Venture Capital Assignment 2

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The scenario is, We are creating a venture capital firm For a FINTECH company, The goal is to Reduce the wealth gap for women, people of color and lower income communities .

For this I want a 5-6 (Half page) lines paragraph which will cover the below topics:

 

  • Investment thesis and strategy
    • Early to middle stage start-ups that have high growth potential, a strong business model and a positive impact on society
      • Scalable business models
    • Target companies must have revenue
    • Add value to the portfolio companies through advising
      • Oversight (seat on portfolio company’s board)
    • Exit strategy – IPO or acquisition

250-Word Forum Post – Personal Finance

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Class: Personal Finance

250-word forum based on the following question:

Head to the internet and look for either a YouTube video or a web page that provides insight into setting personal or family financial goals.  Try not to duplicate one posted by your fellow student.  Provide a title for this link and a hyperlink this to the resource title you choose.  To create a hyperlink, start by copying the URL, then create a title in your posting.  Next, highlight the title, then open the small chain-link icon in the Discussion banner, and finally, paste the URL into the box in the drop down menu).

  • Provide a title and create a hyperlink at the top or bottom of your posting
  • Provide a description of the resource in your own words
  • What did you found interesting or informative and what critiques of the resource do you offer?
  • Engage with your classmates in two responses to compare resources shared.

Strategic Management In Global Environments

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Part 3: Company research

Goals:

– Locate an existing public corporation that operates within the scope identified by your team and  analyze their position relative to external environment constraints, internal environment, and strategic  approach.

Steps:

– Select a publicly traded corporation that your team believes has potential within an industry as regards  the scope identified in Part 1. Firms who have underperformed relative to industry leaders or whose  potential appears unrealized are preferred. Consider firms you know little or nothing about, in order to  maximize your learning. Company selection is subject to instructor approval.

o In exceptional circumstances, a private firm may be used, if a team is able to secure access to a  local firm who would benefit from a strategic analysis of their business and is willing to share  internal information (NDA required).

– Explore the corporate website. How is it laid out? What are your first impressions of the company?  Where is the company headquartered? Write down their HQ address info. Become familiar with the  location of the important information you will be searching throughout your project (e.g., investor  relations and other sections).

– Consult major databases available on campus along with high quality business publications to learn  about the company

1. Identify the company’s mission, vision, goals, and relevant stakeholders and write them down. How  clear are their mission and vision? Are they well communicated?

2. Become acquainted with the company’s products and services and draw up the company’s corporate  structure. How diversified are they?

3. If a business unit, conduct a value chain analysis of the target company:

4. Define the company’s strategic business units (if any)

5. Identify the company’s critical value-creating activities

6. Explore the international reach of the company. What is their global footprint? How many countries?  How much revenue do they derive from domestic vs. foreign markets? (see financials) 7. Identify the company’s executive officers and draw up the executive structure.

8. Identify the company’s board of directors and learn about their background. How many directors on  the board? How many insiders/outsiders/related? Who holds the key functions on the board? Are  there any subcommittees overseen by the board?

9. Scan their career opportunities page and summarize the types of jobs they offer. What fields are the  jobs in? Would you consider working with this company?

10. Locate and download the most recent corporate reports (e.g., annual report). How are they laid out?

11. Search for and read about your target company, from other online business news sources: has the  company been in the news recently? Summarize the general issues about this company from the  news?

12. Conduct a stakeholder analysis at the level of the issue/project, product, or organization (form  available on CC)

13. Identify and define the industry where the company obtains most of their revenues from. Analyze the  dynamics of this industry and the company’s competitive position relative to the five forces. What are  the industry’s driving forces and what is their impact?

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14. Identify and define the company’s major growth industry/ies. Analyze the company’s competitive  position in the industry/ies relative to the five forces.

