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• BUS 401 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 Corporate Income Tax and Real
  Interest Rates (Ash Course)
• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis
  (Ash Course)
• BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis (Ash
  Course)
• BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz (Ash Course)
• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Annuity and Capital Asset
  Pricing (Ash Course)
• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Bonds and Common Stock (Ash
  Course)
• BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment Alternative Investments
  (Ash Course)
• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz (Ash Course)

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• BUS 401 Entire Course (New)
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• 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
• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns

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• BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis
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• Assignments
• To complete this assignment, go to this
  week's Assignment link in the left navigation
• BUS 401 Week 1 Assignment Ratio Analysis
• Complete Study Problem 4.10 on page 124 of the
  text and submit to instructor. In parts "a" and
  "b," clearly label the calculation of the
  required ratios and solve using Excel. Use
  formulas to calculate the ratios and format the
  cells to insert a comma if there is more than
  three numbers.

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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 Corporate Income Tax and Real
  Interest Rates
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• Corporate Income Tax and Real Interest Rates
• From Chapters 1 and 2, complete Study Problems
  1-2 (page 26) and 2-2 (page 58) and post the
  answers to the discussion board. Remember to
  complete all parts of the problems and report the
  results of your analysis. Do not forget to show
  the necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Financial
  Management in a Firm (New)
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• 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 Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis
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• Cash Flow and Ratio Analysis
• From Chapters 3 and 4 complete Study Problems 3-2
  (page 85) and 4-2 (page 122) and post the answers
  to the discussion board. Remember to complete all
  parts of the problems and report the results of
  your analysis. Do not forget to show the
  necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 1 DQ 2 Financial Statements (New)
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• Financial 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 (New)
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• 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 (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• The financial goal of a for-profit business is
• Student Answer
• profit maximization.

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• BUS 401 Week 1 Quiz
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• This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and
  true/false questions. 
• 1. Question The income statement for Brit, Inc.
  Indicates that tax expense was 20,000. The
  balance sheet indicates that taxes payable for
  the same year increased by 5,000. What amount
  did Brit, Inc. actually pay in taxes during this
  year?

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment Alternative Investments
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• Alternative Investments
• Complete the Mini Case on page 254 and submit to
  instructor. In parts "a" to "d," clearly label
  the calculation of the required ratios and solve
  using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios
  and format the cells to insert a comma if there
  is more than three numbers. Round to the nearest
  whole number. In parts "b" and "c," justify your
  answer in a crisp statement not to exceed 50
  words each.

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Annuity and Capital Asset
  Pricing
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• Annuity and Capital Asset Pricing
• From Chapters 5 and 6 complete Study Problems 5-6
  (page 162) and 6-4 (page 196) and post the
  answers to the discussion board. Remember to
  complete all parts of the problems and report the
  results of your analysis. Do not forget to show
  the necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 1 Dreams Do Come True (New)
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• 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, the

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Bonds and Common Stock
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• Bonds and Common Stock
• From Chapters 7 and 8 complete Study Problems 7-8
  (pages 224-225) and 8-16 (page 253) and post the
  answers to the discussion board. Remember to
  complete all parts of the problems and report the
  results of your analysis. Do not forget to show
  the necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 2 DQ 2 Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns (New)
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• 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

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Journal Present and Future Values,
  and Expected Returns (New)

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• .
• Question
• The longer we have to wait for a future amount to
  be received
• Student Answer

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Quiz
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• This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and
  true/false questions. 
•  
• 1. Question Butler Corp paid a dividend of
  3.50 per share. The dividend is expected to grow
  at a constant rate of 8 per year. If Butler
  Corp. Is selling for 75.60 per share, the
  stockholders' expected rate of return is
  _________
• 2. Question Emery Inc. has a beta equal to 1.5
  and a required return of 14 based on the CAPM.
  If the risk free rate of return is 2, the
  expected return on the market portfolio is _

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• BUS 401 Week 2 Teaching Net Present Value (NPV)
  and Future Value (FV) (New)
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• 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.
• Upon completing your Net Present Value (NPV)
  Future Value (FV) Training Program, employees
  should be able to

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• BUS 401 Week 3 Assignment Weighted Average Cost
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• Weighted Average Cost
• Complete the Mini Case on page 368 and submit to
  instructor. In parts "a" and "b" clearly label
  the calculation of the required ratios and solve
  using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios
  and format the cells to insert a comma if there
  is more than three numbers.

