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  FIN 402 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     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    
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  FIN 402 Final Exam Guide   For more classes
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Fundamentals and Portfolio Management Final Exam
Guide 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 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN402 Week
1 Assignment Capital Markets and Investment
Banking Process Paper    
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2
Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment Plan For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment
Plan Carolyn Bowen, who just turned 55, is
employed as an administrative assistant for the
Xcon Corporation, where she has worked for the
past 20 years. She is in good health, lives
alone, and has two grown children. A few months
ago her husband died, leaving her with only their
home and the proceeds from a 75,000 life
insurance policy.  
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2,
2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 12.1 For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn
Bowens Investment Plan FIN 402 Week 1
Assignment Case Problem 2.1 Daras Dilemma What
to Buy? FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem
2.2 Ravi Dumars High-Flying Margin Account FIN
402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment
Case Problem 12.1 Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders
Mutual Funds  
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.1
Daras Dilemma What to Buy? For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 2.1
Daras Dilemma What to Buy? Dara Simmons, a
40-year-old financial analyst and divorced mother
of two teenage children, considers herself a
savvy investor. She has increased her investment
portfolio considerably over the past five years.
Although she has been fairly conservative with
her investments, she now feels more confident in
her investment knowledge and would like to branch
out into some new areas that could bring higher
returns. She has between 20,000 and 25,000 to
invest.  
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.2 Ravi
Dumars High-Flying Margin Account   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
2.2 Ravi Dumars High-Flying Margin Account Ravi
Dumar is a stockbroker who lives with his wife,
Sasha, and their five children in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Ravi firmly believes that the only way
to make money in the market is to follow an
aggressive investment posturefor example, to use
margin trading. In fact, Ravi has built himself a
substantial margin account over the years. He
currently holds 75,000 worth of stock in his
margin account, though the debit balance in the
account amounts to only 30,000. 
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune   For more classes
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Perezes Good Fortune Angel and Marie Perez own a
small pool hall located in southern New Jersey.
They enjoy running the business, which they have
owned for nearly three years. Angel, a retired
professional pool shooter, saved for nearly 10
years to buy this business, which he and his wife
own free and clear. The income from the pool hall
is adequate to allow Angel, Marie, and their
children, Mary (age 10) and José (age 4), to live
comfortably. Although he lacks formal education
beyond the 10th grade,    
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 12.1
Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual Funds For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 12.1 Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual
Funds The Reverend Mark Thomas is the minister of
a church in the San Diego area. He is married,
has one young child, and earns a modest income.
Because religious organizations are not notorious
for their generous retirement programs, the
reverend has decided he should do some investing
on his own. He would like to set up a program
that enables him to supplement the churchs
retirement program and at the same time provide
some funds for his childs college education
(which is still some 12 years away).    
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  FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are capital
market instruments? How are they used? Which is
most important? Explain your answer.    
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  FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is an asset
class? How are asset classes selected? What
factors affect the selection?  
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  FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is a
derivative? What are the different types of
derivatives? How do businesses use derivatives to
mitigate risks?    
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  FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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?    
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN
402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 2.1
Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio Theory Whos
Right   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Case Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern
Portfolio Theory Whos Right? Walt Davies and
Shane OBrien are district managers for Lee, Inc.
