Category: Finance

Chapter 9 – Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting
Chapter 7 – Stock Valuation
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Chapter 9 – Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting
Chapter 7 – Stock Valuation
Chapter 10 – Stock Valuation: A Second Look
Chapter 11 – Risk and Return in Capital Markets
Chapter 12 – Systematic Risk and the Equity Risk Premium
Chapter 13 – The Cost of Capital
Chapter 14 – Raising Equity Capital (brief intro only)
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Late Penalties: Problems that are completed late will receive a penalty of 1% of the earned points for each extra day until you complete the assignment.
These assignments are due every week on Mondays.

(“I am a day late on Part One of the assignment. This is a three-part assignment

(“I am a day late on Part One of the assignment. This is a three-part assignment, which I would like you to complete them all, but Parts Two and Three are due on the 25th of February by 11:59 PM. I am currently late on Part One, which is due tonight at 11:59 PM, so I need it back within the next 24 hours. Please let me know if you need anything else!”
StockTrak Investment Simulation Assignment
Assignment Instructions:
This assignment will give you hands-on experience in stock market trading without investing real money out of your pocket. It helps you understand various investment theories in ch 7, 10, 11, 13, and 14 with the real-world stock market and your portfolio investment strategies.
Please find the following instructions for the StockTrak investment simulation game.
Stock Simulation Game Rules:
With one million dollar game money, you need to buy ten different stocks or more to make your portfolio by 11:59 pm, Thursday, Feb. 22. Your portfolio must have at least one stock from each industry. Ten different industries are Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Information Technology, Telecommunication Services, and Utilities. For more descriiptions of these industry classifications, please visit https://www.msci.com/gics.
Your 10% stock investment grade has two parts. This portfolio is the first 5%, and the stock investment activity report is the remaining 5%. Your return at the end of the semester could affect your 5% grade on your stock portfolio. If needed, you can check your portfolio during the semester to buy and sell some of your stocks.
You can play the game starting today as soon as you register. The assignment will end at 11:59 pm, Thursday, Feb. 22, with your submission of the stock investment activity report. You must submit your stock investment activity report to get the remaining 5% stock simulation assignment grade. I will post the detailed instructions to write your investment activity report soon on the Blackboard. You must register and start playing the game using the following instructions.
(PART2 Registration Instructions:
You need to go to the following link to access the registration menu by copying and pasting it into your browser’s search window.
https://www.stocktrak.com/members/register?session=UWA-FI300-SP24Online
Create your account with your user name, password, brief bio, etc
Read the attached getting started instruction pdf file before you start. You need to skip a couple of pages, including the $31.95 fee, and begin to read right from “Getting Started” on page 3. The instruction file is intended for general registration. The investment simulation service should be available to you without any additional fee. For more instructions and help, you can always use the pull-down menu from the StockTrak homepage by clicking the “Learning” menu. Tutorial videos and other helpful information are available there.
Check out the “StockTrak Student User Guide” to get familiarized with StockTrak before trading begins: https://content.stocktrak.com/stocktrak-student-user-guide/.
You’re ready to have some fun with the stock market simulation game!
Please let me know anytime if you have further questions about the assignment.
Submission Instructions:
The stock assignment (10%) has two parts.
You need to create the StockTrak investment portfolio (5%).
You have to submit the activity report (5%) based on your portfolio.
You don’t need to submit your StockTrak investment portfolio to Blackboard.
You only need to keep them in your StockTrak account until the end of the semester, on Feb. 25, to get your credit.
I will review and grade your portfolio from my master account.
You will find a separate assignment link to submit the investment activity report (the remaining 5%).
PART 3Activity Report for Your Investment
Assignment Instructions:
StockTrak investment assignment is 10% of your 100% total grade. Your investment portfolio with the StockTrak account is 5% of this 10% grade. The remaining 5% is based on your activity report. You need to add your trading notes when you buy or sell any stock for your portfolio in the StockTrak account. These notes would be very helpful for you in writing the activity report.
In your activity report for the stock investment, you need to include
An overview of your portfolio investment history from your StockTrak portfolio.
List of stocks you purchased and their returns
Reasons or methods of selecting each stock in your portfolio (the most important part)
Things needed to be improved
Final thoughts
And anything else if you want to add.
You can use any standard format document to write a report. You have to upload it before 11:59 pm, Sunday, Feb. 25.
Thanks.
Submission Instructions:
Save the file as “Youname_ABC_Assignment”
While inside the submission area click the “Browse My Computer” button below to upload your assignment as an attachment.
Once attached, click the “Submit” button.

