Introduction Kimi Ford is a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She is evaluating Nike‚ Inc. (“Nike”) to potentially buy shares of their stock for the fund she manages‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. This fund mostly invests in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. This Fund has performed well over the last 18 months despite the decline in the stock market. Ford has done a significant amount of research through analysts’ reports
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going concern. Finally‚ this report presents several recommendations in two areas: improving operating performance and preparing a better financial report. Contents Abstract 1 Scope of the report 3 1 Users of accounts 3 1.1Shareholders 3 1.1.1 Earning per share and dividends per share 3 1.1.2 Business performance 4 1.1.3 Future 5 1.1.4 Other information for shareholders 6 1.2 Loan creditor group
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1. “Accounting is ingrained in our society and it is vital to our economic system.” Do you agree? Explain. I agree because I think Accounting is part of our economic system specifically in business and we all know that in order to maintain the competitiveness of our economic system all over the world is to uplift the business society that’s why Accounting is vital to our economic system. 2. Identify and describe the steps in the accounting process. 1. Identifying the financial transaction
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1. Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is used to determine the average cost of financing a company. Companies are funded using both debt and equity and both require varying rates of return. WACC allows you to put a “weight” on the different types of financing and their differing rates to get a total cost of capital. Team 12 does not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because we feel she took some liberties in her numbers‚ the most notable being that of equity. Ms. Cohen used book
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Belinda Greer BSA/500 March 24‚ 2012 Murali Ramachandran Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income‚ expenses‚ and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look
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PESTEL Analysis Political The main countries that Nike trades in are America (where Nike originated) and the United Kingdom and other European countries such as France and Germany. In these main countries that Nike sell products in there is stable political environments where there is a democracy meaning that the governments in this countries have been elected by the general public in that particular country. The majority of these countries home and export markets have been boosted with
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UVA-C-2332 Rev. Oct. 17‚ 2012 RATIOS TELL A STORY—2011 Financial results and conditions vary among companies for a number of reasons. One reason for the variation can be traced to the characteristics of the industries in which companies operate. For example‚ some industries require large investments in property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PP&E)‚ while others require very little. In some industries‚ the competitive productpricing structure permits companies to earn significant profits per sales
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Financial Accounting Easy: 1. Which of the following is usually considered cash? a. Certificate of deposit b. Checking account c. Money market saving certificate d. Postulated Check 2. In preparing the August 31‚ 2011 bank reconciliation‚ Apex Company provided the ff. information Balance per bank statement 1‚805‚000 Deposit in transit 325‚000 Return of customer’s check for 60‚000 Insufficient fund Outstanding checks 275‚000 Bank service change
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through neglect or fraudulent activity compromise a patient’s personal health information. Channel 13 in Indiana did an investigation on pharmacies throughout our nation which discarded prescription labels‚ pill bottles‚ and patient information sheets with patient’s personal information into their unsecured dumpsters around Boston‚ Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Dallas‚ Denver‚ Detroit‚ Miami‚ Louisville‚ Philadelphia‚ and Phoenix. When prescriptions are dropped off‚ electronically transferred‚ or called
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designed several shoes and started advertising the new brand that he called “Nike”. Co-founder Bill Bowerman’s philosophy is today’s vision of the company: “To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. (*And if you have a body‚ you are an athlete.) ». Mark Parker‚ actual president and CEO of Nike’s company‚ was once a young designer for Bowerman. He said remembering Bowerman frequently asking the question « Is that the best we can do? ». Therefore‚ Parker defined Nike’s mission
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