Over the years, as they moved through the firms
sales organization, they became (and still
remain) close friends. Walt, who is 33 years old,
currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Shane,
who is 35, lives in Houston, Texas. Recently, at
the national sales meeting, they were discussing
various company matters, as well as bringing each
other up to date on their families, when the
subject of investments came up. Each had always
been fascinated by the stock market, and now that
they had achieved some degree of financial
success, they had begun actively investing.    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision On January 1, 2017, Dave
Coates, a 23-year-old mathematics teacher at
Xavier High School, received a tax refund of
1,100. Because Dave didnt need this money for
his current living expenses, he decided to make a
long-term investment. After surveying a number of
alternative investments costing no more than
1,100, Dave isolated two that seemed most
suitable to his needs.    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1,
4.2, 2.1, 5.2, 13.1 (Part a,b,c,d) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 402 Week
2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1 Coatess
Decision FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem
4.2 The Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes
Stock Purchase Decision FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment
Case Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern
Portfolio Theory Whos Right FIN 402 Week 2
Assignment Case Problem 5.2 Susan Lussiers
Inherited Portfolio Does It Meet Her Needs FIN
402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 13.1 Assessing
the Stalcheckss Portfolio Performance (Part
a,b,c,d)    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision Over the past 10 years, Molly
ORourke has slowly built a diversified portfolio
of common stock. Currently her portfolio includes
20 different common stock issues and has a total
market value of 82,500. Molly is at present
considering the addition of 50 shares of either
of two common stock issuesX or Y. To assess the
return and risk of each of these issues,    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 5.2
Susan Lussiers Inherited Portfolio Does It Meet
Her Needs For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 5.2 Susan Lussiers Inherited
Portfolio Does It Meet Her Needs? Susan Lussier
is 35 years old and employed as a tax accountant
for a major oil and gas exploration company. She
earns nearly 135,000 a year from her salary and
from participation in the companys drilling
activities. An expert on oil and gas taxation,
she is not worried about job securityshe is
content with her income and finds it adequate to
allow her to buy and do whatever she wishes. Her
current philosophy is to live each day to its
fullest, not concerning herself with retirement,
which is too far in the future to require her
current attention.    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 13.1
Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio Performance
(Part a,b,c,d)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 13.1
Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio
Performance Mary and Nick Stalcheck have an
investment portfolio containing four investments.
It was developed to provide them with a balance
between current income and capital appreciation.
Rather than acquire mutual fund shares or
diversify within a given class of investments,
they developed their portfolio with the idea of
diversifying across various asset classes. The
portfolio currently contains common stock,
industrial bonds, mutual fund shares, and
options. They acquired each of these investments
during the past three years, and they plan to
purchase other investments sometime in the
future.    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 DQ 3   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the CAPM?
Are CAPM assumptions realistic? Why or why not?
   
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Portfolio Selection Paper (2 Papers) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers 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 De
ll Disney Ford Motor Company    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Portfolio Selection Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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    
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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). 2. If in problem 1 the
beta (b) were 1.9 and the other values remained
the same, what is the new value of Ke? What is
the relationship between a higher beta and the
required rate of return (Ke)?    
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  FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Assignment Case Problem 6.1
Sara Decides to Take the Plunge For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 6.1
Sara Decides to Take the Plunge Sara Thomas is a
child psychologist who has built a thriving
practice in her hometown of Boise, Idaho. Over
the past several years she has been able to
accumulate a substantial sum of money. She has
worked long and hard to be successful, but she
never imagined anything like this. Even so,
success has not spoiled Sara. Still single, she
keeps to her old circle of friends. One of her
closest friends is Terry Jenkins, who happens to
be a stockbroker and who acts as Saras financial
advisor.    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1,
6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.2 For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara Decides to Take
the Plunge FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case
Problem 6.2 Wally Wonders Whether Theres a Place
for Dividends FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case
Problem 7.1 Some Financial Ratios Are Real
Eye-Openers FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case
Problem 7.2 Doris Looks at an Auto Issue FIN
402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.1 Chris
Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.2
Wally Wonders Whether Theres a Place for
Dividends For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Case Problem 6.2 Wally Wonders Whether
Theres a Place for Dividends Wally Wilson is a
commercial artist who makes a good living by
doing freelance workmostly layouts and
illustrationsfor local ad agencies and major
institutional clients (such as large department
stores). Wally has been investing in the stock
market for some time, buying mostly high-quality
growth stocks as a way to achieve long-term
growth and capital appreciation. 
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 7.1 Some
Financial Ratios Are Real Eye-Openers For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
7.1 Some Financial Ratios Are Real
Eye-Openers Jack Arnold is a resident of Lubbock,
Texas, where he is a prosperous rancher and
businessman. He has also built up a sizable
portfolio of common stock, which, he believes, is
due to the fact that he thoroughly evaluates each
stock he invests in. As Jack says,
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 7.2
Doris Looks at an Auto Issue For more classes
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Doris Looks at an Auto Issue Doris Wise is a
young career woman. She lives in Phoenix,
Arizona, where she owns and operates a highly
successful modeling agency. Doris manages her
modest but rapidly growing investment portfolio,
made up mostly of high-grade common stocks. 
