Incorporating time-value-of-money concepts and information from well-developed personal financial statements, identify your long-term financial goals and discuss the pertinent aspects for realizing these long-term financial goals. Explain the choices that you must make and how career planning will also fit into your plan. How would you define the time value of money?  Why would you say that money changes value over time?  For example if given the […]

Using the Internet, locate a source that identifies the number of personal bankruptcies that have occurred in the United States during a relatively recent time period. Locate and report the results of Internet (or other) sources that assess the role played by credit card debt in relation to personal bankruptcies declared. What are the general conclusions regarding the effects of credit card debt upon bankruptcy […]

Forum Topic Responses: Students are required to research their selected forum topic, using a minimum of 3 reference sources in addition to the text book, and then compile a 1,000-word response to the forum topic. APA format is required. The answer will be checked for any signs of plagiarism through an online database — review in Turnitin.com and achieve less than a 20% rating before posting to the course. Be sure to include reference sources. (Please see attachments for […]

Assignment Unit VII Article Review http://research.stlouisfed.org/pageone-economics/pages/newsletter_summary.php?edition=classroom Please see the articles from the link above, and select a monthly newsletter to review. Please click on PDF of Classroom Edition. Please Note: Prior to the February 2012 issue, the newsletter was published under the title Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter. After writing your Article Review, combine your review with the ideas/concepts presented from the textbook. Make sure to […]

Submit an Excel file with your answers to Problems:  page 226 Webmaster Estimating Betas problem plus CFA Problems 3 and 4 from Chapter 7.  For calculation based problems, please use Excel to do the calculations rather than doing them on a calculator and just typing the answers into Excel.  Try to do the graphs on Excel but if you cannot, you can draw the graphs […]

The business is based on application software that is meant to help students financially by enabling them to balance classes, homework and social life. Bloc brings discounts on food and exercise classes to students and makes it accessible in an inexpensive way. Students only need to open the app and view the deals of the day. By doing this, Bloc will generate revenue through a […]

This week we are studying the Statement of Cash Flows. Operating cash flow represents the cash that flows in and out of the company on a day-to-day basis. For example, cash inflows come from collected revenues and cash outflows occur when the firm pays its normal day-to-day expenses.  We, of course, would prefer to see a positive total on the Net Cash provided by Operating […]

Event Presentation Every student will research and present information regarding a significant event that has impacted finance in higher education in America. The presentation will include: 1. A PowerPoint presentation consisting of the main points. 2. A two-page written summary (double-spaced) in MS Word about the event (one paragraph background information). You will explain why you think this event has had a significant influence on […]

Individual  Rehabilitaion Services is a a not for profit organization that assists individuals returning to society following a substance abuse conviction.  IRS gas beeb greatly successful in its urban effort.  Thus more resources are needed.  Late last year Irs began a restaurant operation, The Golden kettle, which specializes in soups.  Las year’s operation was a break-even effort.  At the beginning of the yhear, The Golden […]

As a financial consultant, you have contracted with Wheel Industries to evaluate their procedures involving the evaluation of long term investment opportunities.  You have agreed to provide a detailed report illustrating the use of several techniques for evaluating capital projects including the weighted average cost of capital to the firm, the anticipated cash flows for the projects, and the methods used for project selection.  In […]