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• BUS 401 Entire Course
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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
  Management in a Firm
• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements
• BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
  and Ethics
• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True
• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Investing in Bonds
• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns
• BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV)
  and Future Value (FV)
• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working
• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting
• BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
  Funding
• BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment Identifying and
  Managing Risk
• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch
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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
  Management in a Firm
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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
  Management in a Firm
• Business - General Business
• The Role of Financial Management in a Firm.
  Summarize the role of management as it relates to
  finance in a corporation. In your post, address
  the following
• Indicate the various aspects of finance that
  management must understand.
• Describe why a manager needs to understand the
  characteristics and importance of financial
  markets including risk and efficiency.

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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements
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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements
• Business - General Business
• Financial Statements. View the Important
  Financial Documents video which looks at the
  fundamental financial documents every company
  needs including the balance sheet, income
  statement, and statement of cash flow. In your
  post, choose one of the financial statements and
  explain how a manager would use the statement to
  drive financial analysis and decision-making.
  Your post should be 200-250 words in length

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• BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
  and Ethics
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• BUS 401 Week 1 Financial Management Challenges
  and Ethics
• Business - General Business
• Financial Management Challenges and Ethics. Find
  at least two articles from the ProQuest database
  that highlight and discuss two of the biggest
  challenges facing financial managers today. One
  of the articles should be about the challenge of
  maintaining ethical financial integrity. The
  other article can be on any other challenge that
  a financial manager may face (e.g., competition,
  foreign markets, government intervention, etc.).
• Summarize your findings from the articles in a
  two- to three-page paper excluding title page and
  references page(s). The paper should be formatted
  according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford
  Writing Center. Be sure to properly cite your
  sources using APA style
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• BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz
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• BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• The financial goal of a for-profit business is
• Student Answer
• profit maximization.
• owner wealth maximization.
• cash flow maximization.
• utility maximization.
• Instructor Explanation
• The answer can be found in the introduction to
  Chapter 1.

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True
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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True
• Business - General Business
• Dreams Do Come True. Imagine that you have
  decided you need a new car, but not any car will
  do you have decided to purchase the car of your
  dreams. Conduct some research as to the cost of
  this car. You have determined in this imagined
  scenario that you could afford to make a 10 down
  payment. You can borrow the balance either from
  your local bank using a four-year loan or from
  the dealerships finance company. If you purchase
  from your dealerships finance company, the APR
  will be 10 with your 10 down and monthly
  payments over three years. However, the
  dealership will give you a rebate of 5 of the
  car price after the three year term is complete.
  You want the best deal possible, so you consider
  the following questions

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns
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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns
• Business - General Business
• Investing in Bonds. Go to the Yahoo Finance Bonds
  Center.
• Under Features / BOND LOOKUP / Find Bonds by
  Name
• Type in the first letter of your last name.
• Under Type Choose one of the Corp Bonds.
• Assume interest rates for bonds today is 5 for
  an AAA rated bond. Calculate the price of the
  bond you have selected relative to the 5. Is the
  bond selling at a premium or a discount? Why? Be
  sure to show how you arrived at your answer. What
  other factors may influence the value of a bond?
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz
• Business - General Business.
• Question
• The longer we have to wait for a future amount to
  be received
• Student Answer
• the lower its present value will be.
• the higher its present value will be.
• Time does not affect present value, so it doesnt
  matter how long we have to wait.
• Beyond 10 years the value doesnt change anymore
  because 10 years might as well be 20 years.
• Instructor Explanation
• The answer can be found in Section 4.3 The Time
  Value of a Single Cash Flow.
• Points Received

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV)
  and Future Value (FV)
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV)
  and Future Value (FV)
• Business - General Business
• Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) Future Value
  (FV). Assignment Instructions You have been
  asked by a manager in your organization to put
  together a training program explaining Net
  Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) and how
  they are used to evaluate the price of stock.

