Category: Finance

As you have studied about the Medicare system in this chapter, find a recent article (within the last two years) that pertains to some current aspect of the Medicare system (There are several major changes that have been implemented in the past few years for the Medicare reimbursement methodology). Post a brief summary (in your own words) of the article on the discussion board for this week’s activities (see below) and cite your source for the article.

Please name your file as your last name + first letter of your first name+_HWK2.  If you fail to do it, you will lose 5% of the homework grade for this assignment.  For example, my file is zhangy_HWK2
Only turn in excel file.  If you need to answer questions, please do that in the excel file too.  Please number the problems and part a, b, c, etc clearly.  For example, problem 1, will be numbered as 1a), 1b)….etc. 

For Assignment 2, you will be performing a Stock Analysis for the three companies you selected for Assignment 1. The point of this assignment is to practice locating and analyzing stock information.
Instructions
Gather the Financials information.
Access Hoovers to search for companies by industry.
Select domestic public companies at SEC.gov.
Use the 10K annual report as indicated below or from the company’s website under investor relations. Make sure the company you select is a domestic public company by using the 10k annual report from the companies’ website under Investor Relations.
Access the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to access your selected companies’ financial filings.
Select the Filings Tab and Company Filing Search in the drop-down menu to search for publicly traded companies.
Enter the selected company in the search engine to locate the required financial information to complete the Company and Stock Analysis template. (or)
Search for a Company’s Corporate Website and locate the link for investor relations to locate the required information to complete the Company and Stock Analysis template.

Question: What is the present value of $1,000 to be received 5 years from now if the discount rate is 6% per annum?

I am looking for original work. Please no bullets, paragraph
format.
Scenario:
You will evaluate the choices in purchasing stock via online
brokerage accounts (where you can buy and sell stock via the Internet) and the
use of dividend reinvestment plans (known as DIPs and DRIPs) or mutual funds or
index funds.
For online brokers, you will be looking for the requirements
to open the accounts: costs, minimum balances, and other features. Because most
DIPs or DRIPs are available from publicly traded companies, you can search
their Web sites or a search engine on these plans and their requirements.
Tasks:
Write an introduction summarizing the above scenario.
Analyze three online trading sites [pick any three from:
Fidelity, J.P. Morgan, InteractiveBrokers, Charles Schwab, Robinhood, or
E*Trade]. What are the requirements for trading, including the prie per trade.
Also, Compare and contrast the online trading companies.
Evaluate three companies (look for investor information)
that offer DIPs or DRIPs [pick any three from: 3M Company(MMM), Telephone &
Data Systems (TDS), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ),
Northwest Natural Gas (NWN), S&P Global (SPGI), Universal Corporation
(UVV)]. Summarize requirements, including minimum investments, nature of the
return, costs, and other features.

Part 1: Overview of the company (one paragraph)
State the name of the company.
Provide a brief overview of the company you selected, including a description of its business operations.
State the current market price per share.
Part 2: Income statements (one to two paragraphs)
Summarize key trends in revenues, operating income, and net income over the last 3 years.
Part 3: Common size income statements (one paragraph)
Evaluate the trends in gross margin, operating income margin, and net profit margin over the past 3 years.
Part 4: Balance sheets (one to two paragraphs)
Summarize key trends in total assets, total current assets, total current liabilities, long-term debt, and total shareholders’ equity over the past 3 years.
Part 5: Common size balance sheets (one paragraph)
Evaluate the trends in total current assets as a percent (%) of total assets, total current liabilities as a percent (%) of total assets, long-term debt as percent (%) of total assets, and total shareholders’ equity as a percent (%) of total assets over the past 3 years.
Part 6: Cash flow (one paragraph)
Calculate simple cash flow for the past 3 years.
Show your calculations.
Summarize the trend in simple cash flow for the past 3 years.
Compare the simple cash flow to the net operating cash flow from the statement of cash flows for the past 3 years.
Part 7: Financial analysis conclusion: (one paragraph)
Determine the strengths and weaknesses of the company based primarily on the trends in items discussed from the income statements, balance sheets, common size income statements, and common size balance sheets, as well as the comments on cash flow.
Create a table that indicates whether each financial fact is a strength or a weakness.
Determine the overall financial strength of the company based on the financial facts included as strengths or weaknesses.
Categorize the overall financial performance of the company as strong, neutral, or weak.
Justify your conclusion based on the table you created.

Acquisition proposal for Nvidia Corporation. (please research the companies earnings etc to show the calculations)
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to think of how and when to apply the knowledge and skillset from this class.
– Imagine you are an executive of Apple Inc. and you are currently seeking a target company to acquire.
– The target company MUST be a publicly traded US company that is currently in business.
– The proposal must contain the following sections:
I. Executive Summary: Summary of the acquisition deal. You must include WHY Apple Inc. should acquire this company (provide market conditions and key figures here such as NPV, IRR, etc), HOW Apple Inc. may acquire the company (provide financing plans here), and a summary of the quality of the target company.
II. Valuation of the Target Company: Rationalize the amount of the expenditure to acquire the target. Use information before the M&A event. The aim is to calculate the fair market value.
III. Financial Details of the Acquisition: Pro forma financial statements of the acquisition project (refer to Chapters 9-11) and capital budgeting metrics (NPV, IRR, and MIRR). Use projected estimates after the M&A event. Feel free to make various assumptions but you must state them clearly. You may include the NPV scenario and/or sensitivity analysis in this section.
IV. Financing: Explain how you are going to raise capital for the amount explained in Section II. It cannot be cash only. The financing cost must be affordable by Apple Inc.

Write a research paper with five sections: introduction (3 to 5 sentences), Education Plans, Career Plans, Saving and Investing Strategies, and Conclusion (3 to 5 sentences) over the education plans, career plans, and saving & investing strategies sections are where you provide commentary on what you plan to do. You must cite three of the required readings listed in files.  You can also use outside sources.The paper needs to be APA format no abstract needed.

What
are motivations behind
environmental, social and governance (ESG)
disclosure reporting?
Required
Critically evaluate the literature on
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), by:
a)   
considering why companies chose
to disclose social, environmental and governance (ESG) information in their statutory
reporting.
b)   
discussing what factors contribute
to the difficulties in carrying out research in this area and its impact on
conclusions being drawn, such as different results over time, research methods
employed, industry-focus, country-based research, and different ESG elements
amongst other considerations.
c)   
analysing one factor in depth,
using examples from the literature.
You should support your arguments with evidence
from empirical papers as well as practical examples where appropriate. These sub-questions
should be given equal weighting in your analysis.

the bank I choose is bank of communications , I attached the assessment brief and the example of the assignment , please make it the same.
I ordered before and it was all wrong , I attached a screenshot of my doctor feedback please focus on the points that she mentioned .
I really need it to be perfect I want to pass please.