• Q : Calculate dollar amount of acceptable accounts receivable....
    Finance Basics :

    Springer Products wishes to borrow $80,000 from a local bank using its accounts receivable to secure the loan. The banks policy is to accept as collateral any accounts that are normally paid within 30

  • Q : Describe the essential financial reporting....
    Finance Basics :

    Please explain the essential financial reporting that publicly traded companies must conduct as required by the SEC, other regulatory agencies, and for their investors.

  • Q : Computation of additional funded needed....
    Finance Basics :

    The Booth Company's sales are forecasted to double from $1,000 in 2010 to $2,000 in 2011. Here is the December 31, 2010, balance sheet. Cash $100 Accounts payable $50

  • Q : Estimate earnings per share of common stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Vessels Corporation's net income for the most recent year was $2,532,000. A total of 200,000 shares of common stock and 200,000 shares of preferred stock were outstanding throughout the year.

  • Q : Protecting bank customers....
    Finance Basics :

    As you know from reading through the Background Materials, there are a large number of regulations that govern our banking system. But as a banking customer, how safe do you really feel?

  • Q : Determine causes of inflation....
    Finance Basics :

    Most economists and financial analysts generally agree that inflation is a bad thing and should be kept to a minimum. But should inflation be zero? This is an entirely different matter subject to much

  • Q : Compare and contrast options available in financial markets....
    Finance Basics :

    Being a financial manager of a large firm, you need $70 million over the next year. What are the more likely alternatives for you to borrow or raise $70 million?

  • Q : Calculate the investment expected return....
    Finance Basics :

    Carter Inc. is evaluating a security. One-year Treasury bills are currently paying 9.1 percent. Calculate the investment's expected return and its standard deviation.

  • Q : Calculating markup price and contribution margin....
    Finance Basics :

    Diamond Machine Technology makes a tool for sharpening the blades of pruning sheers and grass clippers. The company has invested $250,000 in developing this sharpener, which it would like to make back

  • Q : Prepare a table for key financial information....
    Finance Basics :

    Prepare a table for a period of three years showing some key financial information for the two companies listed above. Include four items from the balance sheet, four items from the income statement,

  • Q : Calculating break-even price....
    Finance Basics :

    Miller Manufacturing, Inc. produces electronic components for television circuitry. Variable costs comprise 67% of a product's selling price. The variable costs of producing a component include the fo

  • Q : Find the intrinsic value of the stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Find the intrinsic value of the stock of company ABC using the following data, Dividends for the next 4 years are expected to be .59, .67, .76, .85. Subsequent growth will be at the computed growth ra

  • Q : Primary activities & decisions required of financial manager....
    Finance Basics :

    How does the job of Finance Manager relate to economics and accounting? What are the primary activities and the decisions required of the Financial Manager?

  • Q : Analyze the new operating mechanisms....
    Finance Basics :

    As a leader, your job is to define the operating mechanisms for your organization, use them to align the teachable point of view (TPOV), and create positive emotional energy.

  • Q : Forecasting future directions in the stock market....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume that Nike Inc. (NKE) is expanding globally. One way to expand globally is to buy shares of other companies, while other way is to open up new branches. But both options are not risk free.

  • Q : Analyzing cost using the cost classifications....
    Finance Basics :

    Your team of employees and you are working on a big project for the hospital's chief financial officer (CFO). Together, you will develop a system to justify the full-time employees of the laboratory d

  • Q : Calculate and compare the inventory turnover ratios....
    Finance Basics :

    You will assume the role of a financial analyst and create a full analysis between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Please explain all calculations and ensure that you answer each and every question thoroughly.

  • Q : Generating enough cash to fuel the growth....
    Finance Basics :

    If someone believes they can easily double the size of a business within 2 years, but the financial forecast shown in the business plan show the business can not generate enough cash to fuel the growt

  • Q : Calculate the stock most recent closing price....
    Finance Basics :

    Enter the stock ticker symbol or name of the company you wish to analyze in the input field next to Get Quotes at the top of the page and click Get Quotes to open the stock's overview/main page.

  • Q : Determine amortized amount....
    Finance Basics :

    Palmiero purchased a patent from Vania Co. for $1,500,000 on January 1, 2010. The patent is being amortized over its remaining legal life of 10 years, expiring on January 1, 2010. During 2012,

  • Q : Calculate total amount of amortization expenses....
    Finance Basics :

    Jeff Corporation purchased a limited-life intangeible asset for $120,000 on May 1, 2009. It has a useful life of 10 years. What total amount of amortization expense should have been recorded on the in

  • Q : Estimate expected return on the portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose you plan to create a portfolio with two securities: A and B. A has an expected return of 35% with a standard deviation of 22%. B has an expected return of 20% with a standard deviation of 9%.

  • Q : Define and explain an amortization table....
    Finance Basics :

    Could you please define and explain an amortization table. What is it and what is it used for? Finally, please plug in a loan amount to a table of your selection and identify the declining interest th

  • Q : Diversification across various businesses....
    Finance Basics :

    If two companies have the same number of exposure units and experience the same average number of losses, then the degree of risk for each company tends to be equal.

  • Q : Calculate proportion of the optimal risky portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 21% and a standard deviation of return of 39%. Stock B has an expected return of 14% and a stan

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