After reading the case CEMEX’s Debt Dilemma on p. 441-447 in your textbook, writ

After reading the case CEMEX’s Debt Dilemma on p. 441-447 in your textbook, write a 6-8-page essay (not including the cover page and references) in which you address the following items and questions:
Why do you think CEMEX overpaid for Rinker? What was the result of this overpayment?
How had the decline in both CEMEX’s and Rinker’s operations’ EBITDAs altered the debt-carrying capacity of CEMEX?
What combination of actions—what plan—would you recommend CEMEX undertake to meet the company’s debt service obligations for 2009?
Your essay should: (a) introduce the problem being explored; (b) offer an arguable thesis statement; (c) provide context/background of the problem; (d) discuss ethical considerations from the perspectives of exporters, banks, and government regulators; (e) discuss economic effects; and (f) issue two evidence-supported recommendations aiming to solve the problem.
Be sure to support your claims and assertions using citations from the case study and other credible resources. Your paper must have at least 6 peer-reviewed references and be properly APA formatted. You must cite/reference all sources! Finally, you may review the following resources for this assignment:
Performing a case study analysis
Prewriting and formulating a thesis statement
Outlining and organizing
Integrating sources
Proofreading

Computing WACC using excel copy excel to word document 5 to 6 pages not includi

Computing WACC using excel copy excel to word document 5 to 6 pages not including title and reference page APA writing style 7th edition
Mary Francis has just returned to her office after attending preliminary discussions with investment bankers. Her last meeting regarding the intended capital structure of Apix went well, and she calls you into her office to discuss the next steps.
“We will need to determine the required return for our intended project so that we have a decision criteria defined for the project,” she says.
“Do you have the information I need to describe capital structure and to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?” you ask.
“I do,” she smiles. “We can determine the target WACC for Apix Printing Inc., given these assumptions,” she says as she hands you a piece of paper that says the following:
Weights of 40% debt and 60% common equity (no preferred equity)
A 35% tax rate
Cost of debt is 8%
Beta of the company is 1.5
Risk-free rate is 2%
Return on the market is 11%
“Great,” you say. “Thanks.”
“Be sure to indicate how these costs of capital might be used to determine the feasibility of the capital project,” Mary says. “I want your recommendation about which is more appropriate to apply to project evaluation, too. Let me know what you think.”
“One more thing,” she says as she stands up to signal the end of the meeting. “You did a good job with the explanations that you provided Luke the other day. Would you have time to define marginal cost of capital for me so I can include it in my discussions with investors? You seem to have a knack for making things accessible to nonfinancial folks.”
“No problem,” you say. “I’m glad my explanations are so useful!” For this assignment, complete the following:
Describe capital structure.
Determine the WACC given the above assumptions.
Indicate how these might be useful to determine the feasibility of the capital project.
Recommend which is more appropriate to apply to project evaluation.
Define marginal cost of capital.

Watch the video and complete the work step by step.Please review the attchments

Watch the video and complete the work step by step.Please review the attchments and answer the solutions like “2” and”2-2-10″. Thanks.
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As mentioned at the beginning of the course, your Final assignment has finally a

