Financial Management

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS  Is there a new car or truck you have dreamed about owning? Now is your chance to see how much it would cost.  First, choose a car or truck, then build and price a new model with varying terms and interest rates. Print out a fact sheet or brochure, if available, about your selected new car.  Next you’ll look at a used model, including certified used models and leasing options. You’ll also review warranty information…

Target Company: Whole Foods Bidding (acquiring) Company: Kroger Overview: In Milestone One and Two you chose your bidding company(Kroger) and a target company(Whole Foods). You have examined and discussed the background of each. You will now take the prior analysis performed and discuss how the proposed merger or acquisition will impact your company. Using the knowledge you have gained on valuation, you can finish your target company analysis by determining its value. Then, you will discuss how the target company…

Industry analysis (it has to be positive, which means find reasons why we could buy these industry's stocks.) Timeline: 4 weeks before to now please related to macroeconomic and COVID-19 -Internet communication (like ZOOM company) -Energy (gas, oil) -Financial banking( JPMorgan Chase&co. Bank of America Corporation) -Airlines ( Boeing company, Air Canada) -Bitcoin mining industry（Riot blockchain） Please do analysis for these 5 industries

PAGE 1 First, review the module resources in order to enhance and deepen your knowledge of the five key investment concepts that every investor should be aware of: Evaluating investment performance Diversifying portfolios Asset allocation Investment risk Rebalancing of a portfolio PAGE 2 Based on your reading and research, address the following in your initial post to the discussion: When analyzing key macroeconomics to assess GDP growth/decline, how would you measure the performance relative to sequential and year-to-year data? How…

Crooked Al’s Tobacconists have three retail outlets in shopping malls in Bloemfontein. They supply tobacco, cigarettes, and smoking accessories to customers. Examine the balance sheets for Crooked Al’s Tobacconists Ltd for the two years 2001 and 2002 . Compare and evaluate the two balance Sheets for Crooked Al’s Tobacconists for the two years. Discern what major activities have taken place in this time. Make decisions based on evidence in the balance sheet as to: Profitability Financial viability Ongoing prospects

Hello, I would like your help writing the introduction for my dissertation. My dissertation is about the difference between the Banking system (Shariah Banking System) of the Middle East compared to the UK. What the legal differences are, and how often there are occurrences of Financial crimes and how they are dealt with. I would like to compare a few different countries for statistics and the end goal of my dissertation is to determine how well the current banking system…

ExxonMobil ( XOM) is one of the half- dozen major oil companies in the world. The firm has four primary operating divisions ( upstream, downstream, chemical, and global services) as well as a number of operating companies that it has acquired over the years. A recent major acquisition was XTO Energy, which was acquired in 2009 for $ 41 billion. The XTO acquisition gave ExxonMobil a significant presence in the development of domestic unconventional natural gas resources, including the development…

Assume that you have just been hired as a financial consultant to a startup company that plans to introduce a new beverage to the soft drink market. Your company’s product is advertised as a healthier alternative to soda and other artificially-flavored drinks. The all-natural sparkling beverage has only 25 calories, 5 grams of sugar, no chemicals or preservatives, and comes in four fruit flavors: orange, pineapple, apple, and grape. Two years ago, the product was introduced in Florida. The phenomenal…

Overview: For your final project, the CEO has asked you, the new investment manager of XYZ Tech Company, to produce an investment analysis report. You will prepare an investment analysis report for the company, which will include portfolio analysis that you have compiled, a complete portfolio, and a justification of your investment strategies in an executive summary. For this second milestone, due in Module Five, you will first complete the Company and Market Analysis portion of your final project. Using…

Imagine that you own a company, Optimus, Inc., which is funded with 40% debt and 60% common stock; there is no preferred stock in the capital structure. The debt has an after-tax cost of 4%. You have studied the Electrobicycle project, and you believe that the auto company who has done the research and development (R&D) has made a crucial mistake. You believe that after the first 5 years, there will be worldwide expansion opportunities and many more years of…