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Financial Analysis
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the issue of corporate governance. As a result of multiple major scandals, new laws have been passed and the role of the SEC has been expanded. Sarbanes-Oxley introduced sweeping corporate governance reforms, and despite its high costs there are many tangible benefits. Many business advocates argue for lower regulatory standards, but there is a strong economic case to be made for higher regulatory standards.
The function of corporate governance is to protect the interests of shareholders. When a scandal occurs on the scale of Enron, billions of dollars of shareholder wealth are wiped out. The fallout from such governance failures has such a wide-ranging impact on the economy that the government must become involved, to preserve the overall health of the economy. The direct impacts of governance failure are on the shareholders. The wealth that they lose is taken...
The shareholders are no longer able to spend that money. As well, they will need to increase their savings rate in order to attempt to make up for those losses.
Additionally, the impact on public confidence affects the economy. Without strong governance, investors are less likely to put faith in equity markets. This will make it more difficult in future for firms to raise capital. Either they will be unable to raise equity financing altogether, or they will need to offer more to investors to raise the funds. An increase in the cost of capital means that corporations will have less money to spend on capital projects, resulting in slower job growth in the economy. Additionally, the higher cost of capital will equate to a higher discount rate, which reduces the number of projects that management teams will be willing to undertake. This again results in slower job growth.
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Investment Analysis There is a significant difference between bonds and stocks, and they should not be treated the same when evaluating a portfolio. There are a handful of similarities, such as the fact that their value derives from the net present value of expected future cash flows, but the two securities are fundamentally different. A bond entitles the holder to a cash flow from the issuer. Equity represents a share of ownership
Stock Analysis FedEx Corporation (FDX) is the stock I have chosen for this exercise. The first page that Yahoo Finance shows has the stock price, last trade, change, previous close, open and bid/ask. There are also daily and annual ranges, volume and average volume, market cap, P/E, and dividend information. A small daily price chart is also there. This is the basic stock information, especially for day traders or short-term investors,
Investment Analysis Identify the Components of Realized Return of Common Stock The real return on the sale of stock is often referred to as the realized return as this is the true rate of return of the risk of investment. Many often mistake the realized return as the gain from the sale of the stock in the secondary market, or at most, the inclusion of dividends that have accrued over the period
Investment Analysis Investing money for the future is one of the key components of creating a secure future, and retirement. While many Americans do not plan for future years, other then a company retirement plan and social security retirement benefits, research shows that when a person takes an active role in their retirement planning, they are more likely to create a future which will support their standard of living after they
28% This gives project B. An IRR of -0.028% Part C Using the above assessments each may indicate which investment may be preferred. Using the payback period project a has a payback period of 4 years, whereas project B. has a payback period of 3 years 8 months. If the fastest payback period is preferred than project B. will be chosen. The NPV which discounts the net revenues into a net present value shows
9% for the past seven years (Index Mundi, 2009). An inflation rate of 2% per annum shall be assumed for our future cash flows model, the additional 0.1% reflecting a desire for conservativeness in our estimates. Karl's pension pays him 80% of his current salary, which is not expected to increase in the final three years. The pension benefit is indexed to inflation. We will assume a 30% tax rate for