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Assignment Question

This is a required assignment, worth 100 points, and must be submitted by the due date.
Review the Grading Rubric before completing this assignment.

Complete a Project Schedule. Details on the Project:  

You must use this project schedule template for the assignment:  

References are not required.
Do not copy and paste information or concepts from the Internet and claim it as your work. It will be considered Plagiarism and you will receive zero for your work.

Do not add extra tasks that are not included in the requirements.  A penalty will be assessed for these extra tasks.

Finance

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Item 4

South Sea Baubles has the following (incomplete) balance sheet and income statement.

  

BALANCE   SHEET AT END OF YEAR

 

(Figures   in $ millions)

 

Assets

2018

2019

Liabilities and Shareholders’   Equity

2018

2019

 

Current assets

$

104

$

210

Current liabilities

$

78

$

102

 

Net fixed assets

940

1,040

Long-term debt

670

890

      

  

INCOME   STATEMENT, 2019

 

(Figures   in $ millions)

 

Revenue

$

2,020

 

Cost of goods sold

1,100

 

Depreciation

420

 

Interest expense

254

       

a&b. What is shareholders equity in 2018 and 2019?

c&d. What is net working capital in 2018 and 2019?

e. What are taxes paid in 2019? Assume the firm pays taxes equal to 21% of taxable income.

f. What is cash provided by operations during 2019?

g. Net fixed assets increased from $940 million to $1,040 million during 2019. What must have been South Seas gross investment in fixed assets during 2019?

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

Req A and B

Req C and D

Req E

Req F

Req G

What is shareholders equity in 2018 and 2019? (Enter your answers in millions.)

       

2018

_______ million

2019 

_____ million

W4 Assign Wald

 To complete this Assignment, respond to the following in a 2 to 3 page paper: See attachments for detailed instructions 

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W4D1 Wald

Post a cohesive response based on scenario provided. To prepare for discussion read Learning Resource and your professional experience. Be sure to discuss the following: “See attachment for detailed instructions  

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Unit 3 Discussion – Business Structures

 

Discussion Prompt(s)

  • Describe four different forms of business structure how they differ. 
  • Discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses (advantages and disadvantages) of each form of ownership or business structure. 
  • What factors should an entrepreneur consider before choosing a form of ownership?
  • Identify some laws that might need to be taken into consideration when considering a business structure.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 3 Discussion – Quality Improvement Process

 Discuss (using Six Sigma terminology and methodology) what you observe. Hypothesize what caused the changes. Do you think there is room for improvement? Why or Why not? Make sure you address multiple facets of process improvement including: Quality, Productivity, Cost, and Profitability. 

resources

 

Hot & Cold (2014, Apr 21). Formula 1 pit stops 1950 & Today. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/LOJbM0aXZp0

The Sports Collector (2018, Jul 18). Formula 1 – history of the pit stop – Formula 1 – storia del pit stop. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Z0_-GyA5IJc

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FIN 530 – Real Estate Investment

1
Apartment Investment Opportunity: 20221
by
Charles H. Wurtzebach
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this case is to present the challenges facing individual, taxable investors
when evaluating multiple investment opportunities. Many individual investors rely on investment
advisors or local brokers to source and underwrite investment opportunities. While each individual
investor typically has varying investment goals and objectives driven by their individual financial
circumstances, an analyst can develop a sound approach for evaluating investment opportunities. In
this case, a local broker who has worked previously with several family members over the years has
presented three Chicago area apartment investment opportunities to two cousins. Issues related to the
investors overall real estate targeted total return and risk appetite, property performance
characteristics, and market demographics all play a role in the analysis and will impact the final
recommendation.
FOCUS
Not unlike major institutional real estate investors, individual investors look to real estate to deliver
specific performance characteristics to their overall portfolio. These characteristics include enhanced
risk-adjusted total returns, attractive current income, effective asset class diversification, and a hedge
against unexpected inflation. The present case highlights these issues and the challenges associated
with developing a coherent asset level investment analysis. Of particular interest are the challenges
resulting from evaluating multiple available investment opportunities. In addition, these decisions must
be made within the constraints of changing market conditions and varying investor goals and
objectives.
SETTING
Josh Wainright, an investment advisor, is based in Chicago, Illinois, the home of many members of the
DuPage family. In January 2022 his attention focused on the needs of two cousins at different stages of
their lives. Ron DuPage recently sold his business to a medium-sized public company in exchange for
$25 million of the companys stock. He then retired and expected to live comfortably on the $500,000
in dividends paid on the stock plus retirement and other income he had of an equal amount. Ron and
his wife Carol, a retired school teacher, plan on traveling extensively and visiting their grandchildren
regularly in California. Ron is 68 years old and his wife Carol is 65.
Ron feels the need to diversify his investments, however, and plans to sell up to half his stock and
reinvest in real estate and other investments. Even though the basis in the stock was negligible, he feels
that now would be a good time to take advantage of the current tax law and pay his capital gains at the
15% rate before, as many fear, Congress increases the capital gains rate further.
1 This case includes the analysis of current market conditions, three apartment properties in widely different
submarkets of a major metropolitan area with particular focus on risk, market, rent analysis and the use of
commercial data providers. This current version has been updated from the earlier 2016, 2019, and 2021 versions.

