
manage a portfolio?  
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you
address the following Analyze effects of
international portfolio diversification on an
investment portfolio. Examine alternative
investment vehicles  
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