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For the first segment of the Firm Financial Analysis Project, develop an overvie

For the first segment of the Firm Financial Analysis Project, develop an overview/history of the firm that you have chosen, as well as conduct an end-point financial analysis as outlined below. Papers will be graded per the attached rubric.
All papers must include the following basic paper elements:
Include an introduction paragraph and concluding paragraph
Be written using APA citation format. This includes in-text citations with all referenced facts (statistics, years, data tables, any data that you do not know off the top of your head) as well as full APA citations in the reference section.
Utilize proper spelling and grammar.
Be double -spaced
Once submitted to the drop box, all written assignments will automatically be uploaded to Turn It In plagiarism checking software. Papers with a score over 49% due to plagiarism will be handled in accordance with Columbia College’s Academic Integrity Policies.
Part 1: Firm History and Overview (due Week 3)
Develop an overview/history of the firm that you have chosen, as well as the industry your firm operates in. You should include information that describes:
A brief history of the firm
The market structure and competition in the industry, along with the position of your firm within this industry – i.e., is the firm one of the leaders, or is it a niche player?
Is the firm one of the medium-size firms in the industry?
Other information about your firm that you find is important.
Part 2: End-Point Financial Analysis (due Week 3)
Using historical financial statements (income statements and balance sheets) for the firm, analyze the financial performance and changes to the firm over ten years using an end-point analysis. Identify the major changes in the firm’s financial performance over this period. Include the following data:
Analysis of overall changes/growth in the firm’s revenues, assets, and liabilities. This would be a verbal analysis of the information you are seeing and interpreting.
Complete common-size statements for the two time periods
Conduct a ratio analysis including use of the DuPont model
Based on your calculations, explain your results and make conclusions regarding the changes in the company during the 10-year time frame.
Don’t forget your overall paper conclusion!

BONDS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND INTEREST RATES TRENDS
The information on bonds ca

BONDS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND INTEREST RATES TRENDS
The information on bonds can be found on the website http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/Default.jsp. To find the information on bonds, click on Search in the middle of the screen (under Market Center Bond Guide), under Quick Search type the Issuer Name and the Symbol, and click SHOW RESULTS.
Another useful website on bond information is https://markets.businessinsider.com/bonds. To find the information on bonds, scroll down the page, type the name of the company in the window under Bond Finder, and click SEARCH.
Find the quotes of 2 corporate bonds that contain the Price under “Last Sale” and Ratings of Moddy’s and S@P500. Not all companies have the bonds listed on this website. You can use the bonds of the same company or choose different companies. Choose the bonds with different maturities, different coupon payments. Be creative!
– Copy the bonds quotes into your project. (To grade your project your professor needs to see the information on the bonds you chose)
– How much are the annual coupon interest payments for these bonds?
– How much is the YTM listed in the quotes of the bonds (in the Last Sale column – Yield) (no calculations are required for this question).
– When do these bonds mature?
– Calculate the Macaulay duration and Modified duration of these bonds. You should use on-line Duration calculator. https://dqydj.com/bond-duration-calculator/. Present the results of your calculations in your posting. How the changes of interest rates will affect the bonds’ prices?
– Go to the Internet and find the forecast of interest rates (short-term and long-term). Create the forecast of the bonds’ prices using Modified duration you calculated and forecast of the interest rates. Explain your results.
Also, answer the flowing questions:
– If you are going to buy a bond, which bond would you choose? Why?
– Are there any connections between economic trends analysis, bond market performance, and investment decisions? Please explain your answer.
– Take a look at the balance sheet and income statement of the companies. What data or ratios support your decision to buy this bond or not?
– Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph in the initial response in their own words, using finance terminology, reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace or in everyday life.

In this project, you are provided with historical return data of five major asse

In this project, you are provided with historical return data of five major asset classes, and then asked to compute the arithmetic returns, geometric returns, and the standard deviation of the returns of the asset classes. Lastly, you are asked to visualize the results by plotting the historical cumulative dollar value growth of investments in the five major asset classes.

Question 1 : Examine the profitability of the company on both the income stateme

Question 1 : Examine the profitability of the company on both the income statement and profitability ratios. Is the company becoming more or less profitable? Is anything specific happening at the company directly to explain the change?
Question 2 : Look at the liguidity ratios – is the company becoming more or less liquid? How can you tell? Why does the days inventory held ratio seem so high?
Question 3 : Examine the capital structure of Merck over the last five years. Is the company becoming more or less leveraged? Are they able to service their debt? (How can you tell?)
Question 4: Merck went through a major acquisition in 2021. What company did they purchase and what was the change to Goodwill and cash flow? Was this a successful transaction?
Question 5 : Examine the market ratios and other information at the bottom of the Ratios tab.
Compare the market value of the company to its book value. Is the company doing well in the market? If you invested in this company in 2018, would you be pleased with your investment in 2022?

