You have had a 6% 30 year fully amortizing level payment mortgage (LPM) for 5 years. The fees on this mortgage were 4%, its initial balance was $600000, and it has a prepay penalty of 2%. You are considering a 15-year cash-out refi mortgage (fully amortizing LPM) at 5%, with 4% fees. You will finance these fees, take $30000 out, and the new mortgage has […]

Part I: Decisions for Quarter Three. Prior to beginning work on the Decisions for Quarter Three, carefully review the content found in the “Suggestions for Quarter 3” pop-up screen and read any Quarter Three Internal Emails and/or Memos available through your Growing Your Business simulation. The pop-up will be available at the lower left (Blue Guidelines) of the Executive Summary Decisions Tab and the video, […]

As part of your “presentation” grade, you will now be graded on the following assignments: 1. Find a Group (Discussion) – (1 point) • (This was already completed earlier in the semester) 2. Group Contract – (1 point) and Peer Evaluation – (1 point) • You no longer need to complete these. I have given everyone full credit. 3. Discussion Post – Let me know […]

Please respond to the following questions with AT LEAST a 4-sentence paragraph. 1. Can a company’s legal form of organization be changed? Explain your answer. 2. What does “unlimited liability” mean, and what type of business owners have unlimited liability? 3. What legal form is most conducive to a company successfully obtaining debt or equity financing, and why? 4. What are th different ways an […]

The main deliverable is your paper based on your findings, but please also submit an Excel file where you did your analysis. It can be useful to see what steps you took and how you examined your data. If you are going to reference a table in your report, please include it in the appendix of your report and not just in your Excel file. […]

 Case Study: There are eight case studies scheduled for group presentations and class discussion. For each chapter, one group will be assigned to one case study from the chapter to present their analysis on the assigned cases and questions online. Additional research should be conducted to include recent developments in the case. For each case study, each of the remaining groups will submit one-page (typed) […]

The capital budgeting decision techniques discussed so far all have strengths and weaknesses; however, they do comprise the most popular rules for valuing projects. On the other hand, valuing an entire business requires that some adjustments be made to various pieces of these methodologies. As an example, in valuing a business, one frequently used alternative to Net Present Value (NPV) is called Adjusted Present Value […]

This week we discuss different types of investment funds, including mutual funds and hedge funds.  Mutual funds are the second largest type of financial intermediary in the U.S. beyond only depository institutions. Although mutual funds have been around since the 1920s, as recently as 1970 there were only 361 funds with $50 billion in total industry assets. In 2016 there were 8,105 mutual funds with […]

After reviewing the article on 10 essential characteristics of entrepreneurs that are highly successful, I can see the importance of possessing each quality.  Creativity is definitely a must have, and I thought it was appropriate that the article listed this characteristic first.  Being open to an unlimited amount of ideas can lead to new innovative ways to market and conduct your business (EBS, 2019).  Additionally, […]

Create a case study analysis based on two scholarly studies that utilize metaphors (Morgan’s, or similar) to describe the functionality of organizations. After a concise, but thorough, analysis of the cases, summarize the benefits of using metaphorical devices in management practice. Instructions: Students will write a 600-750 word case study analysis based on two case studies that involve the use of Morgan’s metaphors (or similar) […]