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FIN 571 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 1 Individual
Practice Quiz FIN 571 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Business Structures FIN 571 Week 1 DQ
1 FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2
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FIN 571 Entire Course And Final Guide FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571
Entire Course And Final Guide
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ECO 561 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.eco561outlet.com   What kinds of changes in
underlying conditions can cause the supply and
demand curves to shift? Give examples and explain
the direction in which the curves shift. 
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple Choice
Question 51 Which of the following is considered
a hybrid organizational form? partnership limited
liability partnership sole proprietorship corporat
ion
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1 and 2 FOR MORE
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Final Exam Guide 1 FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 2
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   1) Which principle states
that extraordinary returns are achievable with
new ideas? 2) Occurs when a "follower" receives
the benefit of an expenditure made by a "leader"
by imitating the leader's behavior. 3) Occurs
when inaccurate information can falsely exist.
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www.fin571tutor.com   1) Occurs when a
"follower" receives the benefit of an expenditure
made by a "leader" by imitating the leader's
behavior. 2) Occurs when inaccurate information
can falsely exist. 3) Refers to situations
wherein the agent can take unseen actions for
personal benefit even though such actions are
costly to the principal.
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
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www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 1 Connect
Problems (Math Accounting Review) 1.
Functions  Excel will make your life as a finance
student much easier. This section will show how
to use various functions in Excel. Once you
understand the how and why of a particular
financial equation, you can make 1. Which Excel
cell entry will calculate the square root of
165? 2. Which statements about Excels FV
function are correct? 3. Which fields are
required to calculate net present value (NPV) in
Excel?
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
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  FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set) 1.If a firm is currently profitable,
then 2.Short-term finance deals with  3.A
stakeholder is any person or entity 4.Which one
of these best fits the description of an agency
cost?  5.The primary goal of financial management
is to  6.Which one of the following business
types is best suited to raising large amounts of
capital?
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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. What happens to the price an
investor who is looking to purchase that bond or
debenture is willing to pay if the market
interest rate increases above the rate that the
bond or debenture pays.
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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the "Your Business
Structure" and "Corporate Business Structures"
videos on the Electronics Reserve Readings
page. Identify 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 1 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple
Choice Question 42 Which of the following
business organizational forms subjects the
owner(s) to unlimited liability? a) sole
proprietorship b) partnership c) corporation d) a
and b
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FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 2
Connect Problems 1.Sankey, Inc., has current
assets of 4,230, net fixed assets of 25,700,
current liabilities of 3,500, and long-term debt
of 14,400. What is the value of the
shareholders' equity account for this
firm?  2.Which one of the following assets is
generally the most liquid? 3.Which one of the
following accounts is included in stockholders'
equity?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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? Can you think of an asset that is truly
riskless?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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 intricacies
of my options to determine how to best proceed
with my plan.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and apply this to your current work or desired
place of employment.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple
Choice Question 53 Which one of the following
statements about trend analysis is NOT correct?
It allows management to examine each ratio over
time and determine whether the trend is good or
bad for the firm. This benchmark is based on a
firm's historical performance. The Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) System is used to
identify benchmark firms. All of these are true
statements.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Read the
Ethics case, "A Sad Tale The Demise of Arthur
Anderson" located in the WileyPLUS Week
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Chapter
readings. Discuss the mistakes made by Arthur
Anderson and potential actions that leadership
could have taken to prevent the organizational
failure. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your
discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 3
Connect Problems If the Garnett Corp. has a 15
percent ROE and a 25 percent payout ratio, what
is its sustainable growth rate?  1.If the Hunter
Corp. has an ROE of 15 and a payout ratio of 18
percent, what is its sustainable growth
rate 2.The most recent financial statements for
Williamson, Inc., are shown here Assets and costs
are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are
not. No dividends are paid. Next years sales are
projected to be 8,418. What is the external
financing needed?   3.The maximum rate at which a
firm can grow while maintaining a constant
debt-equity ratio is best defined by
its  4.Financial planning, when properly
executed 5.Projected future financial statements
are called 6.Which account is least apt to vary
directly with sales?