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.1
Chris Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 8.1 Chris Looks for a Way to Invest His
Wealth Chris Norton is a young Hollywood writer
who is well on his way to television
superstardom. After writing several successful
television specials, he was recently named the
head writer for one of TVs top-rated sitcoms.
Chris fully realizes that his business is a
fickle one, and on the advice of his dad and
manager, he has decided to set up an investment
program. Chris will earn about a half-million
dollars this year.    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.2 An
Analysis of a High-Flying Stock   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
8.2 An Analysis of a High-Flying Stock Marc
Dodier is a recent university graduate and a
security analyst with the Kansas City brokerage
firm of Lippman, Brickbats, and Shaft. Marc has
been following one of the hottest issues on Wall
Street, CI Medical Supplies, a company that has
turned in an outstanding performance lately and,
even more important, has exhibited excellent
growth potential.
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 9.2 Deb
Takes Measure of the Market For more classes
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Takes Measure of the Market Several months ago,
Deb Forrester received a substantial sum of money
from the estate of her late aunt. Deb initially
placed the money in a savings account because she
was not sure what to do with it. Since then,
however, she has taken a course in investments at
the local university. The textbook for the course
was, in fact, this one, and the class just
completed this chapter.    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative
Performance Paper    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
relationship between inflation and interest
rates? How does this relationship affect asset
prices? How does the unemployment rate affect
interest rates?    
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  FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   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      
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 3 Weekly Question For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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)    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max
and Veronica Develop a Bond Investment
Program   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica Develop
a Bond Investment Program Max and Veronica
Shuman, along with their teenage sons, Terry and
Thomas, live in Portland, Oregon. Max is a sales
rep for a major medical firm, and Veronica is a
personnel officer at a local bank. Together they
earn an annual income of around 100,000. Max has
just learned that his recently departed rich
uncle has named him in his will to the tune of
some 250,000 after taxes.   
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1,
10.2, 11.1, 11.2   For more classes
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Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica
Develop a Bond Investment Program FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The Case of the
Missing Bond Ratings FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment
Case Problem 11.1 The Bond Investment Decisions
of Dave and Marlene Carter FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 11.2 Grace Decides to
Immunize Her Portfolio    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The
Case of the Missing Bond Ratings For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem
10.2 The Case of the Missing Bond Ratings Its
probably safe to say that theres nothing more
important in determining a bonds rating than the
underlying financial condition and operating
results of the company issuing the bond. Just as
financial ratios can be used in the analysis of
common stocks, they can also be used in the
analysis of bondsa process we refer to as credit
analysis. In credit analysis, attention is
directed toward the basic liquidity and
profitability of the firm, the extent to which
the firm employs debt, and the ability of the
firm to service its debt.  
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.1 The
Bond Investment Decisions of Dave and Marlene
Carter   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Case Problem 11.1 The Bond Investment
Decisions of Dave and Marlene Carter Dave and
Marlene Carter live in the Boston area, where
Dave has a successful orthodontics practice. Dave
and Marlene have built up a sizable investment
portfolio and have always had a major portion of
their investments in fixed-income securities.
They adhere to a fairly aggressive investment
posture and actively go after both attractive
current income and substantial capital gains.
Assume that it is now 2016 and Marlene is
currently evaluating two investment decisions
one involves an addition to their portfolio, the
other a revision to it.    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.2
Grace Decides to Immunize Her Portfolio   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 11.2 Grace Decides to Immunize Her
Portfolio Grace Hesketh is the owner of an
extremely successful dress boutique in downtown
Chicago. Although high fashion is Graces first
love, shes also interested in investments,
particularly bonds and other fixed-income
securities. She actively manages her own
investments and over time has built up a
substantial portfolio of securities. Shes well
versed on the latest investment techniques and is
not afraid to apply those procedures to her own
investments.    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Does international
diversification enhance risk reduction? Why or
why not? What measures may be taken to reduce
risks of international portfolio investing?    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers)   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers FIN 402
Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and Return
Tradeoff Memo 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.    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 402 Week 4
Individual Assignment Risk and Return Tradeoff
Memo   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.      
