You are an analyst for the Vanguard Mortgage Company has been using a spreadsheet created by you in the past which functions well. The current worksheet you created currently contains the customer’s account, the cost of the house, down payment, amount financed, mortgage rate, loan years (e.g. 30 year), % financed, date financed and payoff year. You have been tasked with enhancing the worksheet to […]

Financial Management Challenges The following video discusses the four types of markets: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. &nbsp Given the market structures as described in the video, identify at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today in these varied market structures. In a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and […]

Collect the annual income statement of any company you know well for last four fiscal years. The selected company must be in process of expanding its business and plan to invest in new investment project. As a newly hired MBA in the capital budgeting division, you have bem asked to evaluate a new project using the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), Adjusted Present Value […]

As you have learned, benchmarking is useful not only for ascertaining a health care organization’s overall financial “health” but also for decision-making around introducing new services or products. Let’s explore this further together. As you discuss each question, in addition to applying your reading which is of course required, please be sure to bring in real-world experiences that you may have had benchmarking in one […]

If a company grows too fast, it can find itself without access to the resources it needs to meet its obligations. If it grows too slowly, it may find itself missing strategic as well as tactical opportunities. Calculating and understanding a firm’s optimal or sustainable growth rate is critical to the goal of maximizing shareholders’ wealth and developing an optimal capital structure. You senior analyst […]

Assets and Working Capital – Examine each of the major assets and working capital accounts.  How does each firm account for these items and does the accounting method differ from the firm’s competitors.  Examine each firm’s receivables.  Is there any evidence of aggressive revenue recognition or earnings management through manipulation of the allowance for doubtful accounts?  Examine the firms’ inventory methods and policies and compare to their […]

For discussion purposes only, consider for the moment you own your own business which annually you make on average a $1 million EBITDA and growing about 2% a year.  You are 60 years old, no rush to retire but Hilton Head golf courses are calling you.  You recieve 3 offers, one offer is an all cash offer of $3.5 million, another offer is for $5 million […]

Hi this is for a Financial Modeling class, I will send you my model for a case 51:”Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.p.A.“(which you can find on google), and you need to explain this excel model, I need a 5 page write-up, u dont need to explain the background or anything, just explain the model I give you. I will also upload an example write-up for another […]

Finance is an exciting field in need of intelligent, skilled people. The job opportunities range from corporate finance; financial planning; investment banking; insurance; and real estate from individuals, institutions, government, and businesses. Finance managers acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets. Use the Internet and / or Strayer Resource Center to research career options within the field of finance. Consider the Bureau of […]

Research Apple and United Arab Emirates. Then, go to https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook for additional research of facts and data.   Prepare a Word document of the general background information regarding the country selected (e.g., surplus, deficits, crisis, and potential corruption of the country, with more emphasis on recent events).  In a minimum of 1000 words, be sure to include the following:  1. country’s currency structure; 2. institutional factors […]