Essays and Research Papers on Finance

A 13 page paper discussing whether insider trading is a made-up crime or is truly unethical. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted its prohibition against insider trading after the crash of the stock market in 1929. The quarterly report was about the only vehicle to company – and investment – information available ...

A 5 page paper. In 1990, R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc. gained 58 percent of its income from the tobacco market. The company was maligned for its plans to market two new brands to narrowly-targeted segments of the US population, namely Black Americans and low-income, poorly educated women. The purpose here is to ...

This 3 page papers shows the student how to perform calculations to convert imperial to metric conversion and exchange rate calculations. The student asks specific questions and these are shown in a step by step manner so that a student could follow the same steps with other questions. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the company Eastman Kodak Inc to determine of the shares should be bought or sold. The paper examines the companies financial performance and looks at several ratios before making a sell recommendation. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 12-page paper analyzes various articles from the Wall Street Journal has they pertain to financial and accounting topics. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5-page paper examines the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and how it can be used to help regulate depository institutions to create an efficient and safe system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper looks at the push and pull factors for diversification as well as merger and acquisition in the banking industry. The paper considers the way in which these strategies may increase value in the companies and looks at how this may, or may not, occur. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

This 10 page paper assesses Microsoft as a potential investment. The paper looks at the future potential by considering the current product lines and revenue streams and then undertakes a financial analysis of the performances of the company using both horizontal and vertical measures as well as comparing the performance to the industry as a ...

This 4-page paper focuses on use of the historic cost accounting method. The paper discusses the benefits of such a method, then tries to apply the method to valuation of a physician's practice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 12 page paper examines the structure of the banking and financial services sector in the UK, looking to the industries that have created the current structure. This is then compared to the US, where the great depression impacted more deeply on the sector, and had reinforced greater separation and fragmentation, but where change is ...

This 20 page paper considers how any CEO of a company wishing to create value may look to accounting measure for indication of how t create value and how to measure it. The paper looks at the IT industry and uses Hewlett Packard as an example, by looking at it prior to the merger with ...

This 3-page paper focuses on sub-prime mortgages and the market to which these are targeted. The paper also discusses closing points, down payments and potential predatory practices. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 8 page paper considers why firms are increasing their borrowing and the underling reasons, such as the desire to increase value though investment or change. The paper considers the reality behind these perception and the advantages of increasing debt. The paper then looks at the disadvantages of increasing debt and the long term dangers. ...

This 11 page paper examines the role of non-deposit taking institutions (NDTI), such as general insurance companies, unit trust companies and pension providers, and how they are important in the role of intermediary. The paper looks at the general position an intermediary of this type and then more specifically at an example; Royal and Sun ...

A 2.5 page paper. Should the central bank be independent? The writer reports the purpose and duties of a nation's central bank and the fact that independence is becoming a more accepted notion. The essay also comments on the reason central banks can never be completely independent. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper comparing the central banking systems of Argentina and the US. It appears that the primary difference in the central banks of Argentina and the US (aside from direct government involvement) is the ability of each to control the money supply as well as interest rates as instruments used in fine-tuning ...

This 6 page paper outlines what is meant by Eurocurency, such as the EuroDollar and paper considers the development of the market. The paper then looks at the role this market plays and how it is different from the domestic money markets. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 9 p-age paper looks at how accountants refer to full cost whilst at the same time using contribution theory and break-even analysis and critically appraises the two approaches which appear to contradict to each other. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the statement that positive accounting theory can explain the greening of financial accounting disclosure but that it cannot provide a framework for improving it. The paper considers the link between positive accounting theory (PAT) and how it does or does not explain the increasing disclosure of environmental reporting and whether ...

A 4 page paper providing a summary report on the performance of two companies, Rite Aid and Nortel Networks, each of which has had difficulty in the past, but now appears to be well on its way to recovery. Either of the two companies can be seen as being attractive places to work. ...

A 4 page paper discussing the likely future performance of Britain’s Debenhams, using the performance of House of Fraser and Marks and Spencer for comparison. The paper provides 6 financial measures (EPS, current ratio, net profit margin, etc.) calculated from the three companies’ annual reports for 2002 and 2003. The discussion that follows ...

An 11 page paper discussing Frito Lay’s financial position. No $27 billion company is going to fold because it underperforms its industry for a time, but Pepsico needs to analyze its positions in its various industries to determine the origin of the drain on the overall parent company. Many companies have coasted on ...

This 10 page paper considers a case provided by the student. The company has two scenarios. With two production lines an offer has been made by a Japanese company to rent one for a fixed price, this is assessed in terms of the risk reduction against the weighted probability of the profit that will be ...

This 10 page paper looks at the accounts of these two companies and considers their commonalities and differences as examples of similar companies with accounts prepared in different companies. The paper outlines some basic differences between UK and US accounting, and then examines each set of accounts looking at overall disclosure, foreign currency translation and ...

This 6 page paper considers what is meant by audit risk and the types of audit risk that exist; inherent, control and detection. This is applied to a range of scenarios supplied by the student. The aspect of inherent risk and inventory is also discussed. The second part of the paper looks at how the ...