James Welling, a 37-year-old engineer has an appointment to meet you in about an hour. As you are reviewing his accounts, you notice that he is a fairly active trader. He seems to do pretty well with returns that outpace the averages, but you can’t help wonder how much he ends up paying each year in capital gains taxes. As his appointment time approaches, you […]

Project 2 Assignment Details:  Continue to invest your portfolio from project 1 using the following asset allocation guidelines: Maximum 10% Cash (funds left uninvested).  10-50% Fixed Income 20-110% Equities 0-20% Alternative Investments You can have negative cash by going on margin by just continuing to buy stock.  Stocktrak will automatically loan you money when you use your cash. Submit a two page written report in the Blackboard box provided […]

M3 Assignment 2 Submission InstructionsAssignment 2: Required Assignment 1—The S’No Risk ProgramIn the mid-eighties, the Toro company launched a promotion in which snow blower purchasers could refund a portion of their purchase if the next winter brought modest snowfalls. The amount of their refund was tied to snowfall amounts and so, the program was prey to certain risks and uncertainties. You will explore those risks […]

Ethical Considerations of a Do Not Resuscitate Order This week, you will be reviewing current ethics, democracy and leadership headlines, both domestic and international. You will be writing and submitting a 3 to 5 page paper on a current event where ethics, leadership and/or democracy are intertwined. It has been said that “Recognizing the existence of an ethical problem is the first step in resolving […]

Terry, continue this conversation. need 100 a word response from the previous post of yours. need it back tomorrow 12 March    your first post    In my opinion, the insufficient insurance coverage will impact the profits negatively. If the number of people who are insured is large, the company will analyze statistically and know their real losses in a specific class. The insurance firm […]

1               Record the current price of the stock for each company you selected in Week 3’s Stock Journal. You may use any price during this week (e.g., day one price, the opening, the low, the high, the close, or any price you find when you check it during the day). Using a MS Excel spreadsheet or MS Word document, put your Week 8 and Week 10 […]

Assignment Instructions BUSN220 Week 4 /Assignment #3:  Please discuss in a 3 page analysis:  1. The importance of underwriting standards to a healthy real estate finance market;  2. Changes to mortgage underwriting standards prior to the real estate boom that may have helped the boom accelerate and also created the conditions for the real estate collapse;  3. Changes to mortgage underwriting standards after the real […]

 Class  FIN 444- Risk Management and Insurance COURSE PROJECT DUE WEDNESDAY AUG 1ST AT 1159PM (PACIFIC TIME) Pick one publicly traded firm in the US. Introduce the company, its leadership, products, and services. Additionally, you will run a financial ratio analysis and compare the results to an industry peer’s ratios. You will then analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the company based on the ratio […]

 An investment in the “techstar” has been highly volatile over the past four years. An initial investment of $10,000 increased to $25,000 at the end of the 1styear, increased to $35,000 by the end of the 2nd year, fell to $5,000 at the end of the 3rdyear, and recovered to $10,000 by the end of the 4thyear. Calculate the arithmetic and geometric returns over the […]

Read the following scenario: A manager says, “We need a training course on time management. We have 30 field representatives coming in for a conference next week and only 20% of them are actually meeting their goals. This is disappointing because they had the training four months ago but still have not met their overall goals in sales and customer service. I want you to […]