Category Archives: Finance

What types of companies are more likely to have high leverage?

Increased leverage allows companies to control more assets and increase their ROE. What’s bad about leverage? It reduces productivity, which can decrease overall ROE. Leverage-based profits are not cash-based and are ignored by finance. Leverage multiplies losses, too, as it increases a company’s risk There is nothing bad about leverage using other people’s money is […]

What inferences can you draw from the companies’ free cash flow?

Week 2 Activity – Stocks Overview Investing in stocks is an option when planning for retirement or other financial management decisions. In this activity, you will research how to evaluate stocks as an investment option. Instructions In a 1–2-page paper, respond to the following: Explain the differences in stock trading between two different stock exchanges. […]

Why is the US dollar’s most widely used quotation currency in foreign exchange markets?

 Assignment Questions: Over the last few decades, the size of the foreign exchange market has increased significantly. Explain in detail the factors that have fuelled this growth. Why is the US dollar’s most widely used quotation currency in foreign exchange markets? (5 marks) Saudi Arabia has recently increased its degree of openness; hence it engaged […]

Do you think that a web-enabled Foreign Exchange Market would revolutionise the forex trading practices in the future?

Case Study Foreign Exchange (Mark: 10) The Foreign Exchange Market is all set to welcome the FX portals that are sure to revolutionise the way Forex trading would take place in future. Their viability would depend on the way participants would embrace them and on the competition that would ensue. The two portals that have […]

Explain why they are contracting out these services and mention the pros and cons if they decide to transport their good/services internally.

1.From your experience and by conducting research online and/or in person and explain why an organization should outsource their transportation activities. Provide an example of an organization within Jacksonville, FL who is currently contracting out their transportation services. Explain why they are contracting out these services and mention the pros and cons if they decide […]

Explain what you would include under Cost of sales of an enterprise during the preparation of final accounts for your organization?

Henry is a new accounting recruit at Green Fields & Co Certified Public Accountants. He has been undergoing a rigorous training and orientation exercise at the firm. A client of the firm, Grout Industries Company Limited (GICL) whose Accountant left abruptly for greener pastures, has brought a list of account balances to aid in the […]

Discuss how diversity, equity and inclusion are correlated with business performance.

Action Areas for International Finance Developed over half a century ago, event study is a research method that continues to gain popularity and acceptance as an important tool in the field of finance. In recent years, event studies have evaluated the impact of corporate, regulatory changes, and macroeconomic shocks on stock prices for a single […]

Discuss the impacts of modernized digital platforms and networks that are accelerating digitization of transactions across the globe?

Institutions of International Finance A tentative recovery in 2021 has been followed by increasingly gloomy developments in 2022 as risks began to materialize. Global output contracted in the second quarter of this year, owing to downturns in China and Russia, while US consumer spending undershot expectations. Several shocks have hit a world economy already weakened […]

Describe the key deficiencies in bank regulation and risk management in financial institutions that led to Basil III.

Assignment 1 Questions: Week 2, Week 3 & Week 4 (15 Marks) Q.1. Discuss different types of risks faced by banks and financial institutions.Critically examine why regulating banks and financial institutions activities are so important. Q.2. Outline the basis of the evolution of international banking regulation under Basel I (4 Marks) Q.3. Describe the key […]