Group: Zhengtian “Darren” Ye‚ Bohan Li Course: FINA 3301 Professor name: Eliot H. Sherman Nike Cost of Capital Case Assignment 1. Calculate Nike’s Cost of Capital based on the book values presented in the case. 2. Calculate Nike’s Cost of Capital based on the Market Values presented in the case. 3. Evaluate Joanna’s calculation and identify and explain any differences between her calculation and yours. 4. Under what circumstances is using book values the most appropriate basis for calculating
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Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Two Questions: what investments should the corporation make and how should it pay for those investments? a. Investment decisions involve spending money and financing decisions involving raising money b. Concepts govern good financial decisions c. Financial managers value the shareholders’ investment opportunities outside their company because of the opportunity cost of capital contributed by shareholders d. All managers and employees need to pull together
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e TCH321 – CORPORATE FINANCE MOCK EXAM Time: 1 hour 30 minutes The exam lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes and consists of 5 questions. Approved calculators are permitted. You are not allowed to use Excel. This is a closed book exam. You are NOT permitted to access any other material in either written or electronic form. All numerical answers should be reported to TWO decimal places. To ensure the accuracy of your answer‚ you should perform all intermediate calculations to at least THREE decimal places
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An Report on Finance Management of College Students Prepared by: Zhou Ying‚ Zhou Li‚ Zhou Shuo‚ Zhu Kejia 5 November‚ 2010 Introduction The purpose of this report is to show how college students manage finance. With the development of social economy‚ people now draw more attention on finance management. It has become an important part in social life to manage finance well. College students form a special range in consumer market. On the one hand‚ they are not financially independent‚ getting
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS BY TOMORI M. ADIJOLOLA lolatomori@yahoo.com BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT: THE WORKSHOP ON PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING ORGANISED BY: MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMETN AND CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS IN COLLABORATION WITH MESSRS WALE ADENIYI PARTNERSHIP MARCH 2009 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS 1.0 INTRODUCTION As the biggest economic recession in 70 years continues to undermine
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References: Jhingan M.L. (2009). Public Finance. Principles of Economics. Delhi: Vrinda Publications. Oguji C.O.N (2004). Public Finance. The Comprehensive Basic Economics. Onitsha: Joanee Educational Publishers. Gordon S.D. & Dawson (1989). Introductory Economics‚ 6th edt. New York: Health and Company limited.
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Behavioral finance: Emerging trends --Nihar Raut raut.nihar@gmail.com What is behavioral finance? What we know today as behavioral finance was initiated some three decades ago by a small number of people who asked questions seldom asked before and offered answers not offered before. Today‚ many people are engaged in behavioral finance‚ and there is wide disagreement about its boundaries and frontiers. Many see behavioral finance mainly as a refutation of the efficient market hypothesis and
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A Survey of Behavioral Finance Nicholas Barberis and Richard Thaler In this handbook‚ Barberis and Thaler define the differences between traditional finance and behavioral finance. Traditional finance is rational.Rationality means two things; correct Bayesian Updating and choises consistent with expected utility. On the other hand behavioral finance assumes that market is not fully rational and analyzes the facts when the some of the princibles are loosen up. This
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1 1 Introduction Finance is being said to be the domain of the perfect rationale. The rationality then creates an environment called “efficient markets”‚ where maximization of utility takes place and all actors act in this sense – earn more. The classical rationality argues that economical expectation derives the best forecasts as “price (at any time) fully reflect(s) available information on the market” (Fama‚ 1970)‚ which is the core assumption in the EMH. However observing
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1.1 Compare and Contrast Profiles I am interested in both Finance and HR‚ therefore I have interviewed two successful professionals in these fields or work. I interviewed Derek Byrne‚ Certified Public Accountant and Tax Auditor and Vanessa Veldman‚ HR Generalist at Argos. While interviewing both professionals I noticed both similarities and differences in their career path and their skills and abilities which make them successful in their job. Both Derek and Vanessa received a third level education
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