Develop a comprehensive understanding the field of financial management and recent developments in the field (Q1)-overall grade.
Q1. Discuss the recent trends and developments in the field of finance.
Q2. What are the main components of sustainability?
Q3. What are the main objectives of the research paper?
Q4. Why Islamic banks have lower sustainability disclosures comparing with conventional banks?
2. Analyze the financial statements by applying data analytics and evaluate the financial performance of a company. (Q1)- Overall grade.
Q1. Download the annual balance sheet and income statement of Apple Company (aapl) from Google Finance website, open an Excel sheet, and paste the balance sheet in "sheet1" and the income statement on "sheet2", Use Excel formulas to compute the following:
-Common size income statement
-Common base year income statement
-Combined Common size and common base year income statement
-Common size Balance Sheet
-Common base year Balance Sheet
-Combined Common size and common base year Balance Sheet
Q2. Download the historical daily closing price of Apple Company (aapl) from Google Finance website for the period 1/1/2010-31/12/2014, download the data to excel, Use Excel formulas to compute the following:
-Holding period return
-Average holding period return
-Variance