Finance

review SEC filings, including MD&A, and news headlines to determine what both management and the market think of each stock listed below (risk, opportunities of each stock and what both management and market think of the stocks) Stocks: – ConocoPhillips (COP) -EOG Resources Inc. (EOG) -Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG) -Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (PXD) – Exxon mobil coporation – Phillips 66 (PSX)

Develop and explain a recommended corporate strategy for the selected company. What competitive strengths does this strategy exploit? How is the strategy different from the current strategy? What are the risks associated with the new strategy and its chances for successful implementation? If the current strategy is considered to be the best alternative, carefully and thoroughly discuss and explain why? For the selected company, develop and explain a recommended financing strategy. How much additional financing is needed? What should be the sources(s) of that new financing and why? Estimate the costs of the new financing? If the current financing strategy is considered to be the best alternative, carefully and thoroughly discuss and explain why? What are the most important things that you learned from the study of this week’s readings and assignments? Remember to always include appropriate references.

Review the “Case Application” at the end of Chapter 9: Exchange Risk Management at Merck. ******UPLOADED****** Using the 5-step process outlined, develop your own 5-step program for managing exchange risk for your proposed acquisition. Your proposal must be four pages (excluding title and reference pages) in length. In addition to the requirements above, your paper: Must be double-spaced and 12 point font. Must be formatted according to APA style. Must reference three scholarly resources in addition to the textbook. Must include a reference page written in APA format.

Please post to this forum by creating a new thread and submitting your company selection for the individual project. The criteria are as follows: • The company must be a U.S., European or Asian public firm • You must have easy access to the financial statement of the firm • There is not company duplication allowed – once a firm has been selected it is off the table for all other students Let me know if you have any questions Peter Note: the project announcement is below for your reference Good morning everyone – It is about that time when you should be thinking about the individual project, which is due on Wednesday August 5th. Granted, this seems like a long way off at this point but it will go by quickly. Assignment summary: The goal of this assignment is for each student to apply the knowledge that was attained in this class to a case study of a US public company. Each student will select a company (it can be any US public company) as the subject of the analysis. You will attain the financial information for that company in one of two ways (using the EDGAR tool on the SEC website -or- on the company website). The financial statements will be analyzed and the results will become the basis of your paper. In terms of analysis, you have two choices: 1) a broad-scoped analysis of the company financial statements applying ratios and other tools to evaluate the overall state of the company or, 2) a deep-dive analysis on one or two sections of the financial statements [for example, you may choose to evaluate only the liquidity of the company, which would involve current assets and liabilities – so you would use all of the ratios and analysis techniques we learned to fully analyze liquidity.] Paper requirements: • The chosen company must be approved by the instructor • The paper will be 8-10 pages in length, which can include tables, graphs, etc • You will use 12-point font and double-spacing throughout • Title page, reference page and appropriate citations as required • The financial statements will be added as an appendix (I only want the IS and BS….do not attach 20 pages) • Scope the analysis so that it is thorough and meets the length requirement. Do not just submit 4 pages on liquidity and say that you are done.

Consider the cash flows of the following three A, B, C projects.File is attached with image and same below questions If the opportunity cost of capital is 11%, and you have unlimited access to the capital, which one(s) would you accept? What would be your action if the cost of capital is 16%? Suppose that you have limited access to the capital and you need to choose only one project. Which one would you choose? The discount rate is still 11%. What is the payback period of each project? Please analyse if in general decision based on payback is consistent with decision based on NPV. What are the internal rates of return (IRR) on the three projects? Does the IRR rule in this case give the same decision as NPV? If the opportunity cost of capital is 11%, what is the profitability index for each project? Please analyse if in general decisions based on profitability index is consistent with decisions based on NPV. What is the most generally accepted measure to choose between the projects? Please justify your answer. Please explain your answer in detail and provide in-text citations.

Need a rough draft by July 16th and the final copy by July 26th. For sources at least four (4) academic journal articles and six (6), financial magazines and newspapers. Everything should be cited in APA.

