Study Guide – Final Exam Managerial Finance – Spring 2012 Chapters 1- 4 (5%) * Know goal of the financial manager * Define agency problem * Describe the four areas of Ratio Analysis (liquidity‚ activity‚ solvency‚ and profitability) and their purpose‚ know information that gives ratios value and meaning. Chapter 5 (15%) * Time Value of Money: PV‚ PMT of loan‚ FV of annuity‚ growth rate and mixed stream of cash flows Chapter 6-8 (46%) * Expected return‚ Standard deviation
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Case Analysis 2 BITM 522 STARS 1. Situation The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) is a community based not for profit organization in Alberta‚ Canada. Their mission as an emergency medical response organization is to provide expedited transportation services for critically injured or ill patients via their specialized fleet of helicopters. After their formation in 1985‚ the organization quickly grew with funding through private donations and partnerships with community
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CONSTELLATIONS AND STARS There are about 48 old constellations. Today astronomers recognize 88 (44 in each hemisphere) dividing all of the entire sky. THE GREAT BEAR AND THE SEVEN STARS Probably the most famous group of stars is the Big Dipper. It is a part of the constellation called Ursa Major. It resembles a bear in many civilizations. The handle of the Dipper is the tail of the bear curving away from the bowl. THE LITTLE BEAR AND POLARIS: Five major constellations are always visible above the
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Case study: Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri Star MGMTS-2700 Professor Hamza Abdurezak Harvard University Yang Zhong 1> A. Payback‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ Should purchase or not? Payback: $35‚000/5000=7 year NPV: =Co+ C1…..n/(1+i)^1….n Co=-3‚5000 CF1-CF15= 5‚000; I= 12 Computing result is $-945.67 IRR: 11.49% NPV is negative and IRR is lower 12% so reject the proposal. B. NPV: =Co+ C1…..n/(1+i)^1…
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Account and Finance AF 2504 Introduction to Business Law Case Analysis Report Case Study: FISHER v BELL [1961]1 Q.B.394 Submitted to Lecturer: Sandy SABAPATHY Team members: __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ 1. Case Name: Fisher v. Bell 2. Is it a civil case or criminal case? Under the common law system‚ Various cases can be broadly divided in to two categories which are criminal case and civil case. Referring
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What questions should you answer when assessing your needs or goal in owning a home? A recent study shares seven questions that a first-time home buyer should consider as an answer when owning a home. 1. Is owning the roof over your head your No. 1 priority? "Your answer is going to be determined on the other things you’ve got going on in your life. Have you started saving for retirement‚ or are you planning to begin soon? Purchasing a home should coordinate closely with the rest of your priorities
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Finance Study Guide These provide a forum in which demanders of funds raise funds by issuing new financial instruments‚ such as stocks and bonds. primary markets In the U.S.‚ these financial institutions arrange most primary market transactions for businesses. investment banks Once firms issue financial instruments in primary markets‚ these same stocks and bonds are then traded in which of these? secondary markets These feature debt securities or instruments with maturities
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Florida Atlantic University Star River Electronics Ltd. – Case Analysis Case Summary Star River Electronics is a joint venture company that has gained respect within the industry for producing high quality CD-ROMs to major software companies. In the mid 1990s‚ multimedia products created a high demand for CD-ROMs‚ allowing manufacturing companies of all sizes to enter the market. As a result‚ an oversupply ensued causing prices to decline as much as 40%. Star River survived a period of consolidation
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Valuation- “projected financial performance into values.” Involves projecting/ making budgets. Value of an Asset = Value of Cash Flow (CF) it Will Generate (not profits) CF=1/(1+r)^1 value is based on three things- Current Cash Flow‚ Expected growth (used with to estimate future cash flow)‚ Riskiness of expected future cash flow (discount rate).Net Present Value- Value CFs using project discount rate based on risk Investment Decision-which real assets the firm should acquire.Choose positive and
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Jon Bennett Star River Case Analysis Page 1 of 7 FIN 461: Spring 2008/9 Initial Assessment: An initial look at the ratio analysis reveals that the annual sales-growth rate has been holding around 15%. This is perhaps the only good news from the analysis. A performance discontinuity makes its appearance in FY 2000 as a drop in operating margin. This was a result of a 21% increase in production costs and expenses and a 20% increase in admin and selling expenses. There was also an inexplicable 95%
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