Find a publicly-traded company using a financial information website. Some example companies include the following:   Safeway Inc. The Boeing Company General Motors Company Intel Corporation Microsoft Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation Watch the Industry Averages and Financial Ratios video and use the industry classification from the financial services website to locate the company’s SIC code on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website.   Find the industry ratios […]

Financial Statement Analysis Our purpose this week: learning how to measure the performance of companies by analyzing their financial statements. Show us that you have read and understood the required readings, links and attached files – quote them where appropriate. Assignment: You are the assistant to the CEO of a major company. Your CEO keeps an eye on the competition, and asks you to do […]

Company X has the following capital structure: Short Term Debt/Current Portion of Long Term Debt£1,700,000Long Term Debt£9,700,000Total Equity£18,000,000Shares Outstanding1,700,000Further, i have following market information from the New Financial Times.Stock Price (per share)£ 27Current Yield to Maturity on outstanding Bond0.90%Cost of unlevered equity is 10 %. Questions: 1.Compute the market Debt to Equity ratio.2. Compute the cost of levered equity based on market Debt to Equity […]

Problem 1:  Firm A has $10,000 in assets entirely financed with equity. Firm B also has $10,000 in assets, but these assets are financed by $5,000 in debt (with a 10 percent rate of interest and $5,000 in equity. Both firms sell 10,000 units of output at $2.50 per unit. The variable costs of production are $1, and fixed production costs are $12,000. (To ease […]

Write a 750 to 1,000 word paper describing an initial public offering for a global firm. Include the following: The role of the investment banker and underwriter The role of an originating house and a syndicate An explanation of the pricing of the issue A discussion of some of the risks involved in the public offering and how the securities laws deal with them A discussion of any foreign […]

1. Compute the cost of capital for the firm for the following: a.A bond that has a $1,000.00 Par value (face value) and a contract or coupon interest rate of 11.2%.The bonds have a current market value of $1,123 and will mature in 10 years.The firms’ marginal tax rate is 34% b.A new common stock issue that paid a $1.76 dividend last year.The firm’s dividends […]

Instructions for Article Critique   Prepare an article critique on two levels. It should be in a word document of not more than 6 pages single-spaced.   Level 1 Critique:   Review the assigned article in light of the concept of Enterprise Risk Management. Discuss strengths and weaknesses in the arguments made in the article.  Discuss elements that the author or authors may have stressed […]

Design a brief risk management policy statement for a small child-care company. Remember to include the most important objectives. For the same child-care company, create a risk identification list and plot the risks on a risk map.   Guidlines; 2-3 page paper in MS Word, using APA 6th edition guidelines. Include at least two references. Wikipedia and dictionaries will not be counted towards your references.

Answer the following questions in an Excel document. Solve using Excel formulas (preferred) or clearly write out the steps you took to calculate your answers. Round any dollar amounts to the nearest dollar ($1,500,074) and any percentages to two decimals (9.56%).   Study Problem 13-5: D. Butler Inc. needs to raise $14 million. Assuming that the market price of the firm’s stock is $95, and […]

Read the case “Social Status:  The Rise and Fall of MYSpace” at the end of Chapter 6.     Answer the following questions and/or statements in detail:   1. Was it reasonable for Facebook to initially ignore a segment of its market when MySpace was so big and Facebook so small?  Use credible sources to support and explain.   2. Friendster turned down a $30 million acquisition offer, […]