WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 1 Week 4 Assignment 1 Edwin Lopez-Petrilli Professor William Hall Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Tuesday July 26‚ 2011 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 2 Explain why market prices are useful to a financial manager. Financial managers are tasked with making investment decisions‚ financing‚ and managing cash flows from operating activities therefore when prices from competitive markets determine the cash value of goods and the price determines the value of the goods. Financial
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Week 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.4. Assignment 1a Due date: January 30‚ 2011 Instruction: Please submit your assignment as an attachment to my Blackboard E-mail by midnight on the due date Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile
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of a firm’s owners and its managers” (Megginson & Smart‚ 2009). It then defines agency costs as dollar costs that arise because of this conflict. In the corporate structure‚ stockholders are the owners of the firm‚ and they elect a board of directors to oversee the firm and help protect their investment. The board then hires the right corporate managers to run the firm with the goal of maximizing the wealth of the shareholders. In a vacuum‚ this is a perfect framework by which to run a corporation;
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The Bible and Corporate Finance People rarely associate religion with the business world or the finance industry‚ nor do they think religion can guide the practice. From a logical standpoint religion and a firm’s operations do not correlate. From a societal view people see good religious peoples businesses fail while godless industries thrive. The question usually asked is how does the Bible apply to business world? The real question should be how could the Bible and God guide me in my profession
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discount‚ no payment -Call provision: issuing corp can redeem bonds prior to maturity at call premium; typically happens if interest rates fall below coupon rate -Value of bond: present value of annuity + present value of lump sum -Nominal interest rate (Rd) = r* + IP + DRP + LP + MRP r* = real risk free‚ IP = inflation premiums‚ DRP = default risk‚ LP = liquidity‚ MRP = maturity risk -Yield Curve: graph of relationship between yields on securities and securities’ maturities -Normal curve upward
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Introduction To Corporate Finance: A division or department that oversees the financial activities of a company. Corporate finance is primarily concerned with maximizing shareholder value through long-term and short-term financial planning and the implementation of various strategies. Everything from capital investment decisions to investment banking falls under the domain of corporate finance. Corporate finance is the funding provided to support the operations of the venture itself‚ as distinct
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Corporate Finance Revision List Topic | Study Program | The Realm of Corporate Finance and Efficient Market Hypothesis | * Overview of finance’s main functions & its importance to organisations. * Importance of value creation as the primary objective of managers * Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) | Financial Statement Analysis | * Overview of calculating & interpreting accounting & financial ratios from corporate financial statements & understanding their significance in corporate
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Corporate finance chapter 1 Concept questions: 1.Agency Problems Who owns a corporation? Describe the process whereby the owners control the firm’s management. What is the main reason that an agency relationship exists in the corporate form of organization? In this context‚ what kinds of problems can arise? 2.Not-for-Profit Firm Goals .Suppose you were the financial manager of a not-for-profit business (a not-for-profit hospital‚ perhaps). What kinds of goals do you think would be appropriate
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ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Part I 15 Part II 35 TOTAL 50 NAME: __________________________________________ STUDENT #: ________________________ PART I: Multiple Choice Questions (15 points) Please circle the correct answer 1. In an EPS-EBI graphical relationship‚ the slope of
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helicopters (Apache‚ the Chinook‚ and the Osprey) as well as satellites‚ launch system and rockets with its Boeing Integrated Defense Systems division. Boeing’s products are completed by a portfolio of services. Major customers are private but also public including the US Department of Defense and NASA. Additionally‚ Boeing provides airplane financing and leasing services to both commercial and military customers. (Diversification of incomes) Boeing operates in 90 countries; its headquarters is located
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