FIN510

Week 1: Financial Management Much of the analysis done by financial managers is based on numbers that are different from what would seem to be the corresponding numbers presented in the financial statements. This difference is not due to any kind of cooking the books or other attempts to mislead anyone. One example is the use of market value rather than historical cost in the valuation of assets. For your first post, define financial management. What are some other examples of the differences...

Annuity Payment and EAR You want to buy a car, and a local bank will lend you $15,000. The loan would be fully amortized over 6 years (72 months), and the nominal interest rate would be 9%, with interest paid monthly. What is the monthly loan payment? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $ What is the loan's EFF%? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % Present and Future Values of Single Cash Flo...

Week 3: TVM Model 3737 unread replies.7676 replies. What are some of the assumptions behind the TVM calculations? How do these assumptions limit our application of these calculations? **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. You should have two postings for your 20 points.

Week 3: TVM Model 3737 unread replies.7676 replies. What are some of the assumptions behind the TVM calculations? How do these assumptions limit our application of these calculations? **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. You should have two postings for your 20 points.

Our discussion topic concerns the calculation of stock values using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). Explain the CAPM model. The textbook provides a list of betas for a selection of stocks. Choose two firms from that list and discuss whether the betas are what you would expect. Be sure to explain why or why not. Calculate the returns based on the CAPM model. Be sure to state your assumptions. **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. You should have two po...

Our textbook and lesson discuss some considerations that should be taken into account when doing capital budgeting: incremental earnings, interest expenses, taxes, opportunity costs, externalities, sunk costs, cannibalization or erosion, depreciation, salvage value, and others. For your first post, explain in detail what defines capital budgeting. Then explain how two of the considerations above affect capital budgeting. **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. ...

NPV A project has an initial cost of $55,000, expected net cash inflows of $13,000 per year for 6 years, and a cost of capital of 10%. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Begin by constructing a time line.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. NPVs, IRRs, and MIRRs for Independent Projects Edelman Engineering is considering including two pieces of equipment, a truck and an overhead pulley system, in this year's capital budget. The projects are indep...

Do some research and find some historical or current real-life examples of agency problems. Will the measures discussed in the text help to prevent problems like your examples in the future? What else would you advise? You may provide examples of agency problems from your own experience. If you do that, be careful to provide enough anonymity so that you won't get in trouble. **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. You should have two postings for your 20 point...

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Explain the cash conversion cycle (CCC). Describe the CCC for your employer or company in an industry in which you're interested. What are some specific things that your company could do to decrease your cash conversion cycle? Let's be sure to describe, in pretty specific terms, the CCC for our company and what could be done to shorten it. **For full credit reply to the prompt and to another student's response. You should have two postings for your 20 points.