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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
Compare the financial ratios with each of the
preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013
2013 with 2012 and 2012 with 2011).
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FIN 571 Week 3 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple
Choice Question 32 The operating cycle ends
not with the finished goods being sold to
customers and the cash collected on the sales
but when you take into account the time taken by
the firm to pay for its purchases.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Working Capital
Management" video located in theWileyPLUS
Assignment Week 3 Videos Activity. Discuss
strategies these business owners used to manage
their working capital. Write a 350-700 word
summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 4
Connect Problems 1.Even though most corporate
bonds in the United States make coupon payments
semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have
annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company
issues a bond with a par value of 1,000, 20
years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 7 percent
paid annually.If the yield to maturity is 8.1
percent, what is the current price of the
bond?  2.Microhard has issued a bond with the
following characteristics Calculate the price of
this bond if the YTM is   3.Yan Yan Corp. has a
2,000 par value bond outstanding with a coupon
rate of 5.5 percent paid semiannually and 16
years to maturity. The yield to maturity of the
bond is 5.8 percent. What is the dollar price of
the bond? 
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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. Discuss and interpret
the financials in relation to the initiative.
Make recommendations on potential discretionary
financing needs.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple
Choice Question 66 Present value Tommie
Harris is considering an investment that pays 6.5
percent annually. How much must he invest today
such that he will have 25,000 in seven years?
(Round to the nearest dollar.) Multiple Choice
Question 61 PV of multiple cash flows
Jack Stuart has loaned money to his brother at an
interest rate of 5.75 percent. He expects to
receive 625, 650, 700, and 800 at the end of
the next four years as complete repayment of the
loan with interest. How much did he loan out to
his brother? (Round to the nearest dollar.)
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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Stock Valuation" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 4
Videos Activity. Discuss how markets and
investors value a stock. Write a 350-700 word
summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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.fin571tutor.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 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Multiple
Choice Question 55 Genaro needs to
capture a return of 40 percent for his one-year
investment in a property. He believes that he can
sell the property at the end of the year for
150,000 and that the property will provide him
with rental income of 25,000. What is the
maximum amount that Genaro should be willing to
pay for the property?
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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Wileyplus
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   Problem 5.17 Problem
5.21 Problem 6.19 Problem 6.27 Problem
7.16 Problem 8.24 Problem 9.15 Problem 5.17
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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Cost of Capital" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 5
Videos Activity. Discuss some of the corporate
finance challenges faced by this company. Write a
350-700 word summary of your discussion.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Homework
Problems FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com Week 6 Homework Complete
the following problems. You should do this work
in excel. A set of ungraded practice problems
similar to the homework is provided in the week
six material to help you do this assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com  Resou
rces 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 Acting as the CEO of a small company,
you 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,
capitalizing on supplier discounts, and reducing
inventory.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Practice Quiz FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com Multiple
Choice Question 55 Planning models
that are more sophisticated than the percent of
sales method have working capital accounts like
inventory, accounts receivables, and accounts
payables vary directly with sales. fixed assets
that do not always vary directly with sales. all
of these are true. all variable costs change
directly with sales. Multiple Choice Question
66 Firms that achieve higher growth rates without
seeking external financing have less equity
and/or are able to generate high net income
leading to a high ROE. are not highly
leveraged. all of these are true.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Wileyplus
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   Problem 10.14
Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making
firm. Recently, it developed a new process for
producing spices. The process requires new
machinery that would cost 1,968,450. Have a life
of five years, and would produce the cash flows
shown in the following table.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Corporate Finance Video Stable Money Makers"
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 6
Videos Activity. Identify a capital improvement
that could help Betty with her Alpaca
business. Write a summary of no more than 700
words explaining how the capital improvement you
identified could help the business. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.  
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