• Use the following information to complete Phillip and Claire Dunphy’s 2012 federal income tax return. If information is missing, use reasonable assumptions to fill in the gaps. Ignore the alternative minimum tax for this problem. • Any required forms, schedules, and instructions can be found at the IRS Web site (www.irs.gov). The instructions can be helpful in completing the forms. The following forms are […]

Please Hi light the correct answer thank you J   Question 1   An area of finance that refers to the physical locations or electronic forums that facilitate the flow of funds among investors, businesses, and governments is called: Answer [removed]   financial management [removed]   investments [removed]   financial institutions [removed]   financial markets 2 points   Question 2   ____________________ provide the record-keeping […]

  Click the link above to submit your assignment.   Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.  Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.    Assignment 1: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage     Review Case 21 “How Amazon.com became the leading online retailer by 2011”, and Case 23 “Is Yahoo!’s business model […]

      Why do firms purchase other corporations     Many corporate acquisitions result in losses to the acquiring firms’ stockholders. A coworker has asked you to explain what a firm would gain from purchasing another corporation. Explain to the coworker the fundamentals of corporate acquisitions.   Research corporate acquisitions using your text, course materials, and Web resources and then answer the following questions: Why […]

Interest Area Enhancement Project: Choose an interest area in your current learning environment and analyze its effectiveness. Develop a plan for enhancing the area and implement your ideas. Upon completion, submit a 2-3 page summary of your enhancement project. The summary should include: Introduction, including: Age or grade level; Interest area and rationale for choosing this area; Where this center be located in your classroom; […]

1.       Considering the following 2 mutually exclusive projects. Using the equivalent annual annuity method and cost of capital of 10%, which project should be selected? Year                                       Project A cash flow                  Project B cash flow 0                                              (20,000)                                        (20,000) 1                                              15,000                                            5,000 2                                              20,000                                            10,000 3                                                                                                              15,000 4                                                                                                              50,000   2.       The internal rate of return is the interest that makes the present value of a […]

CHAPTER 7 PROBLEM:   Problem 3:  The following are the monthly rates of return for Madison Cookies and for Sophie Electric during a six month period. MONTH                                             MADISON COOKIES                                              SOPHIE ELECTRIC 1                                                                        -0.04                                                                       0.07 2                                                                         0.06                                                                      -0.02 3                                                                        -0.07                                                                     -0.10 4                                                                         0.12                                                                      0.15 5                                                                        -0.02                                                                    -0.06   6                                                                         0.05                                                                     0.02   Compute the following. (a). Average monthly rate of return Ri for each stock.   (d). The correlation coefficient between the rates of return […]

Assignment 1: Discussion—Exploring Potential Research Topics Based on your business experience, the information accumulated in this course, and the University online library resources, identify three possible research topics related to the subject of the course. What managerial problems or opportunities would each of the three studies address? Provide a short description for each research topic, highlighting the following:   The problem or opportunity in organizations that […]

Write a five-to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In this analysis you will discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. […]

11-7 New Project Analysis You have been asked by the President of your company to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new spectrometer for the firm’s R&D department.  The equipment’s basic price is $70,000, and it would cost another $15,000, to modify it for special use by your firm. The spectrometer, which falls into the MACRS 3-year class, would be sold after 3 years for […]