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FIN 422 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 422 Week 1
Financial and Retirement Calculators   FIN 422
Week 2 Team Retirement Plans  FIN 422 Week 2 A
Recommendation for Ed  FIN 422 Week 2 Textbook
Problem  FIN 422 Week 3 Team The Employers
Choice  FIN 422 Week 4 Restructuring a Healthcare
Plan  FIN 422 Week 4 Team Employee Retirement
Plan Development  
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FIN 422 Week 1 Financial and Retirement
Calculators For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   This site provides several calculators
important for financial and retirement planning.
Topics include saving for college, doubling your
money (Rule of 72), power of tax deferral, and
the longevity game. You can also access another
similar website if you choose to do so. Write a
700- to 1,050-word paper discussing quantitative
methods used to plan retirements and other future
financial obligations. Analyze each calculator
and develop conclusions about its relevance to
retirement planning. Consider your life
expectancy and the variables that can affect life
spans.
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FIN 422 Week 2 A Recommendation for Ed For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read the
following scenario Ed started his business a
year ago and has two employees. He has been
steadily increasing his revenues and feels
comfortable offering a retirement benefit plan
for him and his two employees.  His employees
wish to make voluntary contributions. Ed is
concerned about future cash flows in the event of
a business downturn, as well as growing pains
that may accompany future expansion. Ed has asked
you to recommend a retirement plan for his
business. Develop a recommendation for Ed among
SIMPLE, Keogh, SEP and Money Purchase/Targeted
Plan in 525 to 700 words. Defend your choice.
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FIN 422 Week 2 Team Retirement Plans For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Discuss
within your teams each members current or
previous employers sponsored retirement plan. Do
not refer to your company by name if the
information is considered proprietary. Write a
700- to 1,050-word summary or a spreadsheet that
addresses the following Describe types of plan
features (i.e. vesting, eligibility, entry dates,
retirement dates, etc.) and estimate whether or
not these features are valuable.
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FIN 422 Week 2 Textbook Problem For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 2
Textbook Problems Page 128 Problem 3 Your
company currently offers a defined benefit plan
using the following formula for retirement
benefits at age 65 final average pay, years of
service, and a 2 percent replacement income
factor. There is a 2 percent actuarial reduction
per year for retirement between the ages of 55
(the earliest date on which one can retire) and
65. There is no
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  FIN 422 Week 3 Team The Employers Choice For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Apply
the information within the employer retirement
plan chosen in Week 2. Create an 8- to 10-slide
presentation from the point of view of the
employer presenting to colleagues and
decision-makers within the organization. Assume
you are trying to recruit workers and are using
this plan as a key component of your offer
package.
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FIN 422 Week 3 Textbook Problems (Page 128
Problem 3,4,20) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Page 128 Problem
3 Your company currently offers a defined benefit
plan using the following formula for retirement
benefits at age 65 final average pay, years of
service, and a 2 percent replacement income
factor. There is a 2 percent actuarial reduction
per year for retirement between the ages of 55
(the earliest date on which one can retire) and
65.
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FIN 422 Week 3 Textbook Problems (Page 150
Problem 8,9,10,11,12,13) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Page 150 Problem
8 Page 150 Problem 9 Page 150 Problem 10
Page 150 Problem 11 Page 150 Problem 12
Page 150 Problem 13 1. Assume you have
contributed to your 401(k) for 30 years and have
an account accumulation of 800,000. What annual
income would this yield for the remainder of your
lifetime when you retire next month as age 65?
What are your assumptions?  
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FIN 422 Week 4 Restructuring a Healthcare Plan
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Wri
te a 525- to 700-word summary on the ways in
which restructuring a health care plan can
produce real financial returns. Consider and
apply your knowledge of the costs and the
benefits of changes and how these may boost
productivity. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word
document.
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FIN 422 Week 4 Team Employee Retirement Plan
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Read the following scenario Several
employees in your company have started asking
questions about how much they should save in
their retirement plan. Since your department has
been overwhelmed by the number of questions, your
manager asks you to develop an interactive
decision support program for employees.
Specifically, she wants to make sure the
participants understand the probable percentage
of replacement income their accounts will yield
at retirement.
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FIN 422 Week 4 Textbook Problems (Page 325
Problem 1,2,3) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 4 Textbook
Problems Page 325 Problem 1 Queen City Treating
is a metal treating company that hardens
prefabricated metal products for automobile
accessories, including seat belt buckles, wheel
rims, radiator caps, and other items. The company
is experiencing some serious cost problems.
Foreign competition, which uses better technology
and has different cost structures, is taking away
some of Queen Citys customers by offering lower
prices. As a result, Queen City is scrutinizing
all of its costs. The CFO has concluded that one
area that needs revamping is the high labor cost
of the senior
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FIN 422 Week 5 A Plan for Jonathan (2 Papers)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Wri
te a 750- to 1,050-word paper on the following
scenario Jonathan owns and operates a deli
restaurant in New York City. It is a family
business and all of the employees are family
members. Jonathan wants to establish a retirement
plan so he can save for retirement and the
retirement of his employees on a tax deferred
basis. Jonathan only wants to contribute to the
plan when the business makes a profit. He is
happy to contribute on behalf of his employees if
the business is doing well. He wants to limit
administrative fees. You have been hired to
recommend a plan for Jonathan. Complete the
following
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FIN 422 Week 5 Team Presenting to the CEO For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read
the following scenario After the recruitment
event in Week 3, your CEO has asked for
recommendations to enhance the retirement plan
offered by your company, which has 500 diverse
employees. Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation
that makes recommendations for the following
Onsite daycare.
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FIN 422 Week 5 Textbook Problems (Page 351
Problem 2,3) For more classes
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2 Your employer has awarded you 3,000 shares of
SARs with a strike price of 20 per share. When
SARs are exercised, the company converts the gain
and compensates the employee with shares of
company stock. The SARs have a five-year
graduated and equal vesting schedule and a
ten-year term. On the third anniversary of the
grant, the market price is 25 per share and you
decide to exercise your SARs. (a) Briefly explain
the tax consequences, if any, of your exercise.
(b) Briefly explain how you would calculate the
spread owed to you on exercise. (c) Briefly
explain how you would calculate the number of
shares you would receive.
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