Essays and Research Papers on Finance

This 8-page paper discusses FIN 46, SPEs and how this new statement could impact companies, including home-builders. Emphasis in this paper is placed on structures to help comply with FIN 46. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper that begins by explaining the goal of monetary policies and who administers the nation's monetary policies – in America, it is the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank system. Monetary policies are a nation's primary tool to influence the economy. The writer reports the goals and the duties of the U.S. Federal ...

This 4 page paper evaluates both companies as well as the regulatory agencies that affect the industry. The SIC, NAICS, SEC and NYSE are included. How each of these organizations affect Lowe's and HD is discussed. Some background information is provided for each firm. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 12 page paper examining the efficient market hypothesis and market anomalies in order to determine how investors can maximize their returns. Warren Buffett believes that markets are not efficient at all, that it is possible to find and exploit undervalued stocks and so maximize investment return on those stocks. The efficient market ...

This 10 page paper conducts a ratio analysis of the McDonalds Corporation between the years 1998 – 2002. Throughout the paper all ratios are explained and calculations are demonstrated. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 12 page paper provides an overview of each organization inclusive of their histories, members, a list of board members and more. A table of contents is included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6-page paper examines investing, financing and dividend decisions for a company that is ready to declare bankruptcy. The paper provides definitions of these three terms, explains the consequences of their uses, then based on the discussion, suggests the best possible course for the company. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper examines the performance of Microsoft, focusing on the period between 1998 – 2002. The performance is also compared to other leading indicators such as the United States GDP. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the company Coca Cola (stock symbol KO), looking at the company’s performance, its strengths and weaknesses to determine if an investor should buy the share. Comparison is also made between the company and the industry averages. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 4 page paper is an analysis of the Coca-Cola company, it includes a cash flow analysis, horizontal and vertical analysis, consideration of the share price and whether it is a good time to buy the shares as well as the role of goodwill and notable trends. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 4 page paper describes the sources of capital for Wal-Mart, explaining how the organization generates capital through investing and financing activities from the cash flow statement. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 3 page paper about the cost of credit cards. The four basic types of credit cards are identified. Five credit cards are compared in terms of interest rates, grace periods and fees. The costs of one virtual bank is explained. The writer alerts consumers that different banks and companies have different costs even when ...

This 4 page paper starts by outlining the banking industry n Australian and then looks at the pace of Bendigo Bank in that industry. The weaknesses, core competences, organisational structure and current strategies are then discussed. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the five year performance of two Australian banks; Westpac Banking Corporation, a national bank and Adeline Bank, a local bank with only 25 branches. The paper looks at the growth rate and performance of each bank and compares the capital adequacy. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 9 page paper examines the way that both Intel and AMD use hedging to reduce their exposure to exchange rate risks. The paper outlines the way both companies undertake hedging and their goals and then assessing which has the most beneficial approach. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 5 page paper assess the importance of the production-cost relationship in a firm and demonstrates how the relationship directly affects the distribution of costs within a firm. This is undertaken by looking at different forms of management accounting; overhead or absorption costing, marginal or variable costing, standard costing and activity based costing (ABC). The ...

This 2.5 page paper discusses the use of the accounting cycle and analyzes each step in the cycle. The paper also discusses the rationale for the cycle as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 2.5-page paper discusses the financial statement analysis process. Comments include why such an analysis is performed, how it is performed and the justification for it. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 16 page paper looks at the way that payments by private companies are treated under The Australian Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Division 7A(Section 109B-109ZE). This paper looks at deemed dividends, amalgamated loans and loan forgiveness. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the role of cash flow in businesses. How businesses can track and increase cash flow are some of the things discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper is a review about C. William Thomas, and his April, 2002 article “The rise and fall of Enron” (published in the Journal of Accountancy). The paper discusses the subject of the article, as well as describing weaknesses and strenghts. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 20 page paper discussing Microsoft’s approach to what it terms conservative accounting. The company recently abandoned the use of stock options to inflate earnings reflected on its balance sheet, but it still practices “cookie jar” reserves to smooth out business results year to year. The paper discusses the issue of these items, ...

This 9 page paper examines a case supplied by the student, assesses two projects by demonstrating how to calculate the payback cost of equality, the weighted average cost of capital, the payback period, net present vale and the internal rate of return.

This is a 3 page paper discussing the methods of manipulation of financial statements companies have used to inflate profits. Within the last several years, large multi-billion corporations such as WorldCom and Enron have collapsed due to the misrepresentation of their profits. While misstating profits and earnings, the companies encouraged further investments but in fact ...

A 12 page paper. Jay Cooke is generally credited as being the "first major investment banker, creator of the first "wire house," and the Financier of the Civil War (Trumbore 2000). Had it not been for Cooke, the Union would have had a far more difficult time financing the war. This essay talks about Jay ...