Assignment 1: Development and Marketing of Products and Services for Global Markets Globalization is transforming the way products and services are marketed internationally. It affects international business activities, industries, products and services in different ways. Managers need to reevaluate constantly the marketing strategies and their portfolio of offerings, and decide what and when changes are needed. Using the University online library resources, locate a minimum […]

Assignment for Fin 4320 Problem 1: Here are data on two companies. The T-Bill rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6% CompanyVictoria StoreHouston StoreForecasted return 12 % and 11 % Standard Deviation of Returns 8 % and 10 % Beta 1.5 and 1.0 a. Estimate the expected return for each company according to CAPM b. Characterize each company as underpriced, overpriced, or properly priced according to CAPM c. Another company, […]

1,000-1,250 words Explore the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Web sites, and complete the following: Explain what the IASB/FASB roadmap for convergence to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) was set up to accomplish. Describe at least 1 project that is being explored with regard to the roadmap, and provide details about the objective and status of the project […]

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 […]

ACC00132-2014-2 Taxation Major Assignment  Your client John comes to see you in July 2014 asking to prepare his income tax return for  the year ended 30 June 2014. His shoebox of receipts, invoices and other paperwork  reveals the following information;  John purchased a house on 26 August 1987 for a cost of $170,000 and also incurred legal  costs of $1,500 and stamp duty of $4,400 […]

Assume that your company is considering the replacement of an automated milling machine with one of the new machines offered by three different manufacturers.  Each of the three machines under consideration is expected to have an economic life of five years and will result in greater daily production capacity and therefore increased sales volume. The increased volume will require an increase in working capital during […]

1. For the first 100 observations compute the average, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis  2. Based upon the skewness and kurtosis, would you say your data is normally distributed? 3. Using the first 100 observations (1978-2002) calculate the 5% VaR using the Delta-normal method. 4. Using the first 100 obs. (1978-2002) calculate the 5% VaR using the historical returns method. 5. Using the first 100 observations (1978-2002), calculate the conditional VaR. 6. Do a backtest using your delta-normal VaR on the remaining 48 observations (2003-2014) and test the result as you did in the first assignment.    7. For those last 48 observations, compute the average loss for those observations where the loss exceeds VaR.  How does that compare to the conditional VaR computed from step (5)? You are to get the real estate returns data for a specified type from http://www.ncreif.com/property–index–returns.aspx Copy and past the returns to EXCEL.  Edit the data into a single column.

Using DuPont analysis is a quick and relatively easy way to assess the overall health of a firm. Go to finance.yahoo.com and choose a company by entering the company name in the box to the left of “Get Quotes.” Please use SPRINT CORPORATION. Once you have the company overview page open, to the left you will see a list of links for further information on that firm. Near […]

Use the Internet and / or Strayer databases to research budget planning and control. Imagine that the company that you currently work for, have previously worked for, or would like to work for in the future has tasked you with preparing a budget plan. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1.       Describe the company that you currently work for, have […]

The Bravo Company just paid an annual dividend of $4.00 per share. Due to a need to conserve cash, the dividend in one year will be cut to zero. Dividends per share are forecasted to be $1.50 in two years, $2.50 in three years, and $3.50 in four years. After four years, dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate forever. Investors in Bravo […]