Has this class changed how you view investments and financial management? Are there any concepts from the class that you will use for your career? Are there any concepts that you will use for your own personal investment or money management strategies?   After responding to the Reflective Discussion questions above, please complete an anonymous […]

If you have poor credit due to being delinquent on credit card debt or other issues, chances are the bank is going to charge you a higher interest rate on a personal loan, or it might not give you a loan at all. Corporations face the same problems. If a company takes on too much […]

Reading about Net Present Value (NPV) for this module, you probably thought of it as a technique used only by corporations. But the technique may also apply to your own purchases.   You may have heard a salesperson tell you, “This product pays for itself!” While this is probably rare for most products, sometimes there […]

Review the “Marketing Excellence: The Ritz-Carlton” case study on pp. 425 of your textbook. Bring another hotel into the discussion (either a competitor of Ritz-Carlton or not), and discuss how they maintain their brand promise to their customer base (i.e., their target market). Make certain to select a hotel that has not already been mentioned.

Tesla Motors Tesla Motors is the “it” stock right now in the automotive industry. Tesla was a pioneer in offering cars that run 100% on electricity rather than gasoline, and it has also diversified into solar energy, purchasing the company SolarCity. Its stock price has risen high enough in recent years that it has surpassed […]

The first part of the discussion should be fun. Many of you without a background in finance may have gotten your impression of the finance world from TV or movies. Even the highly prestigious Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute has published Top 20 Films about Finance: From Crisis to Con Men.   Share what your […]

Suppose you wish to raise some money for your favorite local charity. This charity needs $50,000 a year to run its operation and you want to make sure that it is ensured an annual payment of this amount from now on for every year in the foreseeable future. Given an interest rate of 5%, how […]

Suppose QuickCharge Corporation manufactures phone chargers. They sell their chargers for $20. Their fixed operating costs are $100,000 and their variable operating costs are $10 per charger. Currently they are selling 30,000 chargers per year.   What is QuickCharge’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) at current sales of 30,000?   What is QuickCharge’s breakeven […]

LEVERAGE, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND DIVIDEND POLICY   Review the 1) dividends for the past three years and 2) capital structure of the company you have been researching for your SLP assignment. Then answer the following questions in a Word document (except for the Excel portion specifically noted). The paper should be 2 pages in length. […]

Suppose QuickCharge Corporation manufactures phone chargers. They sell their chargers for $20. Their fixed operating costs are $100,000 and their variable operating costs are $10 per charger. Currently they are selling 30,000 chargers per year.   What is QuickCharge’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) at current sales of 30,000?   What is QuickCharge’s breakeven […]