15. Conduct a financial performance analysis:

– Read the most recent annual report of your assigned company and conduct financial ratios and  statement analyses:

– Choose the appropriate ratios to analyze

– Locate the appropriate sources to provide the raw data with which to calculate the ratios – Calculate the ratios and compare them; use multiple years as appropriate, check for opportunities  and problems

16. Conduct a non-financial performance analysis

– Collect and compile data regarding other measures of company performance from corporate  documents, databases, and other business sources.

– Analyze non-financial measures, as pertinent to your company (for more information, see the  “Performance” chapter posted on CC).

17. Conduct a core competency analysis. Using the value chain analysis, list the company’s major capability  areas. Specify if the company holds any core competencies or the potential to develop in the future.  Does the company have any core rigidities? How can the company restructure its capability portfolio to  address pressing issues you have identified?

What to prepare 

A written report which addresses the topics outlined in the steps above. If you are unable to find useful  information for any area, explain your methods and efforts. Any worksheets used may be appended to your  report. You may use this time to prepare data visualizations to be used in the final report (i.e., tables, figures,  etc.). Also provide a list of references for all information found (APA format), with proper referencing and  citations in the text of your report. Any tables, figures, or other exhibits should contain information about the  source of the data. There is no page limit.

FINB4063 Week 1 Answer Solution

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 I need help to solve some problems from book Corporate Investment Analysis – in FINANCE. Book from: Reilly, F. & brown, K. (2009). Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western/ Cengage Learning. Book used by Strayer University. I need help to solve those 3 problems: 1, 2, and 3

1). On February 1, you bought 100 shares of stock in the Francesca Corporation for $34 a share and a year later you sold it for $39 a share. During the year, you received a cash dividend of $1.50 a share. Compute your HPR and HPY on this Francesca stock investment.

 2). On august 15, you purchased 100 shares of stock in the Cara Cotton Company at $65 a share and a year later you sold it for $61 a share. During the year, you received dividends of $3 a share. Compute your HPR and HPY on your investment in Cara Cotton.

3). You are considering acquiring shares of common stock in the Madison Beer Corporation. Your rate of return expectations are as follows:

MADISON BEER CORP.

Possible Rate of Return

Probability

– 0.10

0.30

0.00

0.10

0.10

0.30

0.25

0.30

Compute the expected return [ E (Ri) ] on your investment in Madison Beer.

Sample Question Solution Chapter 2,3 & 5

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FIN 435 – Problem set (Mid 1)

Chapter 2

1. You are given the following information regarding prices for stocks of the following firms:

 

Price

 

Stock

Number of   shares

T

T+1

 

Beximco

1,000,000

60

80

 

BATBC

10,000,000

20

35

 

Bank Asia

30,000,000

18

25

a. Construct a price-weighted index for these three stocks, and compute the percentage change in the series for the period from T to T + 1. Assume a starting index value of 10,000 points.

b. Construct a value-weighted index for these three stocks, and compute the percentage change in the series for the period from T to T + 1. Assume a starting index value of 10,000 points.

c. Briefly discuss the difference in the results for the two stock indexes.

2. Based on the following stock price and shares outstanding information, compute the beginning and ending values for a price-weighted index and a market-value-weighted index. Assume that the value-weighted index had a base value of 100 points.

 

December 31, 2016

December 31, 2017

 

Stock

Price

Shares outstanding

Price

Shares outstanding

 

Beximco

20

100,000,000

32

100,000,000

 

BATBC

80

2,000,000

45

4,000,000

 

Bank Asia

40

25,000,000

42

25,000,000

a. Compute the percentage change in the value of each index.

b. Explain the difference in results between the two indexes.

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Use the following table for questions 3 to 12.

