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BUS 401 Entire Course (New)
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
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BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
Management in a Firm (New)
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 (New)
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 (New)
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.).
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BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz (New)
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.
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BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True (New)
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.
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BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values,
and Expected Returns (New)
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?
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BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
and Expected Returns (New)
BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
and Expected Returns (New)
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BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz (New)
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.
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BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV)
and Future Value (FV) (New)
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. Upon completing your Net Present Value
(NPV) Future Value (FV) Training Program,
employees should be able to Explain NPV and
FV. Describe the factors that are used in the NPV
and the FV formulas.
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BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working (New)
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 Expenses associated
with working Any initial investments Taxes
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BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting (New)
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 (New)
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. marginal after-tax cash flows. incremental
after-tax cash flows. investment after-tax cash
flows.
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BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
Funding (New)  
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 (New)
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 (New)
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 (New)
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.
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BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Ratio Analysis (New)
Ratio Analysis. Using the Ashford University
Library as a resource, find two articles that
discuss financial ratio analysis. Identify two
advantages and two disadvantages to using ratios
in financial analysis. Be sure to cite your
sources using APA format as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
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BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 2 Applying Ratios to a Business
(New)
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 (New)
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.
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