World of finance The world of finance teaches that borrowing money can be a high-risk, high-reward option. Scripture has some passages that seem to clearly warn people to be cautious about getting into debt. Read the following Scriptures and write a thread of at least 250 words discussing what the Bible does and does not … Read more
Barnes and Nobles Should be written on a 12 font, using Times New Roman, double spaced, with a one inch margin. 1.Provide the history and background of the company. Is the company a “going concern”? 2. Financial analysis including: liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios, cash flow problems, inventory problems and ratios, debt obligation problems including … Read more
Multinational corporation. You are the CEO of Partido Switch Plc, which is a multinational corporation, incorporated in the US but invests in many emerging countries including Brazil. Brazil used to have a fixed exchange regime regarding its currency (Before the year 1999). However, Brazil moved to adopt a free float exchange rate regime as from … Read more
JKL Corp JKL Corp. needs to evaluate its capital investments with respect to the cost of capital. The following information is available: The corporate tax rate for JKL Corp. is 40%. The firm believes it is at its target capital structure of 30% long–term debt, 10% preferred stock, and 60% common equity. The current price … Read more
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS 1. Download the data from Canvas and calculate the arithmetic average excess returnsfor the five risky portfolios during the period 1/1927-12/1963. 2. Calculate the betas of the five portfolios during 1/1927-12/1963. Use the SLOPE function in Excel that computes the slope coefficient βi of a linear regression Ri − Rf = αi + … Read more
Financial modeling and dealing Estimate the excess returns on a stock of your choice applying the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). Evaluate your understanding of financial theory to transform data into correct form, to model financial relationships and correctly interpret the findings. Format: The assignment consists of three parts comprising a written report of a maximum … Read more
Derivative Pricing and Valuation Numerically evaluate the call and put option prices, both European and American, on an underlying stock index asset by using the lattice framework. Each student is required to select a company listed on a global exchange, which has a five–year history of daily market share price data and at least since … Read more
Stock Why do you think many companies compensate executives with options based on long-term increases in the value of the company’s stock? Book for course is Financial Management: Principles and Applications
Dividend policy paradigm 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of paying cash dividends compared to no cash payments? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of share buy backs compared to no cash payments? 3. Which alternative (cash dividend, buybacks, no dividends or other policies) would be best for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders? 4. Which … Read more
Advanced Financial Management Discuss, in not less than 1000 words per essay, the following two topics: The contributions of Vincenz Bronzin and Louis Bachelier to options pricing theory. How can we view the issue of dynamic capital structure from the perspective of contingent-claims theory. Provide conceptual, graphical or numerical illustrations wherever applicable to explain your … Read more
