Question 1. Oregon Transportation Inc. (OTI) has just signed a contract to purchase light rail cars from a manufacturer in Germany €2,500,000. The purchase was made in June with payment due six months later in December. Because this is a sizable contract for the firm and because the contract is in Euros rather than dollars, OTI is considering several hedging alternatives to reduce the exchange […]

FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 20  © 2013 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 540 Homework Chapter 20    Page 1 of 2   Directions: Answer the following five questions on a separate document. Explain how […]

analyze and synthesize the financial reports of an organization of their choice and present their findings in a PowerPoint presentation (with completed Notes section providing details of analysis and synthesis of information to presented points. You must also provide a separate document of exhibits of financial reports analyzed for the Presentation). Projects will include: Organization overview Financial statements analysis Analysis of cash flow Stock performance […]

Identify the 5 most undervalued firms in this sample, using a Relative Valuation Method. In making this analysis: You can pick any multiple you want to make this judgment. This multiple can either be an existing multiple (like PE or EV/EBITDA), a modified version of an existing multiple (like PEGY) or a multiple that you invent. (Just make sure that you put it through the […]

  JournalCapital Budgeting Review the following video: INTELECOM. (Producer). Capital Budgeting. [Video File]. Retrieved from the Intelecom Video Library Critically reflect on the importance of capital budgeting.  Why is this such a heated subject in many boardrooms? How does capital budgeting promote the financial health of an organization? How will you use the financial techniques you have learned this week to promote the financial health […]

Q1 XYZ Ltd. is an online book company. The table below summarises the past 2 years of financial statements of XYZ Ltd. Item Fiscal Year 2015 Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue £5,103,000 £4,510,000 COGS £3,533,000 £3,555,000 Inventory £1,310,000 £1,272,600 Accounts/receivable £98,100 £90,500 Accounts/payable £818,800 £745,100 Assume that all sales and purchases are made on credit. Amazon, the biggest competitor, presented a cash conversion cycle (CCC) of […]

Assignment 1: Complexities of the U.S. Financial SystemDue Week 4 and worth 200 points   The U.S. financial system has many complexities, and it is impacted by several environmental factors, including federal regulations and the economy.    Write a two (2) page paper in which you:   Briefly describe one (1) way the U.S. financial markets impact the economy, one (1) way the U.S. financial […]

TEXTBOOK: JONES, CP(210) INVESTMENT, ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.(11TH ED.) HOBOKEN,NJ:JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. 1.What does the auditor’s report signify about financial statements?2. Explain relationship between SUE and fundamental security analysis3. Use the chart below and write the calcualation that demenostrate data, the following calendar -year data, on a per share basis, are provided: THE CHART HAS BEEN ATTACHED FOR YOUR REFERENCE. a. Calculate the D/E, […]

Risk and ReturnWe examined two very important topics in finance this week: risk and return. To summarize our discussion of the tradeoffs involved with risk and return, view the Evaluating Business Performance: Small Business Case Studies video:  Critically reflect on the importance of the risk and return balance.  Consider the following: Can we ever have any return without some type of risk? If you take […]

You recently started working for OmiCon, a commercial real estate developer, and have been given a position working directly for Sophie Reynolds, OmiCon’s CEO. When you meet Sophie for the first time, she gives you a project she wants you to complete by the end of the week. Sophie explains that OmiCon is thinking about leasing a parcel of land to build a shopping center. […]