Category: Finance

Explain that finance is a facinating topic as money makes the world go round. Had to include that do kickboxing, play chess, have a job which teaches communication and leadership skills.

Artiqah Zabair Personal Statement

Needs to include that do maths biology and geography and have a passion for all of them but relate everything back to finance. Talk about me having skills like being pragmatic, good in a team, told by an old teacher would be the future prime minister.

Explain that finance is a facinating topic as money makes the world go round. Had to include that do kickboxing, play chess, have a job which teaches communication and leadership skills.

What is the relevant financial statement for a solvency assessment?Which financial statement should you examine first if you are interested in assessing solvency?

Assessing and commenting on the company’s liquidity, solvency and profitability

Which financial statement should you examine first if you are interested in assessing solvency?

The financial statement that would be most relevant for assessing solvency is partly determined by the financial statement in which liabilities are recorded.

What is the relevant financial statement for a solvency assessment?

The balance sheet would be relevant for a solvency assessment. Amounts owed to lenders and other creditors are recorded in the balance sheet as short-term (‘current’) liabilities and long-term (‘non-current’) liabilities.

Does any other financial statement tell you something about solvency?

Shareholders expect to be paid any dividends at each financial year-end, but where does a company find the money to pay as dividends?

Explain what it is to make readers understand even if they do not have a financial background you can use investopdedia.com but do not copy anything

ECC and ACH

Topic 1 ) Write about the Electronic Cheques Clearing System (ECC) write it in a language that is directed to the readers even readers that do not have a financial background that they would be able to understand explain it in a nice way also mention the benefits for banks using this system and for customers using this system.

2nd topic for the second page: Automated Clearing House System (ACH) do the same thing explain what it is to make readers understand even if they do not have a financial background you can use investopdedia.com but do not copy anything

Explain why it is important to have 3 to 6 months’ salary saved for an emergency fund.Explain the concept of “paying yourself first.”

Unit 4 – Individual Project

Rhonda Jones and her husband have a combined annual income of $50,000 after taxes. Their mortgage payment is $1,284 per month. Their average utilities payment per month is $403. The groceries and food expenses average $506 per month. They have a car payment of $402 a month. Their medical insurance is $198 per month. Gas for the car averages $102 a month, and their car insurance is $246 a month. Other miscellaneous expenses are $206 a month.

Download and complete this budget sheet, and submit it with this assignment. For this assignment, answer the following:

Do the Jones’s have a surplus or a deficit? If they have a surplus, suggest how they can use the extra money.

Explain why it is important to have 3 to 6 months’ salary saved for an emergency fund.

Explain the concept of “paying yourself first.”

What do the liquidity ratios mean? Interpret your findings.

Healthcare Finance 5.2

Answer the following and submit your assignment through the link in this week’s assignment folder.

Using the data on pages 543-544 in your textbook (Baker & Baker, 5th Edition), compute the 4 liquidity ratios for Doctors Smith and Brown.

What do the liquidity ratios mean? Interpret your findings.

Define this strategy and explain benefits and drawbacks to this approach as it relates to an expanding organization.Then review the list of bidders in Milestone One PDF. Based on the strategy you have described, discuss the bidder that you are leaning toward. Why might you choose this particular bidder?

Discussion 2-1 FIN-660

For this assignment, you will be given a list of merger and acquisition strategies from which to choose, and you will discuss how your chosen strategy might influence your selection of a bidder for your final project.

Select one of the following merger and acquisition strategies:

Growth
Diversification
Operational synergy (economies of scale)
Next, define this strategy and explain benefits and drawbacks to this approach as it relates to an expanding organization.

Then review the list of bidders in Milestone One PDF. Based on the strategy you have described, discuss the bidder that you are leaning toward. Why might you choose this particular bidder?

Identify and describe a long-term investment project (either real or fictional) that would likely require significant capital commitment.Regardless of these factors, why might this project still be a worthy investment? Are there certain industries that might demand a more long-term strategy? Which ones? In your responses to your peers, compare and contrast your views with your classmates’ observations.

Discussion 2-1 FIN 660

Why might companies disregard a positive NPV? MIT professor of financial economics Stewart C. Myers asserts that different decision rules might apply when investments are long-term rather than short-term (Myers, 1977). Financial managers may rationalize that it is in their immediate interest to invest in short-term projects because they bring the most shareholder benefits; this is, in other words, the so-called agency problem. However, what could be the long-term consequences of that strategy? Watch the short agency problem video (7:14) below for an explanation of this conundrum in detail with good examples.

Identify and describe a long-term investment project (either real or fictional) that would likely require significant capital commitment.

If you were acting as a financial analyst, what factors would you consider in the decision to move forward or abandon the project? In your initial response, you may discuss such factors as:

NPV
IRR
EBIT
WACC
Corporate structure
Market structure
Corporate goals and mission

Regardless of these factors, why might this project still be a worthy investment? Are there certain industries that might demand a more long-term strategy? Which ones? In your responses to your peers, compare and contrast your views with your classmates’ observations.

Determine what is the best decision financially given all financial concerns and also address non-financial matters Remember that you may add to the information to enhance the fact pattern.

1 page for cover and 3-4+ pages to explain recommendation plus any attachments

Compute personal financial ratios to assess current financial situation and explain what each ratio means. (see lecture notes for information on ratios)

Recommend action to take – maintain current payments or pay off debt

Remember that you may add to the information to enhance the fact pattern.

You may determine the specifics about the student loan, credit card, etc. that are not already stated above
5. Housing: Compare current shared apartment to solo new apartment
1 page for cover and 3-4+ pages to explain recommendation plus any attachments

Prepare a chart to compare costs (rent, food, electric, cable, heat, etc.)

Recommend action to take – stay in shared apartment or get own apartment

Determine what is the best decision financially given all financial concerns and also address non-financial matters
Remember that you may add to the information to enhance the fact pattern.

You may determine the location, size, cost, etc. of the new apartment as compared to the current apartment.

You may need to calculate answers for certain sections of your financial plan.

How sensitive is the project’s NPV to changes in variable cost?Which factors seems most important to the success of the plane?Is the Mooreliner a risky project? Explain

Q1

The initial investment for the Mooreliner is $120,000,000

Cost of Capital 12%

Tax rate 35%

Project life 10 yrs

If all variables are assumed to be at their expected value (normal forecast).

How sensitive is the project’s NPV to changes in fixed cost?

How sensitive is the project’s NPV to changes in prices?

How sensitive is the project’s NPV to changes in variable cost?

Which factors seems most important to the success of the plane?

Is the Mooreliner a risky project? Explain