FIN 540

FIN540/ FIN 540 Week 8 Discussion "Inventory Control Systems" Please respond to the following: • Select a successful publicly traded company that you are interested in and use the Internet to research its use of inventory management systems and technology. Examine the inventory management system of the selected publically traded company. Determine the key ways that inventory management systems and technology have given the selected

8 Other / Other University of Phoenix / FIN 540 25 Nov 2015

FIN 540 WEEK 9 Pension Plan Management Please respond to the following Use the Internet to locate information on recent changes to pension laws and the effects that these changes are having on pensioners. Analyze one (1) recent change that has been made to pension laws designed to protect consumers and pensioners. Provide two (2) examples that illustrate how this change has either improved or worsened the economic situation for many pensioners.

2 Other / Other University of Phoenix / FIN 540 21 Nov 2015

FIN 540 WEEK 10 Propose two 2 techniques that a nonprofit can use to measure management and employee efficiency within its organization. Speculate on the major benefits that these techniques may have on the organization. • Determine whether or not traditional financial and management evaluation ratios such as return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), economic value added (EVA), and market value added (MVA) apply to nonprofit

10 Other / Other University of Phoenix / FIN 540 21 Nov 2015

FIN 540 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION Imagine that one of your clients has 100000 to invest. Propose the manner in which you would apply portfolio theory to this scenario. Justify your response. •Speculate on where your client would be on the efficient frontier and if your client’s preference curve would be more vertical or more horizontal. Provide a rationale for your response.

8 Other / Other University of Phoenix / FIN 540 26 Oct 2015

FIN 540 Week 2 Discussion Investment Banking Please respond to the following Examine the manner in which investment banks previously used leverage to multiply profits and thus endangered the entire global financial system. Determine the role that the 1999 elimination of the Glass-Stegall Act played in the endangerment of the global financial system. • Discuss the role of Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) in the fall of Enron. Examine the m

8 Other / Other University of Phoenix / FIN 540 24 Oct 2015