This week you are required to review Chapter 4 in about 1,500 words and submit v

This week you are required to review Chapter 4 in about 1,500 words and submit via MOODLE. Please submit your response in either MS word or pdf. In MS word kindly use font size 12, double spacing, Times New Roman
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
 John L. Mikesell (2018). Fiscal Administration. [10th edition or any edition is ok] Cengage
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You will have spreedshit that im going to send you with everything you need to have to reply to this questions:
Question 1 : Examine the profitability of the company on both the income statement and profitability ratios. Is the company becoming more or less profitable? Is anything specific happening at the company directly to explain the change?
Question 2 : Look at the liguidity ratios – is the company becoming more or less liquid? How can you tell? Why does the days inventory held ratio seem so high?
Question 3 : Examine the capital structure of Merck over the last five years. Is the company becoming more or less leveraged? Are they able to service their debt? (How can you tell?)
Question 4: Merck went through a major acquisition in 2021. What company did they purchase and what was the change to Goodwill and cash flow? Was this a successful transaction?
Question 5 : Examine the market ratios and other information at the bottom of the Ratios tab.
Compare the market value of the company to its book value. Is the company doing well in the market? If you invested in this company in 2018, would you be pleased with your investment in 2022?

Digging into Earnings and GrowthPart OneReturn to the same MS Excel file you sub

Digging into Earnings and GrowthPart OneReturn to the same MS Excel file you submitted for Dropbox 2. Under the Week 3 tab, gather the P/E ratio, EPS, dividend per share, and annual growth rate information about your chosen company and its closest competitor.Part Two In a memo to the Chief Executive Officer, answer the following questions, which are pre-loaded in your Memo Template: Should meet the three pags minimim
The P/E ratio helps investors determine the market value of a stock as compared to the company’s earnings. A high P/E could mean that a stock’s price is high relative to earnings and possibly overvalued. Conversely, a low P/E might indicate that the current stock price is low relative to earnings. Which company, as compared to its industry, is overvalued, undervalued, or perfectly priced? What data, reference, or ratios drew you to that conclusion?
Based on the YoY annual growth rates of revenue % and net income %, which company is growing its top line and bottom line faster? What data, reference, or ratios drew you to that conclusion?
Which of the two companies is the “better run company”? (Keep in mind that you will get posed this question for the next several weeks. Keep track of how you grow from this week to the next week with your response.)

In recent days, New York Community Bank has teetered on the brink of failure (se

In recent days, New York Community Bank has teetered on the brink of failure (see the video below, recorded on March 1, 2024. There may have been further developments since then.) Most recently bank representatives have disclosed that executives had discovered “material weakness” in how the bank tracks loans, and the bank has changed much of its leadership. All of this comes a few months after New York Community Bank acquired many of the assets of the failed Silicon Valley Bank last Spring.
What does this say about the manner in which the federal government unwinds failed banks? What flaws may have been involved in the process and what would you suggest to improve the process? How do regulators strike a balance between macro-prudential regulation and permitting businesses to operate as they see fit? How might this bank’s predicament affect the overall economy and your personal life?

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Im going to send you picture of what you need. The questions are:
Question 1 : Examine the profitability of the company on both the income statement and profitability ratios. Is the company becoming more or less profitable? Is anything specific happening at the company directly to explain the change?
Question 2 : Look at the liguidity ratios – is the company becoming more or less liquid? How can you tell? Why does the days inventory held ratio seem so high?
Question 3 : Examine the capital structure of Merck over the last five years. Is the company becoming more or less leveraged? Are they able to service their debt? (How can you tell?)
Question 4: Merck went through a major acquisition in 2021. What company did they purchase and what was the change to Goodwill and cash flow? Was this a successful transaction?
Question 5 : Examine the market ratios and other information at the bottom of the Ratios tab.
Compare the market value of the company to its book value. Is the company doing well in the market? If you invested in this company in 2018, would you be pleased with your investment in 2022?

There are 3 problems in this assignment set
You might be experienced in using Ex

There are 3 problems in this assignment set
You might be experienced in using Excel to take this one
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