“Victory Motorcycles” (Part 1): From the LEARN e-Activity and the case study 29 (p. 419 in the textbook), evaluate the Corporate-Level Strategy of Victory Motorcycles to determine whether you believe the strategy is appropriate to offset forces in the industry.  Provide specific examples to support your response. Make recommendations for improving this strategy as well as describing any challenges you foresee in executing those recommendations.  […]

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 4.2%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are:                               Expected Return          Standard Deviation Stock fund (S)                 12%                                33% Bond fund (B)                   5%                                 26% The correlation […]

(I have included my excel sheet however I think its incorrect) Competencies In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies: · Analyze financial and investment decisions that add value to the organization · Analyze financing options to maximize investor value Scenario You are a financial analyst for the chosen business, Disney US . that you selected during your Module Two Journal assignment. […]

Your finance text book sold 55,500 copies in its first year. The publishing company expects the sales to grow at a rate of 17.0 percent for the next three years, and by 10.0 percent in the fourth year. Calculate the total number of copies that the publisher expects to sell in year 3 and 4. (If you solve this problem with algebra round intermediate calculations […]

Final Project Analyzing Financial Statements Resource: Appendix A   Review the financial statements in Appendix D.   Calculate the following: Current ratio, long-term solvency ratio, contribution ratio, programs and expense ratio, general and management and expense ratio, fund-raising and expense ratio, and revenue and expense ratio for the years 2003 and 2004.   Include the current ratio, long-term solvency ratio, contribution ratio, programs and expense […]

Week 2: Foundations of Business Analysis –Business Analysis and Complexity Overview and Rationale In order to demonstrate proficiency with the content in this course we will complete a number of different assignments to validate your learning – and allow you to implement relevant practices a real-world setting. Week 2 Learning Objectives • Create the Business Analysis Plan • Compare and describe the core tools and […]

BUS 640 week 6 DQs Game Theory and Strategic Behavior and Sustainable Competitive Advantage   Suppose that GE is trying to prevent Maytag from entering the market for high efficiency clothes dryers. Even though high efficiency dryers are more costly to produce, they are also more profitable as they command sufficiently higher prices from consumers. The following payoffs table shows the annual profits for GE […]

1. (Monthly compounding) If you bought a $1,000 face value CD that matured in nine months, and which was advertised as paying 9% annual interest, compounded monthly, how much would you receive when you cashed in your CD at maturity?2. (Annualizing a monthly rate) You credit card statement says that you will be charged 1.05% interest a month on unpaid balances. What is the Effective […]

1. David Ortiz Motors has a target capital structure of 40 percent debt and 60 percent equity. The yield to maturity on the company’s outstanding bonds is 9 percent, and company’s tax rate is 40 percent. Ortiz’s CFO has calculated the company’s WACC as 9.96 percent. What is the company’s cost of equity? If the company will pay a constant annual dividend of $2.20 a […]

   Stage 1: Strategic Use of Technology Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study on Maryland Technology Consultants (MTC). MTC is a fictional company created for IFSM 300’s Case Study. It is also recommended that you review the additional Stages (2, 3 and 4) as well as the vendor brochure provided for Stage 4. This will help […]