You have just started your Certified Public Accountant (CPA) practice, and your first client needs to be added to QuickBooks. Your client has just started the business and he is buying inventory the first month, so he does not have any expenses yet, just purchases.In QuickBooks, click Add Client. Fill in the information about your […]

Organizational Analysis:  This week, the final paper on your organizational analysis is due. Revise the rough draft based on your instructor’s feedback and submit the final paper.   The final paper should be of 8-10 pages, providing the following:   Describe your selected organization or unit of interest. Include the following details:   A statement […]

Construct a well-diversified portfolio The student will construct a well-diversified portfolio using an initial investment stake of $50,000 (the portfolio should use 95% of the fund, but they may not use more than $50,000).  The student may include stocks, common or preferred; bonds, corporate or U.S. Treasury bonds; mutual funds; and futures contract or options.  […]

Performance Metrics  You have been given the following return information for two mutual funds (Papa and Mama), the market index, and the risk-free rate.   Year   Papa Fund   Mama Fund   Market   Risk-Free   2008   -12.6%   -22.6   -24.5%   1%   2009   25.4   18.5   19.5   […]

Bootstrapping  Complete problem 31 of Chapter 10 (shown below), and submit to your instructor.  Show your calculations and the algebraic manipulation of the price equation for the bond.  In addition to solving the problem, write a 100 to 200 word essay on the term structure of fixed income securities.   One method used to obtain […]

Abbott Laboratories Problem After reading the Value Line figures and information on Abbott Laboratories in the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 6 (just before Problem 27), complete Problems 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 and submit to your instructor.  Show your calculations and in your response to problem 31 write a 100 to 200 […]

Annualized Returns – Chapter 3 problem 18  Complete problem 18 in Chapter 3 (shown below) and submit to the instructor.  Show your work to find the annualized return for each of the listed share prices.  Write a 100 word analysis of the process to calculate these annualized returns.   Suppose you have $28,000 to invest. […]

Hedging with Futures The town of South Park is planning a bond issue in six months and Kenny, the town treasurer, is worried that interest rates may rise, thereby reducing the value of the bond issue.  Should Kenny buy or sell Treasury bond futures contracts to hedge the impending bond issue?  Remember to complete all […]

 Expected Returns and Deviation Complete Problems 1, 2, and 3 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 11 (shown below). Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the results of your analysis.   a. Use the following information on states of the economy and stock returns to calculate the expected return […]

Forward Interest Rates Complete Problem 16 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 9: According to the pure expectations theory of interest rates, how much do you expect to pay for a one-year STRIPS on February 15, 2011?  What is the corresponding implied forward rate? How does your answer compare to the current yield […]