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Create a personal philosophy statement. Compose a 350- to 700-word statement that reflects •influences on your personal philosophy. •insights gained from the results of the Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI). *My preferred lens is results and reputation. My core value was autonomy/equality and sensibility. My key phrase was "I make virtuous choices that are good for everyone." My double standard is expedience and entitlement. It states that I may be tempted to base my actions on what is political or advantageous rather than what is right or just. That I will convince myself that it's okay to cut a few insignificant corners. •the value of self-awareness. •the need or value of a creating a personal philosophy. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Conduct research concerning the background of your selected individual to determine what forces impacted his or her life from the viewpoint of developmental psychology.
Distinguish between the influences of heredity and environment on the person’s psychological development. Be sure to specify which area of psychological development: moral, emotional, or other. What family issues or social support systems may have influenced the person’s developmental growth and adjustment? Select two different theories of personality and apply them to your selected figure, and answer the following question: How does each theory differ in terms of how it explains the individual's unique patterns or traits? Explain which theoretical approach you believe best explains the individual's behaviors and achievements. Make sure to explain why you made this choice.
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- 8:39 PM
1. Determining Profit or Loss from an Investment. Three years ago, you purchased 150 shares of IBM stock for $88 a share. Today, you sold your IBM stock for $103 a share. For this problem, ignore commissions that would be charged to buy and sell your IBM shares.
a. What is the amount of profit you earned on each share of IBM stock?
b. What is the total amount of profit for your IBM investment?
2. Calculating Rate of Return. Assume that at the beginning of the year, you purchase an investment for $8,000 that pays $100 annual income. Also assume the investment’s value has decreased to $7,400 by the end of the year.
a. What is the rate of return for this investment?
b. Is the rate of return a positive or negative number?
3. Calculating Earnings Per Share, Price-Earnings Ratio, and Book Value. As a stockholder in Bozo Oil Company, you receive its annual report. In the financial statements, the firm has reported assets of $9 million, liabilities of $5 million, after-tax earnings of $2 million, and 750,000 outstanding shares of common stock.
a. Calculate the earnings per share of Bozo Oil’s common stock.
b. Assuming that a share of Bozo Oil’s common stock has a market value of $40, what is the firm’s price-earnings ratio?
c. Calculate the book value of a share of Bozo Oil’s common stock.
4. Determining Interest and Approximate Bond Value. Assume that three years ago, you purchased a corporate bond that pays 9.5 percent. The purchase price was $1,000. Also assume that three years after your bond investment, comparable bonds are paying 8 percent.
a. What is the annual dollar amount of interest that you will receive from your bond investment?
b. Assuming that comparable bonds are paying 8 percent, what is the approximate dollar price for which you could sell your bond?
c. In your own words, explain why your bond increased or decreased in value.
5. Using Margin. Bill Campbell invested $4,000 and borrowed $4,000 to purchase shares in Wal-Mart. At the time of investment, Wal-Mart was selling for $45 a share.
a. If Bill paid $30 commission, how many shares could Bill buy if he used only his own money and did not use margin?
b. If Bill paid $50 commission, how many shares could Bill buy if he used his $4,000 and borrowed $4,000 on margin to buy Wal-Mart stock?
c. Assuming that Bill did use margin, paid $90 commission to sell his stock, and sold his Wal-Mart stock for $53, how much profit did he make on his Wal-Mart investment?
6. Calculating yields. Assume you purchased a corporate bond at its current market price of $850 on January 2, 2002. It pays 9 percent interest and it will mature on December 31, 2011, at which time the corporation will pay you the face value of $1,000.
a. Determine the current yield on your bond investment at the time of purchase.
b. Determine the yield to maturity on your bond investment.
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Identify all the lazy dollars in your financial life. Identify source, amount and what action might be indicated. Part II. Develop a personal and household savings plan. What savings strategies will you use to improve your financial situation? Explain why you chose each strategy instead of others that you did not choose. How much will you save each month? How much interest will you earn and how much will you have saved in 5 years, 10 years, and 20 years? The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded: •Write a minimum of 400 words (approximately 2 pages) using Microsoft Word. •You may use Microsoft Excel to calculate interest earned on your savings. •Attempt APA style, see example below. •Use font size 12 and 1” margins. •Include cover page and reference page. •At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing. •No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement. Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable
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Conflict between Performance Evaluation and Use of NPV [LO 7] Division managers at Creighton Aerospace are evaluated and rewarded based on ROI (return on investment) targets. In the current year, Delmar Richards, the president of the commercial products division, has an ROI target of 12 percent. If the division has an ROI of 12 percent or greater, Delmar will receive 250,000 options on Creighton stock in addition to a base salary of $400,000.
The commercial products division is considering a major investment in product development, which has a net present value of $25,000,000.However, the investment will have a negative effect on reported profit over the next two years, after which the investment will begin to have a significant positive effect on firm profitability for the next eight years.
Required
a. Discuss the potential conflict between the company’s evaluation/compensation system and Delmar’s focus on the NPV of the investment in product development.
b. Suppose Delmar currently holds stock in Creighton Aerospace with a market value of $1,250,000 and has options on 500,000 shares (awarded in previous years). Is this likely to acerbate or mitigate the conflict you discussed in part a?
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Five years ago, you bought a house for $151,000, with a down payment of $30,000, which meant you took out a loan for $121,000. Your interest rate was 5.75% fixed. You would like to pay more on your loan. You check your bank statement and find the following information:
Escrow payment
$211.13
Principle and Interest payment
$706.12
Total Payment
$917.25
Current Loan Balance
$112,242.47
Write a 1-2 page paper in which you:
Explain how much additional money you would need to add to your monthly payment to pay off your loan in 20 years instead of 25. Explain whether or not it would be reasonable to do this is if you currently meet your monthly expenses with less than $100 left over. It might be possible to pay the current balance off in 20 years if you refinanced the loan at a lower interest rate. The interest rate that you qualify for will depend, in part, on your credit rating. Identify the highest interest rate you could refinance at in order to do this and determine the interest rate that would require a monthly total payment that is less than your current total payment. Also, refinancing costs you $2000 up-front in closing costs. Explain whether it is more or less reasonable to consider refinancing your loan. In order to answer this, you need to look at different interest rates. Know that if you refinance, your minimum monthly payments will be based on a 30-year loan (though you still want to be done in 20 years). Also, refinancing costs you a couple of thousand dollars up front in closing costs.
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The case is designed to determine and evaluate the payment amount of a car loan and a mortgage, based on your income. If you prefer, you may assume that your household income is $48,000 per year or $4,000 per month. Based on your income, you may spend 28 percent of your monthly income on housing and 10 percent on a car loan. You are to put a 3 percent down payment on the house and a 10 percent down payment on the car. These will make the loan to value of your loans to less than one: 97 percent on the house and 90 percent on the car.
Determine the car payment and mortgage payment with the following conditions: your monthly household income, 10 percent for the car payment, and 28 percent for the mortgage payment. Also, assume a 10 percent down payment on the car and a 3 percent down payment on the house. Create an amortization schedule, and graph the components over time: interest, principal, and balance. Discuss the distributions of principal, interest, and the balance over the life of the loan.