Essays and Research Papers on Finance

This 11-page paper details five article abstracts about money and banking that were published during the past four months in the Wall Street Journal. Two articles are on Chinese banking, one on the Italian banking industry, one about online banking, and one discusses the falling dollar. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9-page paper brings up an ethical issue as it pertains to management accounting, and discusses solutions that the controller needs to consider to remain on the right side of ethics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper providing minimal text and 5 tables containing pro forma statements for this leading consumer electronics company. Recently named to 321st place on Forbes' Global 2000, Best Buy is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 15 percent during the period. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper examines a case study provided by the student examined a ship yard and how they can calculate the optimum mix of products and services to offer to break even. The paper looks at how exceeding the current level of resources may be advisable as it will create an additional amount to ...

Sagres Is a Portuguese beer the company is owned by Scottish Newcastle PLC (S & N). This 6 page paper examines company and the financial performance of the parent company. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 8-page paper is a review of Burton Malkiel's book "A Random Walk down Wall Street." The book discusses a variety of investment theories (supporting that of Modern Portfolio Management) and includes a summary of each of the four parts.

A 10 page paper discussing Home Depot's difficulties since the turn of the century. It appears that Home Depot's stock price may not have reached the lowest point it will in the near future. Certainly the company has some realigning to do, and why it did an about-face on the segment of the ...

This 3 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The paper puts together an income statement and then looks at the viability of a new project. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 4 page paper answers two questions set by the student, the first assesses a firms likely future performance the second considers if a company is suitable to be taken public. The bibliography cites 1 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the performance of Hewlett Packard between 2000 – 2004 by looking at the Price Earnings (P/E) Ratio, the Earning Per Share (EPS), the dividend yield and the share price. The paper then considers if an investor should buy sell or hold these shares by looking at the company performance, the ...

An 11 page paper discussing the disparity between Citigroup's growth and return on equity. Despite record levels of revenue, ROE has been falling slightly but steadily over the past three years. Analysis by the DuPont identity reveals that Citigroup's net income to revenue ratio has been falling as well, as has revenues to ...

This 11 page paper answers specific questions asked by the student regarding risks faced by banks. The first questions look at the net interest margin (NIM) and the influences on that margin. The paper loos at the use of GAP measurements and how changes in interest rates and other factors, such as asset base, may ...

This 6 page paper examines the Australian multinational company Lend Lease (ASX code LLC) and answers question regarding the figures reported in the 2004 annual accounts.

This 18 page paper looks at the Case of North Star, a company that is looking to invest in a project ion West Utopia. The paper answers a set of 6 questions which include a range of present net value (NPV) calculations and looks at the impact of three exchange rate scenarios. The paper also ...

A 6 page paper critically assessing the statement, "Lack of controls on money laundering is one of the most important contributory factors behind the growth of 21st century terrorism." After reviewing the needs of business; increase in international capital movement over the past decade; and the example of Paraguay's customs function, the paper concludes ...

This 8 page paper looks at Hilton Hotels and compares their performance to Choices Hotels Internationals and looks at different aspects of the performance as reflected in the annual account 10K form and other company reports. The paper looks at the accounts for 2002 – 2004. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 15 page paper is a financial analysis of the biotechnology company Genentech DNA. The paper starts by looking at a ratio analysis comparing the company with Biogen IDEC and the rest of the industry. The paper then looks at the share price movement, the free cash flow and uses the discounted cash flow to ...

This 20 page paper looks at three aspects of financial management. The first part of the paper looks at the relevance of capital structure on cost of capital and valuation of the firm. The second part of the paper considers how a firm may be valued and lastly there is the a consideration of why ...

This 20 page paper considers the major international financial risks that may be faced by a compnay trading in different areas and then looks at how these risks may be mitigated with tools such as hedging. The bibliography cites 15 sources.

This 80-page paper goes into detailed discussion about the accounting problems that launched the bankruptcy of Enron Corp. and WorldCom, and the legislation passed to try to prevent the same thing from happening in the future. The paper also discusses overall accounting irregularities and how the system should be overhauled to prevent these in the ...

This 20-page paper discusses a variety of accounting concepts and theories, including elements of a financial statement, news releases from the FASB, the structure of the FASB and an article and literature dealing with an accounting theory issue. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper critically evaluate the Asset Liability Management (ALM), Mark to Market, NPV and Duration model that are used by financial institutions for managing interest rate risk. The paper only looks at the use of the models and does not outline the operation of the models. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

An 8 page paper in two parts. Part 1 describes and critiques the budget process at River Beverages. Part 2 builds various spreadsheets for cash and cash requirements throughout one quarter. Included are a sales budget, cash receipts budget, purchases budget, cash disbursements budget and the beginning of a summary cash budget. ...

This 3 page paper discusses the distortions caused by differing accounting procedures in the profitability ratio. The paper looks at the different profit ratios, such as operating profit, net profit, EBIT and EBITDA and how they can be calculated and manipulated. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 4 page continuation of examination of the choices that Acme must make before it expands internationally. There are a number of ways that Acme can finance its greenfield investment in globalization. The choices the company makes can have direct effect on the total value of the firm, so Acme should choose carefully ...