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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.com 1.A proxy fight
occurs when the board of directors disagree on
the members of the management team. 2. A
stakeholder is any person or entity 3.Which one
of the following is least apt to help convince
managers to work in the best interest of the
stockholders? threat of a proxy fight pay raises
based on length of service implementation of a
stock option plan 4.Financial managers primarily
create firm value by maximizing current sales.
investing in assets that generate cash in excess
of their cost. 5.First City Bank pays 7 percent
simple interest on its savings account balances
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
Accounting Review) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com
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?
7.Accounting profits and cash flows are
generally 
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.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 Individual Assignment Business
Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius
.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 bu
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FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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?
4.It is easier to evaluate a firm using its
financial statements when 
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.co
m 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.
Create a 1,400-word analysis of the application
of SOX in which you include the following
Discuss the mistakes made by the company and
their 
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com Read the
Ethics case, "A Sad Tale The Demise of Arthur
Anderson" located in the WileyPLUS Week
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Chapter
readings.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.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 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com Watch the
"Concept Review Video Working Capital
Management" video located in theWileyPLUS
Assignment Week 3 Videos Activity.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 Quick ratio Net profit margin Asset 
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FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 
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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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 
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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com Watch the
"Concept Review Video Stock Valuation" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 4
Videos Activity.
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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
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FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.com 1.The difference
between the present value of an investments
future cash flows and its initial cost is the
payback period. internal rate of return.
profitability index. discounted
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.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.fin571genius.c
om 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.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com Watch the
"Concept Review Video Cost of Capital" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 5
Videos Activity.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.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 opportunities
include taking on 
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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.com Resources
Harvard Business Publishing Working Capital
Simulation Managing Growth Assignment Ch. 1 - 21
ofFundamentals of Corporate Finance WileyPLUS
Assignments
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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.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.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571genius.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 New Heritage Doll
Compare the decisions and results of all members
of the team. Create a 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoin
t presentation that includes
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