Junior Sayou, a financial analyst for Chargers Products, a manufacturer of stadium benches, must evaluate the risk and return of two assets, X and Y. The firm is considering adding these assets to its diversified asset portfolio. To assess the return and risk of each asset, Junior gathered data on the annual cash flow and beginning- and end-of year values of each asset over the immediately preceding 10 years, 2000–2009. Junior’s investigation suggests that […]

Coogly Company is attempting to identify its weighted average cost of capital for the coming year and has hired you to answer some questions they have about the process. They have asked you to present this information in a PowerPoint presentation to the company’s management team.  The company would like for you to keep your presentation to approximately 10 slides and use the notes section […]

The No- Shoplift Security Company is interested in bidding on a contract to provide a new security system for a large department store chain. The new security system would be phased into 10 stores per year for five years. No- Shoplift can purchase the hardware for $ 50,000 per installation. The labor and material cost per installation is approximately $ 15,000. In addition, No- Shoplift […]

Considering Genesis Energy’s aggressive growth plan, Sensible Essentials suggested that its client should broaden the scope of financing beyond short-term loans and consider long-term financing options. These options would greatly enhance the ability of the operations management team to fund the capital investments and growth in operating expenses. One option is selling more equity in the company. A public stock offering might be a possibility; […]

1. The Instructor of the Stat_Grades.sav class decided to provide additional opportunities for the students in the class to learn the class materials. To accomplish this, the Instructor offered all students the option to attend a set of review sessions. The Instructor believes that offering these review sessions will help student performance. Using the appropriate tests, methods, and evaluations, determine if attending the Review sessions […]

Define and explain activity-based costing (ABC) systems. Be sure to compare simple and ABC costing systems by explaining the benefits and limitations of each. Additionally, reread the article (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4587.html) and express your opinion concerning whether or not you agree with the pitfalls and proposed changes, as expressed in the article. Would the proposed changes make ABC a commonly applicable costing method? Elaborate and fully support your […]

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 […]

Open with a short overview very short demonstrating you understand the concept of stock options. Look in one or two ARs of companies and very briefly describe how they handle equity compensation and how much of an impact it had on earnings. Maybe use one tech company that is still big on options and one company that does not use stock options as much. Then opine […]

Select three publicly traded, dividend paying companies, each representing different industry. I would suggest choosing large, known firms, as it will be easier to obtain all necessary data. Also ensure that each firm you select has five years of financial statements data and at least a year of daily stock prices data available. You can obtain this data via most of the financial news websites […]

Financial Communication(FINA 360)-Student Assignment Assignment Objective–The goal is to provide both a oral and written assignment that will allow the student to apply knowledge gained from the text and instructor’s comments while getting experience in written and oral communication. This assignment is at the Developmental level. Written Communication Assignment: 1. Select two, public traded companies from the same industry. Get approval on selection from Professor. […]