As mentioned at the beginning of the course, your Final assignment has finally arrived. See the instructions regarding the same.
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
The Goal: The goal of the assignment is to create a 10-12-page argumentative (or position) essay (not including the cover page and the reference pages) utilizing at least eight selected peer-reviewed journal articles.
The Writing Prompt: You will examine the use of public/private partnerships (PPPs) in aiding an organization with a problem (click here for information on PPPs and click here for examples of PPPs). Further, you will argue either for or against using a PPP to address a problem.
Find a problem open to a PPP opportunity: Search the Web and find a problem that may benefit from PPP financing—the problem should be able to use a mix of private (debt, notes, and cash) and public financing (bonds). If you need inspiration for finding a problem, then remember that Pennsylvania Department of Transportation offers examples of PPPs.
Think about the PPP opportunity: Using what you learned in this course, create a description of the proposed investment opportunity, the goals and mission of the opportunity, the financial impact of the opportunity, the financial considerations for all the stakeholders, and a discussion of the private and public funding mechanisms. Further, identify the opportunity’s assumptions, risk factors, and microeconomic and macroeconomic factors. Remember to include estimates of the cost of capital and total funding required. If possible, estimate the WACC for public and private financings.
Take a position: Establish whether you wish to argue for or against the PPP opportunity.
Remember, you are producing an argumentative (or position) essay requiring you to take a stance after discussing the problem with an audience! You may wish to refer to Rogerian Argument and Writing for Success: Argument for advice on writing an argumentative essay.
Assignment InstructionsThe assignment is to create a 10-12-page argument utilizing at least 8 selected peer-reviewed journal articles (not including the cover page and the reference page which are required on every paper you write). You should strive to produce an argumentative essay addressing the writing prompt.
Your paper should follow the guidelines below:
I. Introduction – Give background or perhaps an illustrative example to show the significance of the subject or the nature of the controversy. Consider stating the conclusion of your argument here as the thesis of your essay.
II. Refutation – Give a brief statement of a refutation of the opposing view(s) to make your reader aware that you have considered but rejected it (them) for good reasons. This refutation may be more appropriately placed last, just before your conclusion, or even interspersed at effective locations throughout the essay. You must choose the best location.
III. Presentation of your argument – Throughout the body of your essay you should build your case one point at a time, perhaps devoting one paragraph to the defense of each of your premises, or setting forth your evidence in separate, meaningful categories.
IV. Conclusion – After all your evidence has been presented and/or your premises defended, pull your whole argument together in the last paragraph by showing how the evidence you have presented provides sufficient grounds for accepting your conclusion. You may also add here some conventional device to finish your essay, such as a prediction, a new example, a reference to the example with which you began (now seen in a new light) etc.
You have two applications to select from: a) financing infrastructure (such as roads, bridges, railroads, etc.), or b) financing a global climate change project (possibly using bonds).
You are expected to apply what you have learned in the class by defining the problem you have selected and follow with an inclusion of (a) the proposed investment opportunity, (b) the goals and mission of the project, (c) the financial impact of the project, (d) the financial considerations for all the stakeholders, and (e) a discussion of the funding mechanisms. You need to identify the public and private partnerships that you propose to solve the problem. You will need to include your assumptions of the risk factors and micro and macroeconomic factors that could affect the project being funded.
Remember: If you are arguing against using a public/private partnership, you will need to suggest an alternative method of finance to solve the problem or achieve the goal. If you are arguing for using a public/private partnership, you will need to address the reasons it is better than alternative methods of financing to solve the problem or achieve the goal.
Be sure to write on a problem that you are trying to solve and not one that was provided as an example.

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pleasa write all the answers in the file , avoid plagiarism , the work should be in your own woeds , writie references. ” and long answer of 200-300 or more

Access the prevailing rates set by the Federal Reserve Board.
Prepare a chart an

Access the prevailing rates set by the Federal Reserve Board.
Prepare a chart and analyze your selected commercial bank’s historical profitability with the Federal Reserve interest rates over the past five years
Discuss how these rates affected your bank’s profitability
Read the Annual Report of your selected commercial bank. Answer and discuss the following:What is the announced mission, and future direction, as stated by the bank’s Chief Executive Officer?
Is your commercial bank in a good financial position to achieve those objectives?
Review and summarize the latest Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test results.
Review and summarize the latest BASEL III disclosures.
Prepare a forecast of your selected bank’s projected profitability (You forecast this!).Assume that the Federal Reserve Board holds the interest rates “as is” or constant
Discuss the impact this constant interest rate would have on three years of your bank’s profitability
This powerpoint must be narrated. The narration needs to be at least 10 minutes long. Include narration script. (Do not record yourself I will record myself using the provided script.
THE SELECTED BANK IS USAA.

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Make sure youb read the files, questions and know nhow to answer all the questins
Make sure you are good at finance.
Read the case and answer the questions
1. Did theb excel
2. do the write-up
Write-ups should address the suggested questions directly. Recommendations and evaluations should be supported using case data and all the assumptions used in the calculations should be made clear.
Basic format: A suggested basic format is as follows: (1) brief one-paragraph executive summary including your main findings, recommendation and rationale; (2) details of your analysis, including the reasons for your recommendations and the key assumptions (and justifications for these) used in your analysis; (3) and supporting exhibits/calculations.
Length: Case write-ups should be no more than four pages of text. You may attach as many supporting calculations and tables as you wish. These supporting tables and spreadsheets should contain clearly labeled assumptions and formulae.

Given the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and the information it yields, write a re

Given the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and the information it yields, write a report which discusses your commercial bank’s strengths and weaknesses. The bank is USAA. This report must be written using the Microsoft Word.
I have attached the grading rubric.
properly cite all references.