FIN 419 Complete Course

Week 1

Individual Assignment: Limited Liability Corporation and Partnership Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you explain roles of limited liability corporations and partnerships. If you were establishing your own business, under what circumstances would you choose one instead of the other?

Discussion Questions

1. What is a limited liability corporation? What is a limited liability partnership? What are the differences? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

2. What is a sensitivity analysis? What is a scenario analysis? How would you apply each one to a potential investment opportunity? How would you use the information from this analysis? Explain.

3. What are some risk management techniques? How would you use portfolio management to assess the risk and return of an investment? Predict how the results would be different based on different risk preferences?

4. Based on your assessment of risk using portfolio Management, what factors would you use to make different risk preferences?

Week 2

Individual Assignment: Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

Ch. 5: P53, P54, P513

Ch. 10: P104

Learning Team Assignments: Financial Outcomes Paper

Choose a faculty-approved Fortune 500 organization.

Select a financial initiative from the managements message to the shareholders using its most recent annual report and other financial statements submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you compare and contrast three potential financial outcomes your Learning Team envisions for the initiative. Complete the following in your paper:

Evaluate your findings to determine the most likely outcome.

Include calculations that support your analysis of various financial outcomes and discuss the financial effect on the organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What is the difference between present values and future values? How would you use present and future value techniques in preparing a financial plan for retirement? How would various required rates of return affect your decision? Explain.

What is a loan amortization schedule? How would you use it determine your loan interest rate? What factors would impact your choice between two loans?

What are the three key inputs to the valuation model? How would you determine the valuation of an asset?

How would the intrinsic value of assets differ from the market value? Explain.

Week 3

Individual Assignment: Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

Ch. 2: P2-1, P2-2

Ch. 4: P423, P432, P446. P448

Ch. 6: P615

Ch. 7: P76

Learning Team Assignment: Capital Valuation Paper

Resource: Financial Outcomes Paper from Week Two

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you justify the current market price of the organizations debt, if any, and equity, using various capital valuation models. Complete the following in your paper:

Show calculations that support your findings, including those involving rates of return.

Defend which valuation model best supports your findings.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What is an aggressive financing strategy? What are the components of aggressive finance strategies? What is difference between the aggressive and conservative financing model? Under what circumstances would you use either one?

What is an asset? What is a liability? What is the difference between assets and liabilities? Can an organization operate without current liabilities? Explain.

Define factoring of accounts receivables. How does factoring effect cash management? Explain the difference between factoring and accounts receivable financing.

What is zero working capital? How would you define zero working capital? When would this methodology be used? Would this model be applicable to all organizations? Explain.

Week 4

Individual Assignment 1: Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

Ch. 14: P149, P1416

Ch. 15: P159

Individual Assignment 2: Scott Equipment Organization Paper

Resource: Financial Outcomes Paper

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you review your organizations most recent financial reports, such as balance sheets, statements of cash flow, management comments, and footnotes to financial statements, to explain how each current asset and liability account has affected cash management strategies. Complete the following in your paper:

Assume next years forecasted revenues increase by 20%.

Provide a detailed working capital recommendation to senior management based on next years increase in revenue along with assumptions you make regarding other line items in the pro forma financial statements.

Discuss the effect of this revenue increase on the firms working capital policy.

Identify lessons learned and discuss areas for further development in your conclusion.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Create a 5- to 8-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for the organizations senior management with an executive summary of your Working Capital Strategies paper.

Discussion Questions

What is investment banking? How would the investment banker assist an organization in going public? As a CFO, what information would you need to select an investment banker?

What is the difference between operating and financial leverage? What is the importance of assessing operating vs. financial leverage?

What are the risks of having an excessive amount of financial leverage in an organization? What is the degree of total leverage?

What is EBIT-EPS analysis? What is the indifference curve? How is risk factored into the EBIT-EPS analysis? What are the basic short comings of EBITs analyses?

Week 5

Individual Assignment: Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

Ch. 4: P42, P43

Ch. 12: P124, P1219, P1221

FIN 419 Week 5 Individual Assignment - Final Examination

Learning Team Assignment: International Finance Paper

Locate an organization that has an international presence.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on your organization in which you complete the following:

Explain how the global investment banking process has assisted the organization.

Explain how regulatory bodies affect financial decision making.

Identify and evaluate contemporary issues in international financial management.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.