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FIN 571 Entire Course Final Guide

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• FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (Walmart)
• FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (General
  Motors)
• FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
  (Apple)
• FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
  (Amazon)
• FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
  (Target)
• FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
  (Walmart)
• FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis (Ford)

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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New, 2018)

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• Question 1 The underlying assumption of the
  dividend growth model is that a stock is worth
• A. An amount computed as the next annual dividend
  divided by the required rate of return.
• B. An amount computed as the next annual dividend
  divided by the market rate of return.
• C. The same amount computed as any other stock
  that pays the same current dividend and has the
  same required rate of return.

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 FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1

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• 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

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• 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 Financial Ratio Analysis (Apple)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to help
  students gain a better understanding of the
  financial statements used for corporate financial
  reporting and the key ratios used to make
  business decisions.

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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (General
Motors)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to help
  students gain a better understanding of the
  financial statements used for corporate financial
  reporting and the key ratios used to make
  business decisions.

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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis (Pfizer)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to help
  students gain a better understanding of the
  financial statements used for corporate financial
  reporting and the key ratios used to make
  business decisions.

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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis
(Walmart)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to help
  students gain a better understanding of the
  financial statements used for corporate financial
  reporting and the key ratios used to make
  business decisions.

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FIN 571 Week 1 Financial Ratio Analysis

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to help
  students gain a better understanding of the
  financial statements used for corporate financial
  reporting and the key ratios used to make
  business decisions.
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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures

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• 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
  business structure might and might not be
  advantageous.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
  assignment.

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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1

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• In order to receive proper credit, please reply
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  DQ1.
• ? Suppose you own 1 million worth of
  30-year Treasury bonds. Is this asset riskless?
• ? You own 1 million worth of 90-day
  Treasury bills. You roll over this investment
  every 90 days by reinvesting the proceeds in
  another issue of 90-day Treasury bills. Is this
  investment riskless?

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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2

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• 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
• the asset has negative risk? Why would anyone
  ever invest in an asset that has an expected and
• required return that is negative? Explain

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
Structure Advice

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• 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 and whether or
  not I want to take on partners. I am interested
  and willing to learn the intricacies of my
  options to determine how to best proceed with my
  plan.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance

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• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems

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• Ratio Analysis Problems
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• 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.
• 1. Analysis of cost of goods sold problem.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Amazon)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow
  students the opportunity to research a Fortune
  500 company stock using the popular online
  research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the
  student to review analyst reports and other key
  financial information necessary to evaluate the
  stock value and make an educated decision on
  whether to invest.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Apple)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow
  students the opportunity to research a Fortune
  500 company stock using the popular online
  research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the
  student to review analyst reports and other key
  financial information necessary to evaluate the
  stock value and make an educated decision on
  whether to invest.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Ford)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow
  students the opportunity to research a Fortune
  500 company stock using the popular online
  research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the
  student to review analyst reports and other key
  financial information necessary to evaluate the
  stock value and make an educated decision on
  whether to invest.

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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Target)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow
  students the opportunity to research a Fortune
  500 company stock using the popular online
  research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the
  student to review analyst reports and other key
  financial information necessary to evaluate the
  stock value and make an educated decision on
  whether to invest.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Stock Valuation and Analysis
(Walmart)

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow
  students the opportunity to research a Fortune
  500 company stock using the popular online
  research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the
  student to review analyst reports and other key
  financial information necessary to evaluate the
  stock value and make an educated decision on
  whether to invest.

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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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 Researching Industry Financial
Statistics

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• Purpose of Assignment
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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  students an opportunity to complete their
  financial evaluation of a company using the
  financial research database Plunkett Research
  Online. Plunkett Research Online provides
  in-depth analysis of a company's financials,
  comparisons to industry averages, a list of top
  executives, how the company compares to other
  competitors in terms of revenue, number of
  employees, market capitalization and other key
  financial metrics.

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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation

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• 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 utilization

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FIN 571 Week 3 Using the Payback Method, IRR, and
NPV

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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  student to calculate the project cash flow using
  net present value (NPV), internal rate of return
  (IRR), and the payback methods.
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• Assignment Steps
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• Resources Corporate Finance

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FIN 571 Week 4 Assignment Rate of Return for
Stocks and Bonds

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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  student an opportunity to calculate the rate of
  return of equity and debt instruments. It allows
  the student to understand the effects of
  dividends capital gains inflation rates and
  how the nominal rate of return affects valuation
  and pricing. The assignment also allows the
  student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC,
  and Flotation Costs to understand the influence
  of debt and equity on the company's capital
  structure.

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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1

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• 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 appear to have
  positive NPVs. Briefly explain why such a firm
  would tend to become riskier over time.

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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 2

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• 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 follow? Why?

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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting

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• 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 examples shown in the lecture.
• You manufacture hunting pack systems in China for
  80 dollars each, including shipping. The
  manufacturing costs only include variable costs.
  Variable costs are not calculated as a percentage
  of sales in this case. Sales are a function of
  the number of packs sold and the price per pack.

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FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Capital Market
Efficiency Paper

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• The purpose of this assignment is to allow the
  student an opportunity to explain what it means
  to have an efficient capital market. Students
  will gain an understanding of the different
  levels of market efficiency and how behavioral
  finance can inhibit reaching market transparency.
  

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FIN 571 Week 5 Assignment Effect of Debt Issuance
on Stock Valuation

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• The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate
  to students how the issuance of debt to purchase
  outstanding common stock could affect the value
  of the company's equity and redefine the capital
  structure. The problem will also allow students
  to explore the effect of corporate taxes through
  debt financing.

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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1

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• 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

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• 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

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• Discounted Cash Flows and WACC Homework Problems
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• 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 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll)

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• 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 new customers,
  capitalizing on supplier discounts, and reducing
  inventory.

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FIN 571 Week 5 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 1 (SNC)

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• 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 new customers,
  capitalizing on supplier discounts, and reducing
  inventory.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Assignment start-up company
Signature Assignment (score 80)

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  assignment 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. The signature assignments may be
  graded with an automated rubric that allows the
  University to collect data that can be aggregated
  across a location or college/school and used for
  program improvements.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment 

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• Resources
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• Harvard Business Publishing Working Capital
  Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
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• Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of Corporate Finance
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• WileyPLUS Assignments
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) 

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• 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.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Working Capital Simulation
Managing Growth, Part 2 (SNC) 

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• 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
  SNC.
• Compare the decisions and results of all members
  of the team.

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