Navigate to www.morningstar.com (链接到外部网站。). At some point in the process you will be asked to sign up for an account. You DO NOT NEED ANY PAID ACCESS TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT. Although you will need to sign up for the free access account. Select the “Tools” tab, then in the middle of the screen, select “Mutual Fund” under “Basic Screeners.” Under “Ratings and Risk,” check the box next to the […]

Archer Daniels Midland Company is considering buying a new farm that it plans to operate for 10 years. The farm will require an initial investment of $12.00 million. This investment will consist of $2.00 million for land and $10.00 million for trucks and other equipment. The land, all trucks, and all other equipment is expected to be sold at the end of 10 years at […]

The Allied Group is considering two investments. The first investment involves a packaging machine, which can be used to package garments for shipping orders to customers. The second possible investment would be a molding machine that would be used to mold the mannequin parts. The first possible investment is the packaging machine, which will cost $14,000. The second investment, the molding machine, would cost $12,000. […]

Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Use the Strayer Learning Resource Center to research the stock of any U.S. publicly traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your client. Your investment should align with your client’s investment goals. (Note: Please ensure that you are able to find enough information about this company in order to complete […]

Bangers, Inc. is a start-up manufacturer of Australian-style frozen veggie pies located in San Antonio, Texas. The company is five years old and recently installed the manufacturing capacity to quadruple its unit sales. To jump start the demand for its products, the company founders have hired a local advertising firm to create a series of ads for its new line of meat pies. The ads […]

Use the SimQuick (http://simquick.net) Excel file to complete “Exercise 1 (u01a1): A Bank” found on pg 33 of the SimQuick 3/e booklet.  The Excel file that is needed to run the “Unit-1:  u01a1 Bank Process Simulation”.  Run 100 simulations and report the results for; 1, 2 & 3 Tellers as illustrated on pg 32.  Complete only “part-a” for this activity and summarize your findings, along with a recommendation, in a short explanation […]

You are the CEO of EdTech, an education technology company that makes technology devices and software for educational purposes. Five years ago, EdTech started investing in its most recent product, The Quiz Master, which allows teachers to create, modify, and grade Quizzes easily from their cell phones or tablets. To pay for The Quiz Master, EdTech needed to borrow additional capital, so, at that time, […]

Compose a 2-4 page report, single-spaced, on the following topic. Be sure to illustrate your report with relevant financial numbers and data, and to explain the significance of this data. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: During the Carter administration, long-term US Treasury yields exceeded 15%, and short-term T-Bills yielded near 20%. After Reagan’s inauguration, interest rates began to fall as Fed Chairman Volcker’s restrictive monetary policy succeeded in […]

You will be building a presentation that will explain to a group of your fellow employees the effects global trade, mobility, and economic forces will directly and indirectly have on your employer’s business segment. You will need to research the mobility theory and define the effects economics have on the global marketplace and more specifically, the effect on your business industry. Keep in mind your […]

 Define the termsfinanceandfinancial management, and identify the major sub-areas offinance.Finance: the study of applying specific value to things that we own, the services we use, and thedecisions we make.Financial Management: the process for and the analysis of making financial decisions in thebusiness context.There are four major sub-areas of finance.They are:1.Investments.This subarea involves methods and techniques for making decisionsabout what kinds of securities to own, which […]