 

Jan. 13, 2017

Stock Price X Y Z

20 40 30

# Shares

X Y Z

1000 2000 1000*

 

Jan. 14, 2017

25

42

18

1000

2000

2000

 

Jan. 15, 2017

27

45

8

1000**

2000

2000

 

Jan. 16, 2017

20

40

10

3000

2000

2000

*2:1 Split on Stock Z after Close on Jan. 13, 2017

**3:1 Split on Stock X after Close on Jan. 15, 2017

The base date for index calculations is January 13, 2017

3. Calculate a price weighted average for January 13th. A. 32 B. 30

C. 36.13 D. 34

4. What is the divisor at the beginning of January 14th? A. 3.0 B. 2.5

C. 2.2734 D. 1.9375

5. Calculate a price weighted average for January 14th. A. 32 B. 30

C. 36.13 D. 34

6. Calculate a price weighed average for January 15th.

A. 30 B. 36.13

C. 32 D. 34

7. What is the divisor at the beginning of January 16th? A. 1.9375 B. 3.0

C. 2.5 D. 2.2734

8. Calculate a price weighted average for January 16th. A. 30 B. 32

C. 34 D. 36.13

9. Calculate a value weighted index for Jan. 13th if the initial index value is 100. A. 111.54 B. 100

C. 102.31 D. 123.07

10. Calculate a value weighted index for Jan. 14th if the initial index value is 100. A. 100 B. 102.31

C. 123.07 D. 111.54

11. Calculate a value weighted index for January 15th if the initial index value is 100. A. 102.31 B. 100

C. 123.07 D. 111.54

12. Calculate a value weighted index for January 16th if the initial index value is 100. A. 123.07 B. 100.00

C. 102.31 D. 111.54

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Chapter 3

1. Assume you purchased 200 shares of ENVOYTEX common stock on margin at BDT 70 per share from your broker. If the initial margin is 55%, how much did you borrow from the broker?

2. You want to purchase OLYMPIC stock at BDT 40 from your broker using as little of your own money as possible. If initial margin is 50% and you have BDT 4000 to invest, how many shares can you buy?

3. Assume you sell short 100 shares of common stock at BDT 45 per share, with initial margin at 50%. The stock paid no dividends during the period, and you did not remove any money from the account before making the offsetting transaction. What would be your rate of return if you covered the short sale at BDT 40/share?

4. You purchased 100 shares of GLAXOSMITH common stock on margin at BDT 70 per share. Assume the initial margin is 50% and the maintenance margin is 30%. Assume the stock pays no dividend; ignore interest on margin. Below what stock price level would you get a margin call?

5. You sold short 100 shares of common stock at BDT 45 per share. The initial margin is 50%. At what stock price would you receive a margin call if the maintenance margin is 35%?

6. Mofiz opens a brokerage account and purchases 300 shares of Hafiz Corporation at BDT 40 per share. He borrows BDT 4,000 from his broker to help pay for the purchase. The interest rate on the loan is 8%.

a. If the share price falls to BDT 30 per share by the end of the year, what is the remaining margin in his account? If the maintenance margin requirement is 30%, will he receive a margin call?

b. What is the rate of return on his investment?

7. You are bullish on ABC stock. The current market price is BDT 50 per share, and you have BDT 5,000 of your own to invest. You borrow an additional BDT 5,000 from your broker at an interest rate of 8% per year and invest BDT 10,000 in the stock.

a. What will be your rate of return if the price of ABC stock goes up by 10% during the next year? The stock currently pays no dividends.

b. How far does the price of ABC stock have to fall for you to get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30%? Assume the price fall happens immediately.

8. Sabrina has a margin account with a balance of BDT 150,000. If the initial margin deposit is 60 percent and Apex Industries is currently selling at BDT 50 per share.

a. How many shares of Apex can Sabrina purchase?

b. What is Sabrina’s profit/loss if Apex’s price after one year is BDT 40?

c. If the maintenance margin is 25 percent, to what price can Apex Industries fall before Sabrina receives a margin call?

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9. Hiya has a margin account with a balance of BDT 50,000. If the initial margin deposit is 50 percent, and Reliance Industries is currently selling at BDT 50 per share.

a. How many shares of Reliance can Hiya buy?

b. What is Hiya’s profit if Reliance’s price rises to BDT 80?

c. If the maintenance margin is 25 percent, to what price can Reliance Industries stock price fall before Hiya receives a margin call?