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk
and Return Analysis Paper (Portfolio Risk
Analysis) For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
Risk and Return Analysis Paper 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.    
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk
and Return Analysis Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 402 Week 4
Learning Team Assignment Risk and Return Analysis
Paper   Complete the following activities   Condu
ct 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 4 Weekly Problem Set For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 __________. 4. Choosing stocks by
searching for predictable patterns in stock
prices is called  
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    FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The
Franciscos Investment Options   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case Problem 14.1
The Franciscos Investment Options Hector
Francisco is a successful businessman in Atlanta.
The box-manufacturing firm he and his wife, Judy,
founded several years ago has prospered. Because
he is self-employed, Hector is building his own
retirement fund. So far, he has accumulated a
substantial sum in his investment account, mostly
by following an aggressive investment posture. He
does this because, as he puts it, In this
business, you never know when the bottom will
fall out.   
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1,
14.2, 15.1, 15.2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 402 Week 5
Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The Franciscos
Investment Options FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1
T. J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem
15.2 Jim and Polly Pernelli Try Hedging with
Stock Index Futures    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.2
Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to Hedge For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge A little more than 10 months ago, Luke
Weaver, a mortgage banker in Phoenix, bought 300
shares of stock at 40 per share. Since then, the
price of the stock has risen to 75 per share. It
is now near the end of the year, and the market
is starting to weaken. Luke feels there is still
plenty of play left in the stock but is afraid
the tone of the market will be detrimental to his
position.    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1 T.
J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 15.1 T. J.s Fast-Track
Investments Interest Rate Futures T. J. Patrick
is a young, successful industrial designer in
Portland, Oregon, who enjoys the excitement of
commodities speculation. T. J. has been dabbling
in commodities since he was a teenagerhe was
introduced to this market by his dad, who is a
grain buyer for one of the leading food
processors. T. J. recognizes the enormous risks
involved in commodities speculating but feels
that because hes young, he can afford to take a
few chances. As a principal in a thriving
industrial design firm, T. J. earns more than
150,000 a year. He follows a well-disciplined
investment program and annually adds 15,000 to
20,000 to his portfolio.    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.2 Jim
and Polly Pernelli Try Hedging with Stock Index
Futures For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Case Problem 15.2 Jim and Polly Pernelli
Try Hedging with Stock Index Futures Jim Pernelli
and his wife, Polly, live in Augusta, Georgia.
Like many young couples, the Pernellis are a
two-income family. Jim and Polly are both college
graduates and hold high-paying jobs. Jim has been
an avid investor in the stock market for a number
of years and over time has built up a portfolio
that is currently worth nearly 375,000. The
Pernellis portfolio is well diversified,
although it is heavily weighted in high-quality,
mid-cap growth stocks. The Pernellis reinvest all
dividends and regularly add investment capital to
their portfolio. Up to now, they have avoided
short selling and do only a modest amount of
margin trading.    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (2 Papers) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   This tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Prepare a paper,
not to exceed 5 pages, in which you assess the
performance of your portfolio, using William
Sharpes and Harry Markowitzs modern portfolio
theories. Address the following Calculate your
portfolios performance using the Sharpe, Jensen,
and Treynor indices. Describe the importance of
these indices and interpret how your portfolio
performed against the market index. Discuss how
you would revise your portfolio.    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper
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  FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is an
individual retirement account? Is it important to
have an individual retirement account?      
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  FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   What are
derivatives? How may they be used to manage a
portfolio?    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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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  FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Problem Set   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. You
purchase one IBM July 125 call contract for a
premium of 5. You hold the option until the
expiration date when IBM stock sells for 123 per
share. You will realize a ______ on the
investment. 2. You purchase one IBM July 120 put
contract for a premium of 5. You hold the option
until the expiration date when IBM stock sells
for 123 per share. You will realize a ______ on
the investment. 3. You write one IBM July 120
call contract for a premium of 4. You hold the
option until the expiration date when IBM stock
sells for 126 per share. You will realize a
______ on the investment. 4. Longer term
European style options with maturities of up to
three years are called ___________. 5. A futures
call option provides its holder with the right to
____________.    
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Questions For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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. (2 point)
For the following alternative investment
vehicles, discuss a. Describe the
investment b. Benefits of the investment    
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