2
Rene DuPage is president and sole stockholder of a small-sized paper company that had earned in
excess of $3 million before taxes and $2 million after taxes in each of the previous five years. She has
received many offers to sell her company in exchange for the stock of a public company; but she
enjoyed the independence of running her own business. She has determined that her paper business
could best grow through internal expansion rather than by acquisition. On the other hand, she did feel it
wise to diversify her own investments. Over time, she has accumulated over $16 million now invested in
short-term securities, which she considered unnecessary for her present operations and thus available
for outside investment. Rene is 55 years old and plans to work another 15 years or so. She is currently
unmarried and has no children. Her interests include golf, travel, and the arts.
Both Ron and Rene feel that real estate would give them the benefits of an attractive current income
and total return, diversification, protection from unexpected inflation, and some tax advantages.
Each wants to purchase a property large enough to attract future buyers when it becomes time for
them to sell. They have seen what a shutdown in the commercial mortgage market had done to
property values during 2007-09 and recognize the liquidity risk associated with commercial real
estate investment. They are also aware that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected
near-term real estate performance. While early in 2020 the real estate market suffered as
unemployment rose and before an effective vaccine was widely available, by late 2020 and 2021
the market not only recovered but prices took off in many markets. This was particularly true as
apartment tenants migrated out of downtown markets to less urban, more suburban markets.
In the short-term, the circumstances may present a buying opportunity. To compensate for these
current risks, the DuPages want a minimum after-tax leveraged return on their investments of 12%.
Other important factors for the DuPage’s were the surrounding demographics. In the Chicago area,
the demographics of a neighborhood can change dramatically block-to-block and it was important for
the DuPages to invest in a property that would be in constant demand. Josh found the website Site
To Do Business (http://www.stdb.com/) extremely useful in identifying adequate areas that might suit
the DuPages requirements.
Josh Wainright has worked with the DuPage family for many years and has located three properties
that he feels might be suitable investments for his two clients, either in partnership or individually. He
had brokers show the properties to Ron and Rene DuPage and both of the DuPages were enthusiastic
about them. A licensed commercial real estate broker in Illinois, Josh expects to split the selling
commission associated with any property the DuPages invest in.
The following memo from Josh to Ron and Renee presents his investment pitch.

 

English Laguage Research Paper: Decide on the focus of your study the features that you intend to examine. B. Select appropriate data. The data can be a text, or a small number of related texts, or a corpus.

Decide on the focus of your study i.e. not just the general topic, but also the
features that you intend to examine.
B. Select appropriate data. The data can be a text, or a small number of related texts, or
a corpus. Possible text types are:
Written to be read silently: newspaper article, blog, short story, excerpt from a
novel.
Written to be spoken: speech, TV/film script
Written texts imitating speech: dialogue in a novel / short story / comic book.
Spoken texts: conversation, TV quiz show, panel discussion (NB. You will need to
transcribe them)
C. Select appropriate analytical techniques. You can combine techniques from different
approaches. However, your analysis must examine at least one of the following:
linguistic features, pragmatic features, discourse features.
D. Present the results of your analysis.
E. Discuss what the results suggest regarding underlying attitudes and/or ideologies
and/or motivations

Discussion & Journal

Discussion (2-4 Paragraphs):  

identify what you consider to be the 10 most critical learning points for leaders to know about what is required to lead organizational change efforts effectively. To do this effectively, answer the question: What must any leader know in order to lead an organizational change effort effectively? 

 Journal (2 pages)

  1. How prepared are you to be part of a change effort in an organization? How will you be able to add value to that effort?
  2. How prepared are you to be in a position of leadership in a change effort in an organization?
  3. What are your final reflections on this class?

week 1

 

 a 6- to 8-slide presentation of your philosophy on classroom management in which you:

  • Define appropriate behavior.
  • Describe a classroom management plan.
  • Explain why you think it is important to have an effective classroom management plan.
  • Discuss what home, social, and educational experiences and beliefs have shaped your personal philosophy of classroom management.
  • Discuss what role learners families, cultural norms, and community should play in a classroom management plan.
  • Explain to what extent your concept of appropriate behavior aligns with your perception of how current students, in general, behave in school.