10. Sarah has a margin account with a balance of BDT 60,000. If initial margin requirements are 80 percent, and BD Lamps is currently selling at BDT 40 per share.

a. How many shares of BD Lamps can Sarah buy?

b. What is Sarah’s profit if BD Lamp’s price rises to BDT 50?

c. If the maintenance margin is 25 percent, to what price can BD Lamps fall before Sarah receives a margin call?

11. You decide to sell 100 shares of Beximco Industries short when it is selling at its yearly high of BDT 35. Your broker tells you that your margin requirement is 55 percent and that the commission on the sale is BDT 15. While you are short, Beximco pays a BDT 0.75 per share dividend. At the end of one year you buy your Beximco shares (cover your short sale) at BDT 30 and are charged a commission of BDT 15 and a 6 percent interest rate.

a. What is your dollar return on the investment?

b. What is your rate of return on the investment?

12. You decide to sell 100 shares of Tareq Enterprises Inc. short when it is selling at its yearly high of BDT 42.25. Your broker tells you that your margin requirement is 60 percent and that the commission on the sale is BDT 20. While you are short, Tareq pays a BDT 0.85 per share dividend. At the end of one year you buy your Tareq shares (cover your short sale) at BDT 44 and are charged a commission of BDT 20 and a 5 percent interest rate.

a. What is your dollar return on the investment?

b. What is your rate of return on the investment?

13. Suppose you buy a round lot of DS Solutions stock on 60% margin when it is selling at BDT 55 a share. The broker charges a 10 percent annual interest rate and commissions are 3 percent of the total stock value on both the purchase and the sale. If at year end you receive a BDT 1.10 per share dividend and sell the stock for 55 5/8, what is your rate of return on the investment?

14. Suppose you buy a round lot of GD Inc. stock on 55% margin when it is selling at BDT 40 a share. The broker charges a 10 percent annual interest rate and commissions are 4 percent of the total stock value on both the purchase and the sale. If at year end you receive a BDT 0.90 per share dividend and sell the stock for 35 5/8, what is your rate of return on the investment?

15. Suppose you buy a round lot of Altaf Industries stock on 50% margin when it is selling at BDT 35 a share. The broker charges a 10 percent annual interest rate and commissions are 5 percent of the total stock value on both the purchase and the sale. If at year end you receive a BDT 1.00 per share dividend and sell the stock for BDT 42.63, what is your rate of return on the investment?

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16. You decide to sell short 200 shares of Prime Bank stock at a price of BDT 75. Your margin deposit is 65 percent. Commission on the sale is 1.25%. While you are short, the stock pays a BDT 1.75 per share dividend. Interest on margin debt is 5.25% per year.

a. At the end of one year you close out your short position by purchasing share of Prime Bank at BDT 45 per share. The commission is 1.25%. What is your rate of return on the investment?

b. Suppose at the end of one year Prime Bank is selling at BDT 90 per share and you cover your short position at this price. What is your rate of return on the investment? (Assume a 1.25% commission on the purchase)

17. Shares of Square stock are selling for BDT 45 per share. Brokerage commissions are 2% for purchases and 2% for sales. The interest rate on margin debt is 6.25% per year. The maintenance margin is 30%.

a. At the end of one year shares of Square stock are selling for BDT 55 per share and the company paid dividends of BDT 0.85 per share. Assuming that you paid the full cost of the purchase, what is your rate of return if you sell Square stock?

b. At the end of one year shares of Square stock are selling for BDT 35 per share and the company paid dividends of BDT 0.85 per share. Assuming that you paid the full cost of the purchase, what is your rate of return if you sell Square stock?

c. At the end of one year shares of Square stock are selling for BDT 55 per share and the company paid dividends of BDT 0.85 per share. Assuming that you borrowed 25% of cost of the purchase, what is your rate of return?

d. At the end of one year shares of Square stock are selling for BDT 35 per share and the company paid dividends of BDT 0.85 per share. Assuming that you borrowed 25% of cost of the purchase, what is your rate of return?

e. Assume that you purchase 150 shares of Square stock at BDT 45 each by making a margin deposit of 55%. At what price would you receive a margin call?

