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    Debt, Investment and Spending Analysis With Tony’s GIC coming due next month with an approximate worth of $163,000, now would be a good time to conceder how best to spend this money. Looking at your current net worth, I can see a major portion of your liabilities comes from your mortgage. Come October, this mortgage will have decreased to $137,000. Should you refinance your mortgage at the current rate of 5.5% for an additional 25 years, you’d be paying an $115,811 in interest. To compare, if you

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    This week I will present by discussing and differentiating the main categories of a SOCF (Operations, Investment, and Financing.) this discussion and differentiation is going to be supported by an example of a financial statement of a company that illustrates the different components of each category of the SOCF. The statement of cash flows was applied by the FASB in 1987 to allow the managers to know more about cash flows information. Because the income statement and the balance sheet are based

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    Question 1 Are interest rate changes predictable? Interest rates are not entirely predictable but can be inferred from present interest rate prices. For example, when current interest rates are exceptionally low, future interest rates can be expected to rise and vice versa. Question 2 Consider a two year coupon bond which pays an annual coupon of 5% with a principal value of $100. Using the zero coupon bonds B(0, 1) and B(0, 2): 1. What is the strategy to replicate the coupon bond? 2. What

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    Yonsei University Graduate School of Business Corporate Finance Harvard Business Case Investment Analysis and Tri Star Lockheed 1. (A) The payback is 35,000/5,000= 7 years Computation of the NPV : 15 NPV= -35,000 + Σ 5,000 / ( 1 + 12%)^ 15 i=1 NPV = $- 947. 67 Computation of the IRR : 15 0= -35,000 + Σ 5,000 / ( 1 + IRR)^ 15 i=1 IRR= 11.49% The NPV of

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    Making an Investment in a Foreign Market Name: Institution Making an Investment in a Foreign Market Introduction As globalization intensifies, the business community tends to expand its operations towards the international market. This can be as a result of intense competition in the local market, need to increase sales and profits margins, to enhance the company’s prestige, to create jobs, to increase the value of the entrepreneurs among others (Bodie, 2013). Before going global, the

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    Topic: Analysis of Annual reports for personal investment 1. Executive Summary Assignment Background: In this assignment, I take the role of an investor looking to invest an amount of USD 50,000 in the capital of a public limited company. To wisely invest, one needs to do a thorough comparative study of the annual reports, stock market performance, news, strategies, vision of the companies, etc to reach a conclusion. I have taken up two companies in the financial sector – namely,

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    Investment Analysis Report The usage of the stock market in order to accumulate money was once a foreign concept to many members of society who were not afforded the experience or education required to maneuver in it. The system itself is so intricate and uncertain that many were deterred from even learning about its benefit because of the extreme fear of losing all or most of their money. Instead, many members of society resorted to stashing cash in their homes, through their banks or other sources

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    From: Investment analysis team To: Potential Investor Subject: Investment Analysis of Stock Offerings of British Petroleum BP’s stock offering, which is part of the government’s decentralization plan, has come at a time when markets are still feeling the aftermath of what has been the biggest one day drop in history. This has caused detrimental effects on the market which is felt by most, if not all companies. What could have been an attractive offer has turned sour as BP’s stock price

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    which were identified for the first time during the class, were: 1) Critical analysis of new investment plans of an existing company. 2) Practising Cause and effect strategy through varied research and study. Explanation: 1) Critical analysis of new investment plans of an existing company was not only a new experience but also provided a detailed picture on how things work in today’s global business world. The analysis was dependent upon studies and

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    First Investment Inc.: Analysis of Financial Statements Company Information First Investments Inc owns stock of Basic Industries. Basic Industries is a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electrical related markets. Financial Analysis The financial analysis of the company is carried out using DuPont System of analysis. DuPont Analysis [Ref:4] There are two methods of DuPont Analysis, one is called three steps and other is called five steps DuPont Analysis. Three

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