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BUS 401 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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           
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BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
Management in a Firm For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Financia
l 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 For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com   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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.   Question
  The financial goal of a for-profit business
is   Student Answer   profit maximization.   own
er wealth maximization.           
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BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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,    
    
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BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values,
and Expected Returns For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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?
Be sure to show how you arrived at your answer.
      
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BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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.           
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BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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           
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BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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).         
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BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.   Question
  The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a
corporate investment decision are   Student
Answer   incremental additional cash
flows.   marginal after-tax cash
flows.             
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BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
Funding For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   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
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Int
erviewing 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 For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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,         
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BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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.           
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BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Ratio Analysis For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   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         
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BUS 401 Week 5 Final Paper   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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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