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FIN 571 Entire Course

• FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Practice Quiz
• FIN 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Structures
• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1
• FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 2
• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business
  Structure Advice
• FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection
• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Practice Quiz
• FIN 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ratio
  Analysis Problems
• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1
• FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 2

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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide (New)

• Multiple Choice Question 51
• Which of the following is considered a hybrid
  organizational form?
• partnership
• limited liability partnership
• sole proprietorship
• corporation
• Multiple Choice Question 59           
• Which of the following is a principal within the
  agency relationship?
• the board of directors
• a company engineer

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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1 and 2

• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1
• FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 2
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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 1

• ) Which principle states that extraordinary
  returns are achievable with new ideas? 
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• 2) Occurs when a "follower" receives the benefit
  of an expenditure made by a "leader" by imitating
  the leader's behavior. 
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• 3) Occurs when inaccurate information can falsely
  exist. 
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• 4) The annual report refers to 

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FIN 571 Final Exam Guide 2

• 1) Occurs when a "follower" receives the benefit
  of an expenditure made by a "leader" by imitating
  the leader's behavior.
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• 2) Occurs when inaccurate information can falsely
  exist.
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• 3) Refers to situations wherein the agent can
  take unseen actions for personal benefit even
  though such actions are costly to the principal.
• 4) The annual report refers to
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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Math and
Accounting Review)

• 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?

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FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
Set)

• FIN 571 Week 1 Connect Problems (Week 1 Problem
  Set) 1.If a firm is currently profitable, then
  2.Short-term finance deals with 3.A stakeholder
  is any person or entity 4.Which one of these
  best fits the description of an agency cost?
  5.The primary goal of financial management is to
  6.Which one of the following business types is
  best suited to raising large amounts of capital?
  7.Accounting profits and cash flows are
  generally 8.Your credit card company charges you
  1.00 percent per month. What is the annual
  percentage rate on your account?

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FIN 571 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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

• 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 Individual Assignment Business
Structures

• 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 1 Individual Practice Quiz

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• Multiple Choice Question 42
•            
• Which of the following business organizational
  forms subjects the owner(s) to unlimited
  liability?
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• a) sole proprietorship
• b) partnership
• c) corporation
• d) a and b
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• Multiple Choice Question 44
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• Which of the following business organizational
  forms is easiest to raise capital?

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FIN 571 Week 2 Connect Problems

• 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. What is the value of
  the shareholders' equity account for this firm?
  2.Which one of the following assets is generally
  the most liquid? 3.Which one of the following
  accounts is included in stockholders' equity?
  4.It is easier to evaluate a firm using its
  financial statements when the firm 5.Which one
  of these accounts is classified as a current
  asset on the balance sheet?

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FIN 571 Week 2 DQ 1

• In order to receive proper credit, please reply
  to this message when posting your answers to WK2
  DQ1.
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•          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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Individual Practice Quiz

• Multiple Choice Question 53
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• Which one of the following statements about trend
  analysis is NOT correct?
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• It allows management to examine each ratio over
  time and determine whether the trend is good or
  bad for the firm.
• This benchmark is based on a firm's historical
  performance.
• The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
  System is used to identify benchmark firms.
• All of these are true statements.
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FIN 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

• Week 6
• Homework
• Complete the following problems. You should do
  this work in excel. A set of ungraded practice
  problems similar to the homework is provided in
  the week six material to help you do this
  assignment.
• Please post your answers in the classroom
  discussion section underneath the week six
  assignment.
• 1.Net Present Value Johnson Complex Fabrications
  is a metal parts manufacturing company. It has
  developed a new process for producing extruded
  aluminum tubing. The process requires 1,968,450
  initial investment. It expected to have a life of
  five years and would produce net cash inflows for
  each of the next five years year 1 512,496
  year 2 242,637 year 3 814,558 year 4 887,225
  and year 5 712,642.

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FIN 571 Week 3 Connect Problems

• 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?
  3.The maximum rate at which a firm can grow while
  maintaining a constant debt-equity ratio is best
  defined by its 4.Financial planning, when
  properly executed

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FIN 571 Week 3 DQ 1

• 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

• 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 Learning Team Reflection

• Watch the "Concept Review Video Working Capital
  Management" video located in theWileyPLUS
  Assignment Week 3 Videos Activity.
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• 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 4 Connect Problems

• FIN 571 Week 4 Connect Problems 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.If the
  yield to maturity is 8.1 percent, what is the
  current price of the bond? 2.Microhard has issued
  a bond with the following characteristics
  Calculate the price of this bond if the YTM is
  3.Yan Yan Corp.

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FIN 571 Week 4 DQ 1

• 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 Individual Assignment Analyzing
Pro Forma Statements

• 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 statements

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FIN 571 Week 4 Individual Practice Quiz

• Multiple Choice Question 66
•            
• Present value Tommie Harris is considering an
  investment that pays 6.5 percent annually. How
  much must he invest today such that he will have
  25,000 in seven years? (Round to the nearest
  dollar.)
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• Multiple Choice Question 61

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FIN 571 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection

• 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

• 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.  

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment DCF and WACC
Problems

• 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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• Calculate the future value of 1,535 invested
  today for 8 years at 6 percent.
• (5 points)
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• What is the total present value of the following
  cash stream, discounted at 8 percent? (5 points)

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Practice Quiz

• Multiple Choice Question 55
•            
• Genaro needs to capture a return of 40 percent
  for his one-year investment in a property. He
  believes that he can sell the property at the end
  of the year for 150,000 and that the property
  will provide him with rental income of 25,000.
  What is the maximum amount that Genaro should be
  willing to pay for the property?

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FIN 571 Week 5 Individual Wileyplus Assignment

• Problem 5.17
• Your finance text book sold 53,250 copies in its
  first year. The publishing company expects the
  sales to grow at a rate of 20 percent for the
  next three years, and by 10 percent in the fourth
  year. Calculate the total number of copies that
  the publisher expects to sell in year 3 and 4.
  (If you solve this problem with algebra round
  intermediate calculations to 6 decimal places, in
  all cases round your final answers to the nearest
  whole number.)                     

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FIN 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection

• 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 6 Individual Assignment Homework
Problems

• Complete the following problems.   You should do
  this work in excel.   A set of ungraded practice
  problems similar to the homework is provided in
  the week six material to help you do this
  assignment. 
•  
• Please post your answers in the classroom
  discussion section underneath the week six
  assignment.
•  
• 1.Net Present Value  Johnson Complex
  Fabrications is a metal parts manufacturing
  company.  It has developed a new process for
  producing extruded aluminum tubing.  The process
  requires 1,968,450 initial investment.  It
  expected to have a life of five years and would
  produce net cash inflows for each of the next
  five years year 1 512,496 year 2 242,637
  year 3 814,558 year 4 887,225 and year 5
  712,642. 

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

• Resources
• 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 

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FIN 571 Week 6 Individual Practice Quiz

• Multiple Choice Question 55           
• Planning models that are more sophisticated than
  the percent of sales method have
• working capital accounts like inventory, accounts
  receivables, and accounts payables vary directly
  with sales.
• fixed assets that do not always vary directly
  with sales.
• all of these are true.
• all variable costs change directly with sales.

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FIN 571 Week 6 Learning Team Reflection

• 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 Learning Team Reflection

• 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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