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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   1.A proxy fight
occurs when the board of directors disagree
on the members of the management team. 2. A
stakeholder is any person or entity 3.Which
one of the following is least apt to help
convince managers to work in the best interest of
the stockholders? threat of a proxy fight pay
raises based on length of service implementation
of a stock option plan
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
Accounting Review) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 1
Connect Problems (Math Accounting Review) 1.
Functions Excel will make your life as a finance
student much easier. This section will show how
to use various functions in Excel. Once you
understand the how and why of a particular
financial equation, you can make 1. Which Excel
cell entry will calculate the square root of
165? 2. Which statements about Excels FV
function are correct? 3. Which fields are
required to calculate net present value (NPV) in
Excel?
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
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   FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1
Problem Set) 1.The ultimate control of a
corporation lies in the hands of the corporate
President. board of directors. chairman of the
board. chief executive officer. stockholders.
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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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)? This question is referring to a
firm's liability such as a bond or debenture that
has been issued in the markets. What happens to
the price an investor who is looking to purchase
that bond or debenture
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FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
Structures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.
com   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 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 2
Connect Problems 1. Sankey, Inc., has
current assets of 4,230, net fixed assets of
25,700, current liabilities of 3,500, and
long-term debt of 14,400. (Do not round
intermediate calculations.) What is the value of
the shareholders' equity account for this firm?
How much is net working capital? 2.
Which one of the following assets is generally
the most liquid? 3. Which one of the
following accounts is included in stockholders'
equity?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   In order to receive
proper credit, please reply to this message when
posting your answers to WK2 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? Can you think of an asset that is truly
riskless?
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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com     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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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. Please advise on what my options
are, the advantages and disadvantages of each,
and possible tax consequences for each scenario?
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ethics and
Finance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com
  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. Create a 1,400-word analysis of the
application of SOX in which you include the
following Discuss the mistakes made by the
company and their leadership.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
Analysis Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Ratio Analysis
Problems 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.

1992 1993 1994 Gross
Profit Margin
60 55 51
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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Read the
Ethics case, "A Sad Tale The Demise of Arthur
Anderson" located in the WileyPLUS Week
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Chapter
readings. Discuss the mistakes made by Arthur
Anderson and potential actions that leadership
could have taken to prevent the organizational
failure. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your
discussion. Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 3
Connect Problems If the Garnett Corp. has a 15
percent ROE and a 25 percent payout ratio, what
is its sustainable growth rate? 1.If the Hunter
Corp. has an ROE of 15 and a payout ratio of 18
percent, what is its sustainable growth
rate 2.The most recent financial statements for
Williamson, Inc., are shown here Assets and costs
are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are
not. No dividends are paid. Next years sales are
projected to be 8,418. What is the external
financing needed?
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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com     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
Compare the financial ratios with each of the
preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013
2013 with 2012 and 2012 with 2011).
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FIN 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Working Capital
Management" video located in theWileyPLUS
Assignment Week 3 Videos Activity. Discuss
strategies these business owners used to manage
their working capital. Write a 350-700 word
summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 3 Team Assignment Financial
Statement Interpretation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 Financial leverage
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FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   FIN 571 Week 4
Connect Problems Q-1 Even though most
corporate bonds in the United States make coupon
payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere
often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a
German company issues a bond with a par value of
1,000, 20 years to maturity, and a coupon rate
of 7 percent paid annually.
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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Decide upon an
initiative you want to implement that would
increase sales over the next five years, (for
example, market another product, corporate
expansion, and so on). Using the sample financial
statements, create pro forma statements of five
year projections that are clear, concise, and
easy to read. Be sure to double check the
calculations in your pro forma statements. Make
assumptions that support each line item increase
or decrease for your forecasted
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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Stock Valuation" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 4
Videos Activity. Discuss how markets and
investors value a stock. Write a 350-700 word
summary of your discussion. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment..
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FIN 571 Week 4 Team Assignment Operating Leverage
and Forecasting FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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.
Likewise, variable costs are a function of the
number of packs sold
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FIN 571 Week 5 Connect Problems FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   1.The difference
between the present value of an investments
future cash flows and its initial cost is
the payback period. internal rate of
return. profitability index. discounted payback
period. net present value.
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FIN 571 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.fin571tutor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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
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m   Discounted Cash Flows and WACC Homework
Problems Please post the answers (and show your
work) in the assignments section by midnight the
last day of the week assigned. Calculate the
future value of 1,535 invested today for 8 years
at 6 percent. (5 points) What is the total
present value of the following cash stream,
discounted at 8 percent? (5 points)
Year Amount 1
400 2
750
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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch the
"Concept Review Video Cost of Capital" video
located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week 5
Videos Activity. Discuss some of the corporate
finance challenges faced by this company. Write a
350-700 word summary of your discussion. Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 5 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 1 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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 Individual Assignment Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth Assignment
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Reso
urces Harvard Business Publishing Working
Capital Simulation Managing Growth
Assignment Ch. 1 - 21 ofFundamentals of Corporate
Finance WileyPLUS Assignments All additional
resources from each week Review the following
scenario Acting as the CEO of a small company,
you will apply the principles of capital budgeting
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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   Watch
the "Corporate Finance Video Stable Money
Makers" located in the WileyPLUS Assignment Week
6 Videos Activity. Identify a capital improvement
that could help Betty with her Alpaca
business. Write a summary of no more than 700
words explaining how the capital improvement you
identified could help the business. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 571 Week 6 Team Assignment Capital Budgeting
Assignment, Part 2 (New Heritage Doll) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin571tutor.com   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. Create a 20-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation that includes detailed
speaker notes that act as the script
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