18. The stock of the Prime Bank is selling for BDT 28 a share. You put in a limit buy order at BDT 24 for one month. During the month, the stock price declines to BDT 20, then jumps to BDT 36. Ignoring commissions, what would have been your rate of return on this investment? What would be your rate of return if you had put in a market order? What if your limit order was at BDT 18?

19. You decide to sell short 100 shares of Square Pharma when it is selling at its yearly high of 56. Your broker tells you that your margin requirement is 45 percent and that the commission on the purchase is BDT 155. While you are short the stock, Charlotte pays a BDT 2.50 per share dividend. At the end of one year, you buy 100 shares of Square Pharma at 45 to close out your position and are charged a commission of BDT 145 and 8 percent interest on the money borrowed. What is your rate of return on the investment?

20. Suppose you buy a round lot of Zodiac Industries stock on 55 percent margin when the stock is selling at BDT 20 a share. The broker charges a 10 percent annual interest rate, and commissions are 3 percent of the total stock value on both the purchase and sale. A year later, you receive a BDT 0.50 per share dividend and sell the stock for 27. What is your rate of return on the investment?

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Chapter 5

1. You purchased a share of stock for BDT 20. One year later you received BDT 1 as a dividend and sold the share for BDT 29. What was your holding-period return?

2. You have been given this probability distribution for the holding-period return for ABC stock.

 

State of the economy

Probability

HPR

 

Boom

0.30

18%

 

Normal growth

0.50

12%

 

Recession

0.20

-5%

a) What is the expected holding-period return for ABC stock?

b) What is the expected standard deviation for ABC stock?

c) What is the expected variance for ABC stock?

3. If a portfolio had a return of 12%, the risk free asset return was 4%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio’s excess returns was 25%, what would be the risk premium?

4. You purchase a share of ACI stock for BDT 90. One year later, after receiving a dividend of BDT 3, you sell the stock for BDT 92. What was your holding-period return?

5. If a portfolio had a return of 15%, the risk free asset return was 5%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio’s excess returns was 30%, what would be the Sharpe ratio?

6. You purchased a share of stock for BDT 30. One year later you received BDT 1.50 as a dividend and sold the share for BDT 32.25. What was your holding-period return?

7. BATBC stock has the following probability distribution of expected prices one year from now:

 

State of   the economy

Probability

Price

 

1

25%

BDT 50

 

2

40%

BDT 60

 

3

35%

BDT 70

If you buy BATBC today for BDT 55 and it will pay a dividend during the year of BDT 4 per share, what is your expected holding-period return on BATBC?

Section 1 Review Problems Solutions Chapter 1 To 3

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Chapter #1

PROBLEMS (p. 24-25)

(Note: Some of these problems require the use of the Time Value of Money Tables in the Chapter 1 Appendix, pp. 40-43).

1. Using the rule of 72, approximate the following amounts.

a. If the value of land in an area is increasing 6 percent a year, how long will it take for property values to double?

b. If you earn 10 percent on your investments, how long will it take for your money to double?

c. At an annual interest rate of 5 percent, how long will it take for your savings to double?

 

2. In 2013, selected automobiles had an average cost of $16,000. The average cost of those same automobiles is now $20,000. What was the rate of increase for these automobiles between the two time periods?

3. A family spends $46,000 a year for living expenses. If prices increase by 3 percent a year for the next three years, what amount will the family need for their living expenses after three years?

 

4. Ben Collins plans to buy a house for $220,000. If that real estate is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be seven years from now?