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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working
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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working
• Business - General Business
• Cash Flows From Working. It may surprise you that
  there are cash flows associated with holding a
  job. Using the examples provided in Chapter 6,
  construct a simple cash flow statement and
  payback calculation for when your job expenses
  will be covered for employment you currently have
  or have had in the past. Include the following in
  your cash flow statement

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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting
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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting
• Business - General Business
• Capital Budgeting. View the Capital Budgeting
  video, which provides some factors that should be
  considered in capital budgeting considerations.
• Imagine the producers of this video ask you to
  appear in the video to offer two additional
  considerations in capital budgeting decisions.
  One consideration must be quantitative (numeric).
  The other must be qualitative (non-numeric).
  Write a script to describe capital budgeting
  considerations that you think are important for
  managers to consider. Your script should be 200
  to 250 words.
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• BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz
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• BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a
  corporate investment decision are
• Student Answer
• incremental additional cash flows.

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• BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
  Funding
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• BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
  Funding
• Business - General Business
• Return on Investment Education Funding. Develop
  a three- to four-page analysis, excluding the
  title page and reference page(s), on the
  projected return on investment for your college
  education and projected future employment. This
  analysis will consist of two parts.
• First, explain how you made the decision to
  pursue a degree in Business or Finance. In your
  explanation, include a summary of expenses
  related to that decision. Also, include things
  like cost of tuition, cost of books, and the
  interest that you may pay on any loans.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch
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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch
• Business - General Business
• Interviewing Peter Lynch. Review the Minimizing
  Risk video segment, which is available through
  your online course.
• In the video segment, you will watch an interview
  with two great investors of the twentieth
  century. Imagine you are Harry Reasoner, and you
  are allowed to ask Peter Lynch one question about
  market risk, discount rates, or the weighted
  average cost of capital (WACC). What question
  would you ask? Why do you feel that is an
  important question?
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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of Capital
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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of Capital
• Business - General Business
• Cost of Capital. Corporations often use different
  costs of capital for different operating
  divisions. Using an example, calculate the
  weighted cost of capital (WACC). What are some
  potential issues in using varying techniques for
  cost of capital for different divisions? If the
  overall company weighted average cost of capital
  (WACC) were used as the hurdle rate for all
  divisions, would more conservative or riskier
  divisions get a greater share of capital? Explain
  your reasoning. What are two techniques that you
  could use to develop a rough estimate for each
  divisions cost of capital? Your initial response
  should be 200 to 250 words 
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• BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz
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• BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• Investors will make an investment if
• Student Answer
• the historical rate of return exceeds the
  expected rate of return.
• the required rate of return exceeds the expected
  rate of return.
• the expected rate of return exceeds the actual
  rate of return.
• the expected rate of return exceeds the required
  rate of return.

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• BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Ratios to a Business
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• BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Ratios to a Business
• Business - General Business
• Applying Ratios to a Business. Access the
  Evaluating Business Performance Small Business
  Case Studies video in your online course.
• The video focuses on profitability, liquidity,
  efficiency, and stability of business. Given what
  you have learned about ratio analysis, choose one
  of the businesses from the video (Rose Chong
  Costumes, Anros Floor Maintenance, or John
  Osbornes Gym and Squash Center) and identify two
  ratios that would be helpful for the owner of the
  business to monitor. Be sure to explain what the
  ratio would tell the owner, and how it can be
  improved for the business.

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• BUS 401 Week 5 Final Paper
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• Focus of the Final Paper
• Evaluation of Corporate Performance
• For the Final Paper, you will apply the concepts
  learned in class to an analysis of a company
  using data from its annual report. Using the
  concepts from this course, you will analyze the
  strengths and weaknesses of the company. You will
  then write a report either recommending or not
  recommending purchase of the company stock.
• Research Tip The Mergent database in the Ashford
  University Library contains company profiles and
  financial information for publicly traded
  companies and their competitors. To access this
  database, enter the Ashford University Library by
  clicking the Library link on the left
  navigation bar in your online course.

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