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FIN 486 Entire Course For more classes
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Assignment Part 3 JJs Jammers Summary FIN 486
Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Financial Statement
Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow
Reconciliation FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350
Words) FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment
(Chapter 5, Chapter 8) FIN 486 Week 2 Team
Assignment (P4-6, P4-19)
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FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Financial
Statement Construction and Part 2 Cash Flow
Reconciliation For more classes
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Statement Construction Exercise Take the
following results for JJs Jammers and create a
Balance Sheet and Income Statement in the 2012
columns of the template showing JJs Jammers 2011
results (In alphabetical order). Make sure you
make the embedded calculations for the caption
accounts (like total Current Assets or Gross
Profit)
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FIN 486 Week 1 Assignment Part 3 JJs Jammers
Summary For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Write a 525- to 700-word summary that
includes the following Explain how the three
different parts of the Financial Statement work
together to provide a picture of how the business
is operating. Explain the role of the Financial
Manager in stewarding the companys
resources. Formulate and write your opinion as to
whether the market for JJs Jammers is good based
on the financial results depicted in the 2011 and
2012 results.
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FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes
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1 What are a chief financial officers (CFO) two
roles? Use real-world examples to explain why
these roles are important to a companys success.
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FIN 486 Week 1 DQ 2 For more classes
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2 Explain business ethics in your own words. Why
are business ethics important in strategic
planning? Howdobusinessethicsaffecttheworkplace?
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FIN 486 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Ethics (2 Papers) For more classes
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contains 2 Different Papers Write a 700- to
1,050-word paper describing the demise of Enron
Corporation and WorldCom. Identify major
factors that led to the dissolution of Enron
Corporation and WorldCom. Explain specific
ethical violations in accounting practices at
Enron Corporation and WorldCom.
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FIN 486 Week 1 JJs Jammer Assignment For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read the
attached documents for assignment
instructions. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment. a.     Compute the 13
ratios for both companies. (Use a 360-day year.
Do not round intermediate calculations. Input
your profit margin, return on assets, return on
equity, and debt to total assets answers as a
percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Round all
other answers to 2 decimal places.)
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FIN 486 Week 1 Video Summary (350 Words) For
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Week 1 Video Summary
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FIN 486 Week 2 Apply Gale Force Surfing Case
Study For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   FIN 486 Week 2 Apply Gale Force Surfing Case
Study Purpose This assignment allows students to
view the impact of level versus seasonal
production on inventory levels, bank loan
requirements, and profitability. In addition, it
allows students the opportunity to demonstrate
the ability to apply profitability analysis
activities used in financial decision making.
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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 1   For more classes
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1 Why are financial ratios used to assess a
companys financial performance? Why are sales
reports, profits, debts, or current liability
reports insufficient? How have financial ratios
been used in your company? Do you think they are
an effective assessment of financial performance?
If so, why? If not, why?
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FIN 486 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes
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2 If you had to pick three commonly calculated
ratios to analyze the financial health of a
company, which would you analyze? Why would you
choose those ratios?
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FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment (Chapter 5,
Chapter 8)   For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com   FIN 486 Week 2 Individual Assignment
(5-1,5-4,5-5,5-8,5-10,5-17,5-21,P8-3,P8-4,P8-9,P8-
10,P8-13,P8-24,P8-25,P8-26) P83 Risk
preferences Sharon Smith, the financial manager
for Barnett Corporation, wishes to evaluate three
prospective investments X, Y, and Z. Sharon will
evaluate each of these investments to decide
whether they are superior to investments that her
company already has in place, which have an
expected return of 12 and a standard deviation
of 6. The expected returns and standard
deviations of the investments are as follows
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FIN 486 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Department Budgets (2 Papers)   For more classes
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contains 2 Different Papers Your Learning Team
is the financial management team for Huffman
Trucking, responsible for creating the financial
portion of a strategic plan. You must obtain
information from the marketing, sales,
operations, and human resources departments to
complete it. Resource Virtual Organizations
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FIN 486 Week 2 Team Assignment (P4-6, P4-19)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com P46
Finding operating and free cash flows Consider
the following balance sheets and selected data
from the income statement of Keith Corporation. Ke
ith Corporation Balance Sheets December 31 Assets
2015 2014 Cash 1,500 1,000 Marketable
securities 1,800 1,200 Accounts receivable 2,000
1,800 Inventories 2,900 2,800 8,200 6,800
Gross fixed assets 29,500 28,100 Less
Accumulated depreciation 14,700 13,100 Net fixed
assets 14,800 15,000 Total assets 23,000
21,800 Total current assets Liabilities and
stockholders equity Keith Corporation Balance
Sheets
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FIN 486 Week 2 Video Summary For more classes
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FIN 486 Week 3 Apply Berkshire Instruments Case
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Case Study Purpose This assignment allows
students to work with issues related to the cost
of capital. In addition, students will practice
calculations related to capital structure and use
them in making financial decisions. Assignment
Instructions Review the Week 3 Case Study.
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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 1   For more classes
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1 In your own words, explain capital budgeting.
Why is it important to a companys long-term
success? Provide an example of poorly performed
capital budgeting. How does this affect a
companys long-term success?
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FIN 486 Week 3 DQ 2 For more classes
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2 Why is capital budgeting part of a companys
long-term strategic planning process? What are
the pros and cons of these methods o NPV o
Simple payback o IRR
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FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment
(P102,P107, P1010, P1014, P1021, P111,
P114, P117, P118, P119) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   102 Payback
comparisons Nova Products has a 5-year maximum
acceptable payback period. The firm is
considering the purchase of a new machine and
must choose between two alternative ones. The
first machine requires an initial investment of
14,000 and generates annual after-tax cash
inflows of 3,000 for each of the next 7 years.