 

5. What would be the yearly earnings for a person with $8,000 in savings at an annual interest rate of 1.5 percent?

 

6. Using time value of money tables (Exhibit 1-3 or Chapter Appendix tables-Pages 40-43), calculate the following:

a. The future value of $550 six years from now at 7 percent.

b. The future value of $700 saved each year for 10 years at 8 percent.

c. The amount that a person would have to deposit today (present value) at a 5 percent interest rate in order to have $1,000 five years from now.

d. The amount that a person would have to deposit today in order to be able to take out $500 a year for 10 years from an account earning 8 percent.

7. If you desire to have $10,000 for a down payment for a house in five years, what amount would you need to deposit today? Assume that your money will earn 4 percent.

8. Pete Morton is planning to go to graduate school in a program of study that will take three years. Pete wants to have $8,000 available each year for various school and living expenses. If he earns 3 percent on his money, how much must be deposit at the start of his studies to be able to withdraw $8,000 a year for three years?

9. Carla Lopez deposits $3,000 a year into her retirement account. If these funds have an average earning of 7 percent over the 40 years until her retirement, what will be the value of her retirement account?

10. If a person spends $10 a week on coffee (assume $500 a year), what would be the future value of that amount over ten years if the funds were deposited in an account earning 3 percent?

 

Chapter #2

PROBLEMS (p. 65-66)

1. Based on the following data, determine the amount of total assets, total liabilities, and net worth.

Liquid assets, $3,870               Investment assets, $8,340

Current liabilities, $2,670          Household assets, $87,890

Long-term liabilities, $76,230

 

a. Total assets

b. Total liabilities

c. Net worth

2. Using the following balance sheet items and amounts, calculate the total liquid assets and total current liabilities: Money market account $2,600 Medical bills $262

Mortgage $158,000 Checking account $780

Retirement account $87,400 Credit card balance $489

a. Total liquid assets

b. Total current liabilities

3. Use the following items to determine the total assets, total liabilities, net worth, total cash inflows, and total cash outflows.

Rent for the month, $650                             Monthly take-home salary, $2,185

Spending for food, $345                               Cash in checking account, $450

Savings account balance, $1,890                 Balance of educational loan, $2,160

Current value of automobile, $8,800             Telephone bill paid for month, $65

Credit card balance, $235                             Loan payment, $80

Auto insurance, $230                                    Household possessions, $3,400

Video equipment, $2,350                              Payment for electricity, $90

Lunches/parking at work, $180                      Donations, $160

Personal computer, $1,200                            Value of stock investment, $860

Clothing purchase, $110                                Restaurant spending, $130

 

a. Total assets =

b. Total liabilities =

c. Net worth =

a. Total cash inflows =

e. Total cash outflows =

 

4. For each of the following situations, compute the missing amount.

 

a. Assets $65,000; liabilities $18,000; net worth=??

 

b. Assets $86,500; liabilities=?? net worth $18,700.

 

c. Assets $34,280; liabilities $12,965; net worth=??

 

d. Assets=?? liabilities $38,345; net worth $52,654

5. Based on this financial data, calculate the ratios requested: (Page 51) Liabilities $7,800 Net worth $58,000

Liquid assets $4,600                           Current liabilities $1,300

Monthly credit payments $640            Take-home pay $2,575

Monthly savings $130                          Gross income $2,850

 

a. Debt ratio

b. Current ratio

c. Debt-payments ratio

d. Savings ratio

 

10. Fran Powers created the following budget and reported the actual spending listed. Calculate the variance for each of these categories, and indicate whether it was a deficit or a surplus.

 

Item                                    Budgeted          Actual       Variance        Deficit/Surplus

 

Food                                     $360                $298

 

Transportation                       320                  334

 

Housing                                 950                  982

 

Clothing                                  110                  134

 

Personal                                 275                  231

 

Note: A deficit in one category means that another category will have to make up the difference.

 

Chapter #3

PROBLEMS (p.100-101)

2. If Samantha Jones had the following itemized deductions, should she use Schedule A or the standard deduction? The standard deduction for her tax situation is $6,350.

