Kurt’s market has 22,000 shares of stock outstanding with a par value of $1 per share and a market value of $17 per share. the balance sheet shows $22,000 in the common stock account, $236 in the capital in excess of par account, and $336,800 in the retained earnings account. The firm just announced a stock dividend of 10 percent. what will be the balance […]

  Though customers look to banks for their financial needs, these institutions are not the only options available. The most attractive institutions to compete with banks are credit unions. They offer the same products as banks do but at more competitive interest rates and generally with no fees. Banks are owned by stockholders and credit unions are formed by customers. Since customers are the owners, […]

Many companies have attempted to take advantage of the Internet to grow their businesses. There are numerous reasons for failures such as being late to the market, poor (or no) business plan, or comparing their new business to other businesses and not taking a “fresh approach”. Some businesses do not even have a revenue model. To be successful, business owners must understand the steps others […]

“Investment Banking”  Examine the manner in which investment banks previously used leverage to multiply profits and thus endangered the entire global financial system. Determine the role that the 1999 elimination of the Glass-Stegall Act played in the endangerment of the global financial system. Discuss the role of Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) in the fall of Enron. Examine the method in which Enron used SPEs to hide its liabilities. Determine the key […]

The Fall and Rise of the US Housing Market – What Happened?   THIS IS A TEAM PROJECT! MY PART OF THE PROJECT IS THE FOLLOWING . USE USA DATA HOUSING MARKET. I PREFER AN AMERICAN TUTOR BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EASIER IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM THAT HAS HOUSING MARKET IN 2007-2012..   Crash (2007-2012ish??) Brief into on subprime mortgages and the changing scenery of lending […]

CA20-7 ETHICS (Nonvested Employees—An Ethical Dilemma) Thinken Technology recently merged with College Elec-tronix (CE), a computer graphics company. In performing a comprehensive audit of CE’s accounting system, Gerald Ott, internal audit manager for Thinken Technology, discovered that the new subsidiary did not record pension assets and liabilities, subject to GAAP. The net present value of CE’s pension assets was $15.5 million, the vested benefit obligation […]

PROJECT : PRICE DISCRIMINATION   Research paper (not an essay): • Cover. • Table of content. • Introduction. • Advantages of price discrimination. • Disadvantages of price discrimination. • Conclusion. • Tables, graphics. • References. Requirements: • APA style. • All requirements must be answered in the same order they appear, using bullets or numbers. • Total pages: 10, including cover and references in individual […]

Melicher, R. W., & Norton, E. A. (2011). Introduction to finance (15th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.       There are three (3) types of textbook based homework items located at the end of each chapter. These include Discussion Questions (DQ), Exercises (E), and Problems (P).Some homework items have been custom created. Complete the following from the textbook: Chapter 9: E1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P7, P16, P17, P19

Retirement Planning forum   Consider defined-benefit retirement plans and defined-contribution retirement plans and document the primary characteristics of each. Specifically, contrast the responsibilities of the employer in administering each plan. Consider the following questions: Which plan is more risky for an employer? Which plan is more risky for an individual employee? Which provides the individual employee with more resources at the conclusion of employment? What […]

In this assignment, we want to develop abilities to analyze financial statements, stock and bond valuation, and WACC.  In order to handle this assignment, you and your team members are supposed to select a public firm and its major competitor and then collect relevant information from yahoofinance.com (http://finance.yahoo.com/) or other source (e.g. website of MorningStar) for your analyses.    Using collected information, you need to do: […]