You are a quality analyst with John and Sons Company. Your company manufactures fax machines, copiers, and printers that use plain paper. The CEO of the company wants the machines to handle 99.5 percent of all the paper that is used in them without the paper getting jammed. The CEO asks you to determine the thickness of paper that the machines must be able to […]

Ut 3333 Pin It Class HEALTHCARE FINANCE Ut 3333: Evaluating Financial Statements·         Description: o    Evaluating Financial Statements§  Balance Sheet§  What organization owes, owns and difference§  For a specific time§  Income Statement§  Did organization make a profit?§  Covers a period of time§  Statement of Cash Flows§  Inflows and outflows of cash§  Covers a period of time§  Ratios/Ratio analysis§  Liquidity ratios§  Solvency ratios§  Profitability ratios§  Used to:o    Identify […]

In this module, you will complete and submit your final project. You will perform a vertical and horizontal analysis and a ratio analysis. Then you will interpret these analyses for your audience, as well as researching competitor information. Lastly, you will use the information from your analysis and research this week as well as the information you gathered during the weekly Financial Accounting Projects to […]

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. […]

Data Analysis Using Epi Info TM 7: Hypothesis Testing and Regression In Week Two you became familiar with the YRBS dataset by completing some basic data analysis on three research questions. That assignment helped you to become familiar with your data and to start to understand some preliminary results which may be concluded based on your data.  In Week Three we are going to take the […]

FIN 540 – Homework Chapter 20  © 2013 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 540 Homework Chapter 20    Page 1 of 2   Directions: Answer the following five questions on a separate document. Explain how […]

The Pearson correlation coefficient is a measure of degree of linear relationship between two variables. There are many correlated variables in health research: weight and height, smoking and drinking, health behaviors, etc. The bivariate scatter plot shown below illustrates a strong negative correlation between two variables: The next graph depicts a correlation of 1 (i.e. for a variable correlated with itself): For this discussion, analyze […]

As the newly-hired pension fund management team for the Stillwell County Teachers Association, you are responsible for managing the $100 Million portfolio on behalf of the association. The monies are currently 100% invested in cash and cash equivalents. Your mandate is to first determine an appropriate asset allocation percentage between fixed income, stocks, and cash, in accordance with a moderately conservative risk-tolerance investment policy.  Next, […]

Sam Johnson has created some financial goals for himself.  He is 40 years old, currently has a great job, and pays his bills on time. He wants to save enough money to put his children–currently ages 3 and 8, through college. He also wants to retire at the age of 60.  He puts $150 a month in a savings account, paying less than 1% in […]

One specialized type of security is called an equity futures. This is a contract that guarantees you a share of a particular company to be delivered to you not today, but sometime in the future, at a price that is determined by the market right now. This price is usually called the futures price of the stock (note – the term is plural – “futures”). […]