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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 1 Cash Flows From Working (New)
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• 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 1 NPV, PI, and IRR
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• NPV, PI, and IRR
• From Chapters 9 and 10, complete Study Problems
  9-4 (page 289) and 10-4 (page 325) and post the
  answers to the discussion board. Remember to
  complete all parts of the problems and report the
  results of your analysis. Do not forget to show
  the necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Capital Budgeting (New)
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• 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

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• BUS 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost of Debt (Ash Course)
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• Cost of Debt
• From Chapter 11, complete Study Problem 11-10
  (page 365) and post the answers to the discussion
  board. Remember to complete all parts of the
  problems and report the results of your analysis.
  Do not forget to show the necessary steps and
  explain how your attained that outcome. Respond
  to at least two of your classmates' postings

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• BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• The appropriate cash flows for evaluating a
  corporate investment decision are
• Student Answer
• incremental additional cash flows.

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• BUS 401 Week 3 Quiz
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• This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and
  true/false questions. 
•  
• 1. Question Jiffy Wax Corp. Can sell common
  stock for 15 per share and its investors require
  a 14 return. However, the administrative or
  flotation costs associated with selling the stock
  amount to 2.40 per share. What is the cost of
  capital for Jiffy Wax if the corporation raises
  money by

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• BUS 401 Week 3 Return on Investment Education
  Funding (New)
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• 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 Assignment 1 Break even Analysis
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• Break-even Analysis
• Complete Mini Case 2 on page 412 and submit to
  instructor. In parts "a" to "c," clearly label
  the calculation of the required ratios and solve
  using Excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios
  and format the cells to insert a comma if there
  is more than three numbers.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 Assignment 2 Flotation Costs and
  Issue Size
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• Flotation Costs and Issue Size
• Complete problem 13-2 on page 433 of the text and
  submit to your instructor. Clearly label the
  calculation of the required ratios and solve
  using excel. Use formulas to calculate the ratios
  and format the cells to insert a comma if there
  is more than three numbers. Round to the nearest
  whole number. In each part summarize your
  analysis in a concise management statement not to
  exceed 100 words each.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Interviewing Peter Lynch
  (New)
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• Interviewing 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

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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Leverage
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• Leverage
• From Chapter 12, complete Study Problems 12-4
  (page 409) and 12-8 (page 410) Post the answers
  to the discussion board. Remember to complete all
  parts of the problems and report the results of
  your analysis. Do not forget to show the
  necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 DQ 2 Cost of Capital (New)
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• 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 DQ 2 Dividend Policies
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• Dividend Policies
• From Chapter 13, complete Study Problem 13-4
  (page 433) and post the answers to the discussion
  board. Remember to complete all parts of the
  problem and report the results of your analysis.
  Do not forget to show the necessary steps and
  explain how your attained that outcome. Respond
  to at least two of your classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz (New)
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• BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz
• Business - General Business
• 1.
• Question
• Investors will make an investment if
• Student Answer
• the historical rate of return exceeds the
  expected rate of return.

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• BUS 401 Week 4 Quiz
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• This exam consists of 10 multiple choice and
  true/false questions. 
• 1. Question Operating leverage refers to
  ________
• 2. Question A firm that uses large amounts of
  debt financing in an industry characterized by a
  high degree of business risk would have ______
  earnings per share fluctuations resulting from
  changes in levels of sales.

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• BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Financial Forecasting
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• Financial Forecasting
• From Chapters 14 and 15, complete Study Problems
  14-4 (page 453) and 15-8 (page 482) Post the
  answers to the discussion board. Remember to
  complete all parts of the problems and report the
  results of your analysis. Do not forget to show
  the necessary steps and explain how your attained
  that outcome. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• BUS 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Ratio Analysis (New)
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• 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
  (New)
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• 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

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• BUS 401 Week 5 Final Assignment Mini Case
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• The major written assignment for the course is a
  Final Project. The purpose of the Final Project
  is for you to culminate the learning achieved in
  the course by describing your understanding and
  application of knowledge in the field of finance
  through the analysis of a mini case. From the
  Mini Case on page 329-330, parts "a" to "n,"
  summarize your analysis in a concise management
  statement . For parts "e" to "k," use formulas to
  calculate the ratios and format the

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• BUS 401 Week 5 Final Paper (New)
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• 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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