Week 1
Institutional Investors
Your main response must be at least
250 words in length.
Why
are institutional investors important in today’s business world?
Forum Instructions
For each forum assignment, you are
responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay (at least 250 words) – posting it inside
the forum for feedback and comments by your classmates. - Respond to at least two of your
classmate’s forum posts in the subthread section of the Forum.
Week 2
Financial
Planning
If
we divide users of ratios into short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and
stockholders, in which ratios would each group be most interested, and for what
reasons?
Forum Instructions
For
each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
1.
Submit
an essay (at least 250 words) –
Week 3
Short-term
Financing
Explain
the significance of the following statements:
A firm that uses short-term financing methods for a portion of permanent
current assets is assuming more risk but expects higher returns than a firm
with a normal financing plan.
Forum
Instructions
For each forum assignment, you are
responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay (at least 250 words)
Week 4
Inflation
Does
inflation have anything to do with making a dollar today worth more than a
dollar tomorrow?
Forum Instructions
For
each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay
(at least 250 words) –
Week
5
Risk
& Capital Budgeting
Discuss the concept
of risk and how it might be measured. How can this concept be incorporated into
the capital budgeting process?
Forum
Instructions
For
each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay
(at least 250 words) –
Week 6
Efficient Market
The efficient market hypothesis is
interpreted in a weak form, a semi-strong form, and a strong form. How can we
differentiate its various forms?
Forum
Instructions
For
each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay
(at least 250 words)
Week
7
Binds
& Interest Rates
Discuss
the relationship between bond prices and interest rates. What impact do
changing interest rates have on the price of long-term bonds versus short-term
bonds?
Forum Instructions
For
each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
- Submit an essay
(at least 250 words)
