Ashford 4: – Week 3 – Assignment 2 Measures for Success Financial managers may work alongside general services managers to address certain measures of liquidity. How might a financial manager and the department administrator for your chosen capital investment plan work together to make an effort on reducing days in accounts receivable?  If you are successful with your financial performance and are paid a bonus […]

CF Unit3 P6-6 The bookkeeper at Jefferson Company has not reconciled the bank statement with the Cash account,   P6-6 Preparing a Bank Reconciliation and Related Journal Entries LO6-5   The bookkeeper at Jefferson Company has not reconciled the bank statement with the Cash account, saying, “I don’t have time.”  You have been asked to prepare a reconciliation and review the procedures with the bookkeeper.   The […]

In a two- to three-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), explain the purpose of a balance sheet and analyze Ford Motor Company’s balance sheet from its 2012 Annual Report. In your analysis, you must determine the financial ratios and compare them to industry standards. Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, and it must […]

Why was the Federal Reserve System set up with 12 regional banks rather than one central bank as in other countries? Why was it made an independent quasi-governmental body and not a direct part of the federal government? You often read in the newspapers that the Fed has just lowered the discount rate. Does this signal that the Fed is moving toward a more expansionary […]

You are asked to write a short (about one page) essay on each of the seven (7) following topics. The first part of the essay should describe what the topic is about and the second part give a real-life example(s) (from any field of work) of how it could be used to help managers organize, understand and evaluate problems or opportunities.   1.      […]

       Complete the Calculating Ratios Short Answer Worksheet.         Calculating Ratios Short Answer   1.       What is “agency theory?” How can setting the appropriate goals for the firm minimize the agency problem? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   2.       Differentiate between profit maximization and wealth maximization. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   3.       Why must organizations focus on both shareholder wealth and the stakeholders? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   4.       Differentiate between the […]

You are considering the purchase of a new car and taking out a loan. Here are the terms. ·         Loan Amount:  $35,000 ·         Interest rate: 6.5% (Annual),  compounded monthly ·         Term: 60 months   Task #1: Determine the total cost of the loan (Payment per month * number of months). Payment per month can be found using the PMT function. =PMT(rate/12,term_in_months,loan_amount)   Task #2: Now […]

RESEARCH PAPER Requirements: Select two companies in the same category (i.e., Home Depot and Lowes) compare and prepare an in-depth financial analysis. Give the background on the two companies and what they do. This paper will be required to follow APA format with a minimum of 15 references.The paper should be a minimum of 10-15 pages (i.e., financial statements, calculations, graphs, etc. should be included […]

Migrating to a new accounting information system is not an easy task. Many firms have struggled with this process, even though our textbook makes the process seem quite straightforward. Recently, IBM recapped some of the lessons learned in migrating to a new accounting information system within the federal government. These lessons can be applied to any accounting information system project. Others have developed their own […]

. Your firm is in a 40% combined federal and state marginal income tax bracket. Your annual. Your firm is in a 40% combined federal and state marginal income tax bracket. Your annualincome is $500,000 per year for two years. If you finance some project with a $1.3 millionmortgage at an interest rate of 8%, how much will Uncle Sam receive? If your finance theproject […]