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Stock Valuation

Assignment Requirements   Use Chapter 8.
  1. What would an investor pay for a stock, if his required rate of return is 12%, the stock next year’s dividend is $3/share, and the dividend is expected to grow at 4%?
 
  1. Better Plastics is a mature manufacturing firm. The company just paid a $4 annual dividend, but management expects to reduce the payout by 3 percent per year, indefinitely. If you require a 12 percent return on this stock, what will you pay for a share today?
 
  1. What should be the current price of a share of stock if a $5 dividend was just paid, the stock has a required return of 20%, and a constant dividend growth rate of 6%?
 
  1. The stock price of Samuelson, Inc. is $71. Investors require a 15 percent rate of return on similar stocks. If the company plans to pay a dividend of $4.20 next year, what growth r

Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria

Assignment Requirements   Use Chapter 9
  1. After reading the chapter identify one primary strength and one primary weakness for each of the following methods of investment analysis. Net present value: Strength: Weakness: Internal rate of return: Strength: Weakness: Profitability index: Strength: Weakness: Payback: Strength: Weakness:
  2. Calculate the answers to the following problems.
What is the payback period for a project with the following cash flows?
  1. Lester's Feed Mill is spending $230,000 to update its facility. The company estimates that this investment will improve its cash inflows by $46,500 a year for 10 years. What is the payback period?
  2. A project has the following cash flows. What is the internal rate of return? 6. A project has the following cash flows. What is the internal rate of return? 7. You are considering an investment for which you req

Statistics

Assignment Requirements   Complete the problems below and submit your work in an Excel document. Be sure to show all of your work and clearly label all calculations. All statistical calculations will use the Employee Salary Data Set (in Appendix section). (Note: Questions 1- 4 have additional elements to respond to below the analysis results.) Last week, we found that the average performance ratings do not differ between males and females in the population. Now we need to see if they differ among the grades. Is the average performance rating the same for all grades? (Assume variances are equal across the grades for this ANOVA.) While it appears that average salaries per grade differ, we need to test this assumption. Is the average salary the same for each of the grade levels? (Assume equal variances, and use the Analysis toolpak function ANOVA.) Use the input table to the right to list salaries under each grade level. The table and analysis below demonstrate a 2-way ANOVA with

Capital Investment Decisions/ Capital Market History

Assignment Requirements   Chapters 10 & 12 Chapter 10
  1. Six years ago, Global Exporters paid cash for a new packaging machine that cost $287,000. Three years ago, the firm spent $2,900 on repairs and modifications to the machine. The machine is now fully depreciated and has just sat idly in a back corner of the shop for the past 7 months. The estimated value of the machine today is $124,500. The firm is considering using this machine in a new project. If it does so, what value should be assigned to this machine and included in the initial costs of the new project?
  2. Glass Blowers, Inc. has a new project in mind that will increase accounts receivable by $18,000, decrease accounts payable by $6,000, increase fixed assets by $36,000, and decrease inventory by $11,000. What is the amount the firm should use as the initial cash flow attributable to net working capital when it analyzes this project?
 
  1. You are an

Application of quality dimensions

Assignment Requirements   Develop a portfolio of advertisements from a newspaper or magazine, and illustrate how quality is used in promoting these products. Make your ad suggesting any of the 8 different dimensions of quality. 1) Provide a copy of the ad 2) talk briefly about the company's history that you took their ad 3) Define quality   Order Now http://zelessaywritings.com/order/

Currency Exchange

Assignment Requirements   BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT #1 - INSTRUCTIONS This Currency Exchange assignment is 1-page minimum, 2-page maximum, worth 50 points. To Begin: This is an Internet Browser assignment (you will not find the answer in any one paragraph in the textbook), you need to search the Internet for supportive material on this topic. You may choose a new/magazine article (or .com) for support material (give credit to the source you take the information from). Writing your Assignment: First, describe in your own words the significance and differences in foreign currency exchange rates. Secondly, explain how to convert one form of currency into another, and which is worth more in value. For example, consider buying a iPhone or iPad in Vietnam (dong), or France (euro) or Mexico (peso), Japan (yen), explain in writing how do you convert US dollars into that currency. Consider having a business in a different country, how would you convert your payroll into the prevailing curre

Financial Reporting of Analysis

Assignment Requirements   Please do the parts highlighted in red on the word document attached. You will find all the numbers you need in the excel spreadsheets. The company is Merck & Co PART II:   OBTAIN THE ANNUAL REPORT AND COMPLETE AN INTRACOMPANY ANALYSIS   Purpose:  
  • To use resources available to obtain the corporation’s annual report.
  • To complete trend analyses and prepare common-size statements.
  • To compute common ratios and other summary indicators.
  • To prepare a written analysis summarizing the results using appropriate business/accounting terminology.
 
  1. Complete trend analyses and prepare common-size statements for both the
            income statement and balance for all years presented.   This requirement i

Application of quality dimensions

Assignment Requirements   Develop a portfolio of advertisements from a newspaper or magazine, and illustrate how quality is used in promoting these products. Make your ad suggesting any of the 8 different dimensions of quality. 1) provide a copy of the ad 2) talk briefly about the company's history that you took their ad 3) Define quality   Order Now http://zelessaywritings.com/order/

E-Learning

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Tyco: Case Study

Assignment Requirements   Unit VI Case Study Read Case Study 20, "Tyco: I'm sure that it's a really nice shower curtain". SUMMARIZE the OVERALL viewpoint of the Arthur, and discuss the MAJOR issues presented in the case. Review the Questions for Thought, located on page 402. Answer these three questions using the business ethic principles from the textbook "Understanding Business Ethics", Stanwick & Stanwick, 2009. The summary of the author's viewpoint and your discussion of the major issues presented in the case must be in paragraph form. However, your responses to the three Questions for Thought can be answered in either paragraph form or as a number list. There is no minimum word count requirement for this case study. You will be graded on your summary of the Arthur's viewpoint, your discussion of the ethical issues facing Tyco, and your responses to the questions. If you paraphrase or quote words or ideas from the textbook or other resources, you should cite your sour