Donations to church and other charities, $3,050

Medical and dental expenses exceeding 10 percent of adjusted gross income, $450

State income tax, $920

Job-related expenses exceeding 2 percent of adjusted gross income, $1,450

3. What would be the average tax rate for a person who paid taxes of $6,435 on a taxable income of $40,780?

5. If $4,323 was withheld during the year and taxes owed were $4,122, would the person owe an additional amount or receive a refund? What is the amount?

9. Using the tax table in Exhibit 3–5, determine the amount of taxes for the following situations:

a. A head of household with taxable income of $62,525.

b. A single person with taxable income of $62,001.

c. A married person filing a separate return with taxable income of $62,365.

10. Wendy Brooks prepares her own income tax return each year. A tax preparer would charge her $75 for this service. Over a period of 10 years, how much does Wendy gain from preparing her own tax return? Assume she can earn 3 percent on her savings. (LO 3.3)

11. Julia Sims has $30,000 of adjusted gross income and $5,000 of medical expenses. She will be itemizing her tax deductions this year. The most recent tax year has a medical expenses floor of 10%. How much of a tax deduction will Julia be able to deduct?

 

***Tax Law Change: Medical and Dental expenses that can be itemized have changed over the years from 7.5% to 10%, back to 7.5% You will be told in all problems whether to use 7.5% or 10% for your calculations.

 

14. On December 30, you decide to make a $3,000 charitable donation. (LO 3.4)

a. If you are in the 28 percent tax bracket, how much will you save in taxes for the current year?

b. If you deposit that tax savings in a savings account for the next five years at 8 percent, what will be the future value of that account?

Which strategies are most effective for increasing workplace mindfulness?

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Topic:  Which strategies are most effective for increasing workplace mindfulness?

Purpose

Preparing an Executive Summary is a critical skill for business writers.  This assignment will provide feedback you can use in your final report.

Tasks

1. Review the Executive Summary Section of the Prefatory Parts document under the Report Instructions Module that appears after the Week 1 Module on Canvas.  Next read the How to Write An Executive Summary narrated slides for pointers about how to write an effective executive summary.  After you write the draft, please review your draft using the Executive Summary rubric that I and your peer group will use to provide you with feedback.

2.  Summarize your report in a one-page document that contains these sections:

  • Describe the research problem or question studied.
  • Identify the methods used to study the research problem/question. Which types of research did you use? Which databases were used?
  • List the major research findings (the what?).
  • Provide conclusions (the so what?) and recommendations (the now what?).  Be specific when writing this paragraph.

Note: Please reference the sample attached to write an EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. And three resources are:

1. Being Intentional About Workplace Mindfulness Programs(attached)

2. Promoting Sustainability: The Effects of Workplace Mindfulness Training (attached)

3.  A Workplace Mindfulness Intervention May Be Associated With Improved Psychological Well-Being and Productivity. A Preliminary Field Study in a Company Setting (  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00195/full )

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Barriers in Communication. See attachments.

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Barriers in Communication. See attachments.

This assignment will have three parts. Parts 2 and 3 will be combined and submitted in the same document.

Part 1:

After watching all the videos provided in this unit, choose three to five of the videos to view again. As you review the videos, take note of the causes of the communication barriers and the tools discussed to overcome these barriers or the four communication skills. You will use your notes to complete Part 2 and Part 3 of this assignment.

Part 2:

Use the videos provided in this unit to answer the following questions. Be sure to include the title of the video where you found each example in your response.

  • What were the common causes of the communication barriers? List and give an example of each.
  • What common tools can be used to break through those barriers? How? Explain.
  • Principles, styles, and noisemakers were also discussed in the unit. Were any of these also communication barriers as discussed in the video segments? How so? Explain.

Your written responses to these questions should total at least one page.

