FINC400 week 1-7 forums

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:

1. Submit an essay (at least 250 words) - posting it inside the forum for feedback and comments by your classmates.
2. 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:

1. 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:

1. 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?

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For each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:

1. 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:

1. 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:

1. Submit an essay (at least 250 words)