A Financial Analysis of Walmart
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6 pages in length. A company analysis and description of such things as growth rate, trend analysis and stock. Includes graphs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JGAwmart.wps

A Financial Comparison of Tenet Healthcare Corp and HCA Inc.
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This 12 page paper compares two competitors in the for profit healthcare sector in the US; Tenet (stock market symbol THC) and HCA (with the stock symbol HCA), looking at aspects such as liquidity, asset management, sales and profitability, debt management and market value. The companies are compared and the meaning of the ratios used in the analysis are explained. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEtenetHCA.rtf

A Hard Landing for the US Economy; Economic Impacts
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This 26 page paper considers the way in which it was considered in 2000 that the US economy may develop. The paper considers the different indicates and what they meant, how they may be interpreted and why they may indicate a soft or a hard landing. The writer then considers the impact that this may have on another nations, such as Taiwan, and then how it may impact on a domestic company with operations overseas. The writer looks at D-Link and considers how this company may plan in the event of the US suffering a hard landing and a potential recession in order to survive and take advantage of adverse economic conditions. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEushard.rtf

A Look at the Subprime Market
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This 3 page paper examines this volatile market in modern times. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA811sub.rtf

A New Accounting System
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This 18 page paper considers the situation where a well known oil company may take on a new accounting system, activity based costing. The paper then looks at how this would be implemented and the influence it would have as well as the value it may add to not only the running of the company but to capital decision making processes. The second part of the paper then explores how the information produced by the ABC system may be used by different capital risk assessment tools. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEoilacc.wps

A Paper Looking at Risk, CAPM, Beta, Time Value of Money, NPV and IRR
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This 16 page paper examines different issues concerned investment. The paper outlines the use and value of different concepts, including different types of risk, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, what is meant by the beta, the importance of the time value of money, the use of net present vlaue and internal rate of return calculations and how they compare. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEfinaceqs.rtf

A Practical Consideration of Hedging
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This 11 page paper considers the way in which international companies may use hedging to reduce the risks of international dealing or to potentially enhance profits. The paper uses the example of a country, that in six months time will have outflows in German and Brazilian currencies and an inflow in Swiss Francs. The paper looks at the situation in a logical manner, explaining each step and demonstrating how the assessment of whether or not to hedge will take place including the example calculations. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEbrswge.wps

A Project Proposal
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This 28 page paper is a business proposal for a Malaysian hotel company to expand to the UK opening a hotel in the Lake District. The paper gives a brief outline of the company and then looks at the plan in terms if strategy and market. The majority of the paper is concerned with the financial aspects of the expansion, looking at projections for five years for both he profit and loss and the balance sheets. The figures projected are used to assess the project using net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR) and profitability index. The main risk of a project such as this is exposure to fluctuations in exchange rates and interest rates, the last part of the paper shows how exposure to these rates may be minimised with careful use of hedging. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEhotelpr.rtf

A Proposal For A Study In How To Attain Optimal Capital Structure Especially Cash Flow Issues For Fast Emerging Companies
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This 6 page paper is a proposal for an project to determine the optimum capital structure for an emerging form with special consideration of cash flow. The paper considers the existing research and then outlines a new research proposal to identify patterns of structure and cash flow. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEcplcash.rtf

A RANDOM WALK: WALL STREET THEORIES
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This 8-page paper is a review of Burton Malkiel's book "A Random Walk down Wall Street." The book discusses a variety of investment theories (supporting that of Modern Portfolio Management) and includes a summary of each of the four parts.
Filename: MTwallst.rtf

A Statistical Test of the Link Between Gearing and EPS
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This 10 page paper takes data supplied by the student on a random sample of leisure and pharmaceutical companies and assess if there is any correlation between the level of earnings per share and the gearing level. Both industries are examines separately and the data is tested using a paired T-Test to test for any correlation. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEepsgear.rtf

A Strategic Review of ConAgra
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This 51 page paper provides an intricate look at this large company. How it performs on the stock exchange is just a small part of this detailed analysis that includes matrices (EFE, IFE, IE, etc.) and a SWOT analysis. Many charts and statistical information are included. This comprehensive financial analysis ends with recommendations and predictions for the company's future. Bibliography lists 34 sources.
Filename: SA237CAG.rtf