Part 3:

Now that you have learned what to do when overcoming communication barriers, reflect on a specific time at work where you faced communication barriers. Describe the communication barrier, what you did wrong, and how you would use the tools learned in this unit to make this situation overcome the communication barrier you experienced.Your written response should total at least one page.The total length of the assignment (Parts 2 and 3 combined) should be at least two pages.Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

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Swot Analysis

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Cases In Finance Midterm

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Task 1.3 Main Task – Case Analysis

Students are required to perform a number of debt ratio, and profitability indicator analyses. A series of calculations are required based on real data taken from well known companies. The data, and required questions for analysis are included as additional information below.

The due date for this assessment is March 14th, 2022, 17:00pm CET.

The word limit is between 500-1000.

A rubric for this assessment is also included.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Case A

Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19 in Germany, the Berlin based brewing company Federbrau was very successful throughout the European continent. During 2019, the brewer reported net sales of € 415 million, 6% up from 2018. Internal auditors also determined its operating profit (EBIT) amounted to € 40 million in the same period. As part of their expansion strategy, they devoted substantial investments in net working capital, the company’s net book value increased from € 215 million to € 230 million, while net fixed assets remained stable at € 130 million. The company managed to maintain its capital structure with a debt to equity ratio of 0.75 and a 40% Equity Ratio.

Based on German corporate income tax of 25% and interest rate of 5.0%, calculate the following;

• Net Profit Margin (5 marks)

• Working Capital Requirement (WCR) and working capital ratio over sales for 2019 (5 marks)

• Post-tax Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2019 (10 marks)

• Free Cash Flow (FCF) for 2019 (10 marks)

Case B

In 2019, Japanese electronic giant Sony Inc. had ¥ 16,5 million in operating income (EBIT). With the huge demand for their products, Sony experienced a net depreciation expense of ¥ 3,3 million coupled with an interest expense of ¥ 2,2 million. Being subject to strict Japanese corporate tax, its corporate income tax was 40%. Furthermore, to maintain their competitive advantage over their rival Samsung, they maintain ¥ 44 million in operating current assets and ¥ 15,4 million in operating current liabilities; Sony keeps ¥ 49,5 million in net fixed assets. It estimates that it has a post-tax cost of capital of 10%

Based on Sony’s only non-cash item being depreciation, calculate the following:

• Sony’s net income after taxes (NEAT) for the year? (5 marks)

• Sony’s Net Operating Profit After Taxes (NOPAT)? (5 marks)

• Sony’s net operating working capital (WC) and total net operating capital for the current year? (10 marks)

• If the Working Capital Ratio (WCR/sales) read 25% in 2019, what was Sony’s sales revenue? (10 marks)

• If total net operating capital was ¥ 75 million for the previous year (2018), what was Sony’s Free Cash Flow (FCF) in 2019? (10 marks)

Case C

Below is the company data for Apple Inc, currently being traded on the US markets. The measures are stated om millions of USD currency.

· Cash & marketable securities $165

· Fixed assets $286

· Net sales $1320

· Earnings Before Interests and Taxes (EBIT) $143

· Net Earnings After Taxes (NEAT ) $ 66

· Quick Ratio ((CA-Inventory)/CL) 2.1 to 1

· Current Ratio (CA/CL) 3.4 to 1

· Average Collection Period (ACP) 45.60 days

· Return on Equity (ROE, NEAT/Net Common Equity) 13%

· Tax rate 25%

For Apples Liabilities & Equity side, they only report common equity, debt and current operating liabilities.

Based on the detailed information above, find the following calculations;

• (1) Accounts Receivables, (2) Current Operating Liabilities, (3) Current Assets, (4) Total Assets, (5) Net Common Equity, and (6) Debt. (10 marks)

• With the increase in online commerce, assume Apple has decreased its ACP by 15.60 days (i.e., totaling 30 days) while holding all other variables constant, how much cash could they generate? (10 marks).

• What is Apple’s ROIC (post-tax) ? (10 marks)

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