Using the information in the master budget and cash budget attached how can this be used by the managers of garden furnishing ltd to improve the financial performance and the situation of the organisation. Please consider the following issues that have arose within the organisation Revenues and selling prices are on a similar level to competitors but business has much higher costs than competitors do, which seems to be leading to smaller profit margins than its direct competitors are. The business is also very seasonal (high sales in spring and summer) therefore; the lack of budgeting has regularly left the business in very bad cash flow situations. Garden Furnishings Ltd is a manufacturing business that produces garden furniture for the retail market. It is a family owned business that has historically had a relaxed approach to budgeting and business in general with a reluctance to change. The business is seasonal and although selling prices are comparable to those of their competitors, the profit margins are low. Individual managers are unaware of their expectations and use prior experience to base decisions on purchasing and production levels rather than a planned and co-ordinated multi-level approach. Procedures are not standardised and there is no recognition for managers that limit waste production compared to those that do not.

 Students are responsible for all papers listed in the syllabus by reading and writing up a short summary for each paper. You will need to submit your write-ups in the Dropbox on Pilot before class begins on the due date of the paper. Please refer to the course schedule for specific due date of each paper. For empirical research papers, your write-up needs to summarize: 1) All the theories covered in the literature review; 2) The theory(s) this paper examines; 3) Data and Methods of this study; 4) Evidence and conclusions provided by the author(s); 5) Are you convinced by the author(s)’ arguments and conclusions. 6) Are there any limits and errors (logically or technically, or both) in this research paper; and 7) Can you think of any other research questions from reading this paper? For theoretical and survey papers, your write-up needs to summarize: 1) Main points and highlights of this paper; 2) Motivation; 3) Implications; 4) Weaknesses; 5) Your overall comment on this research; 6) Future Research Ideas.

The following below shows what should be included in the paper and the setup: Title of the Proposal Begin the introduction/background here. This should be one page—three/four paragraphs, introduction with thesis statement, body and conclusion. Do not use contractions. Problem Statement Use Creswell or Guba template Purpose Statement Use the Creswell template. Research Question Use the template. Write overarching question. Use the template appropriate for your research design. Provide sub questions if necessary. Theoretical or Conceptual Framework Identify variables and the relationship between or among variables is applicable. Significance of the Study Identify the individual or groups who can benefit from this study Delimitation Explain the scope of the study. Review of the Literature The review of the literature has an introduction with a thesis, a body and a summary conclusion. This section must have a minimum of eight (8) pages and a minimum of sixteen (16) peer-reviewed articles published between 2013 and 2018 (5-year window). Have the articles available for your research advisor. Also included in the review of the literature are Bahamas government (Central Bank of The Bahamas, Department of Statistics etc.) and United Nations publications (e.g., World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank etc.). Seminal works (original research) are not restricted by publication date. E.g., original research by Abraham Maslow, 1958. No books are allowed except in the Methodology. As practised in the summaries, your task is to summarize and/or synthesize research articles. Do not comment on the articles. All works must be cited per the American Psychological Association style manual. All works cited must be included in the References. Readability Use side headings to improve readability. Avoid run on sentences. Your sentences should be between 8 – 15 words will provide 90% readability. Alternate the length of the sentences. Paragraphs should have eight (8) or fewer lines. Your paragraphs should have a thesis unless it is a continuation of the prior paragraph. In this case, you will use the appropriate transition word. Do not misuse the semicolon. Do not confuse the hyphen with the n-dash. Use transitions to improve. In-text citations Please use the APA reference manual. Do not misuse et al. Refer to authors by their surnames. Avoid anthropomorphism—articles do not speak, state etc. Summary Conclusion In your final paragraph, restate your thesis. Restate the major point your made in the Review of the Literature. Do not add new information. Hypotheses Use your textbook as a guide for writing your hypothesis(es). Do not confuse hypotheses with propositions. If you have hypotheses, provide both the null and the alternate. Methodology Identify the research approach, research design and the population. Identify the sample design and the sample size. Provide evidence to support your choice. (Bougie and Sekaran or an article cited in your Review of the Literature. Instrument Describe the questionnaire. Cite the sources used for the questions. Ensure that you state whether they were adapted or modified from another study. If you are using an online instrument, ensure that you are not breaching copyright laws. Remember, you are not an expert. Data Collection How do you intend to administer the questionnaire? Provide step-by-step instructions. Data Analysis How do you intend to analyse the data you collected? Do not provide vague instructions. Projected Findings With research question or hypotheses in mind and based on what you know (what you discovered while writing your Review of the Literature) what do you expect to find? Use appropriate dummy table or figure.

Prepare a 200 word (approximately) summary of the textbook material you have read this week in Chapter 8. This summary should be entered in your Learning Journal this week. This summary should be entered in your learning journal this week.