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FIN 486 Week 3 Individual Assignment Long-Term
Financial Needs (2 Papers) For more classes
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contains 2 Different Papers You are the head of
the Huffman Trucking accounting department. The
chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to
prepare a financial report addressing long-term
financial needs. Resource Virtual
Organizations Examine financial information for
Huffman Trucking, within the Virtual Organization
web link located on the course materials page.
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FIN 486 Week 3 Team Assignment For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   a) Calculate the
after-tax cost of debt







b) Calculate the
cost of preferred stock




c) Calculate the cost of retained earnings
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FIN 486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance
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486 Week 3 Video Summary Short Term Finance
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FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
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1 What are major areas of risk in financial
management? What are major areas of financial
risk in your company? Which risk management
techniques are important to your company? Why?
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FIN 486 Week 4 DQ 2   For more classes
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2 What is capital structure? Why does it matter
in terms of a companys financial performance?
How does a companys capital structure affect
overall risk?
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FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment (P12-1,
P12-3, P12-6, P12-17, P12-19)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   P121 Recognizing
risk Caradine Corp., a media services firm with
net earnings of 3,200,000 in the last year, is
considering the following projects. LG 1 The
media services business is cyclical and highly
competitive. The board of directors has asked
you, as chief financial officer, to do the
following
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FIN 486 Week 4 Individual Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios   For more classes
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Individual Assignment Capital Budgeting
Scenarios Choose a scenario from the Capital
Budgeting Worksheet to review and analyze. Using
net present value, determine the proposals
appropriateness and economic viability. Prepare a
500-word report explaining your calculations and
conclusions. Answer the following in your report
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FIN 486 Week 4 KFC and the Colonel Case
Study   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   FIN 486 Week 4 Apply KFC and the Colonel
Case Study Purpose This assignment allows
students to provide practical business
strategies. Assignment Instructions Review the Wee
k 4 Case Study. Summarize the following in 2 to 3
pages
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FIN 486 Week 4 Risk and Return Summary   For more
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4 Risk and Return Summary
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FIN 486 Week 4 Signature Assignment Capital
Budgeting Scenarios (New Factory)   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com  FIN 486 Week
4 Signature Assignment Capital Budgeting
Scenarios About Your Signature Assignment Signatur
e/Benchmark Assignments are designed to align
with specific program student learning outcome(s)
in your program. Program Student Learning
Outcomes are broad statements that describe what
students should know and be able to do upon
completion of their degree. Signature/Benchmark
Assignments are graded with a grading guide or an
automated rubric that allows the University to
collect data that can be aggregated across a
location or college/school and used for
course/program improvements.
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FIN 486 Week 4 Team Assignment Case Study OGrady
Apparel Company   For more classes
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Company was founded nearly 160 years ago when an
Irish merchant named Garrett OGrady landed in
Los Angeles with an inventory of heavy canvas,
which he hoped to sell for tents and wagon covers
to miners headed for the California goldfields.
Instead, he turned to the sale of harder-wearing
clothing.
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FIN 486 Week 5 Individual Assignment Eboy
Corporation   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   The current balance in accounts
receivable for Eboy Corporation is 443,000. This
level was achieved with annual (365 days) credit
sales of 3,544,000. The firm offers its
customers credit terms of net 30. However, in an
effort to help its cash flow position and to
follow the actions of its rivals, the firm is
considering changing its credit terms from net 30
to 2/10 net 30. The objective is to speed up the
receivable collections and thereby improve the
firms cash flows. Eboy would like to increase
its accounts receivable turnover to 12.0.
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FIN 486 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final   For
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Week 5 Individual Assignment Final
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FIN 486 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic
Financial Plan (2 Papers)   For more classes
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contains 2 Different Papers Resource The
previously completed budgeting spreadsheets Create
the financial portion of the strategic plan. The
plan must include 3 years of income statements,
balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Write a
700- to 1,050-word memo that explains the plans
major assumptions and identifies areas of risk.
The memo must include the following
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FIN 486 Week 5 Signature Assignment Harrods
Sporting Goods Case Study   For more classes
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Signature Assignment Harrods Sporting Goods
Case Study About Your Signature
Assignment Harrods Sporting Goods Case Study
is designed to align with specific program
student learning outcome(s) in your program.
Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad
statements that describe what students should
know and be able to do upon completion of their
degree. Signature/Benchmark Assignments are
graded with a grading guide or an automated
rubric that allows the University to collect data
that can be aggregated across a location or
college/school and used for course/program
improvements.
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FIN 486 Week 5 Summary Long Term Financing  
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FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Asor Products,
Inc   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  evaluation of a proposed capital expenditure
for equipment that would expand the firm's
manufacturing capacity. Using the traditional NPV
methodology, she found the project unacceptable
because NPV traditional -1,700 lt 0 Before
recommending rejection of the proposed project,
she has decided to assess whether there might be
real options embedded in the firm's cash flows.
Her evaluation uncovered three options
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FIN 486 Week 5 Team Assignment Case Study Casa de
Diseno For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Chapter 16 Case Study Casa de Diseno   In
January 2012, Teresa Leal was named treasurer of
Casa de Diseno. She decided that she could best
orient herself by systematically examining each
area of the companys financial operations. She
began by studying the firms short-term financial
activities.
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