Essays and Research Papers on Finance

This 5 page paper concludes that other insurance products, coupled with savings and assessing one's lifestyle and resources are good alternatives to long term care insurance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper looks a case supplied by the student where a firm Mr. Chips is facing demands from a customer to increase deliveries and decrease the price. The paper demonstrates the use of segment accounting in order to assess if the firm should accept the demands. The paper also looks at other factors ...

This 6 page paper looks at the way decision may be made for the Clipboard Tablet Company for the X5, X6 and X7 to maximize the profits of the firm. The decisions are made following a 'groundhog day' using a simulation provided by the student. The decisions are provided and justified. The bibliography cites ...

Activity based costing (ABC) has been highly beneficial for many manufacturing industries. The process has facilitated increased transparency and greater control of costs, including the ability to help reduce costs significant. This paper argues that similar processes can be applied with in the service sector. The way that the concepts may be applied and ...

Property development will often require debt to fund the development projects. The way in which different lenders may look at a development and assessed in this 9 page paper, with consideration of the different types of criteria that may be applied, and specific attention to the valuation of a property development project. The bibliography cites ...

This 3 page paper compares Shell Oman Marketing Company with Oman Oil and Al Maha, comparing four selected financial ratios. The ratios examined are the earnings per share (EPS), P/E ratio, return on equity and return on capital employed. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 9 page paper is a 6 slide PowerPoint presentation and speaker notes answering two costing questions. The first examines a situation where a production manager suggest increasing production in order to lower costs for the current accounting year; explaining how the use of absorption costing may help to increase reported profits and discusses the ...

This 3-page paper explains return on equity and internal rate of return. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses whether a proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel will increase shareholder value for both companies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper focuses on the crimes and schemes of Bernie Madoff. Some attention is paid to the money laundering aspect of his crimes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 14 page paper discusses the influence that fair value accounting (FVA) may have had in the financial crisis which started in 2008. The concept of fair value accounting is assessed, with an examination of the criticisms which have emerged, apportioning some blame for the crisis on this accounting technique. The potential of alternate methods ...

This 5 page paper answers a set of questions regarding investing in an international stock exchange, in this case the UK stock exchange. The first question discusses the performance of the UK stock market between 2008 and 2012. The second question is a discussion on the relative risk that is perceived to the company that ...

This 19 page paper examines the changes in regulation regarding accounting for defined contrition pension schemes and assesses the degree to which regulation changes may be influencing the shift to defined benefit schemes. The regulations, focusing on IAS 26 and FRS 17, are outlined, and assessed. The way two similar firms in the US ...

This 4 page paper looks at the way in which overhead costs are allocated and applies this to products from a well known firm. The example pf McDonalds is used, with assumptions made regarding the way costs may be allocated. The paper includes a recasting of costs with a segmented income statement in the ...

This 8 page paper looks at the concept of dividend signaling, looking at what it is, how it developed, the underlying theory, contradictory ideas and the influences which may impact on the way it is perceived by the market. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

This 3 page paper examines Google. The paper starts by looking at the background of the company, including its’ development, core products and the market in which it competes. The paper then looks at the financial performance between 2008 and 2010 and ends by examining the way in which the IPO took place in 2004. ...

This 11 page paper examines the regulatory environment which exists within the United States for online banking. The general approach to online banking and the way that the seen with general banking regulations, and the way in which it is evolving is examined, along with the specific challenges, such as security and the way ...

This 10 page is an in-depth assessment of five different mutual funds run by Fidelity between 2000 and 2010. The growth of the different funds over the period examined is assessed, the arithmetic and geometric means are calculated, major holdings of each fund identified and the correlation covariance matrices are presented. The paper goes on ...

This 13 page paper looks at the performance of Royal Dutch Shell between 2006 and 2010. The performance of the firm is examined to assess the way that the recession, oil prices and industry events have impacted in that performance. The focus is on the revenue and profit and the share price movements. The bibliography ...

This 4 page paper considers the potential investment of a new software system to manage patient records. The investment is considered from the perspective of a hospital, looking at how the investment will help meet management goals and benefit the hospital financially. The paper is a general justification of the investment. The bibliography cites 3 ...

This 13 page paper provides answers a set of five questions asked by the student, requiring calculations concerning the time value of money. These include calculating future values of existing funds compounding interest, as well as present value calculations, and calculations to assess investment in investment amounts needed, as either a lump sum or an ...

This 3 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student, assessing the inventory control at a firm over two years. Using figures supplied the student the paper demonstrates the way in which inventory turnover and the ‘days inventory’ can be calculated, interprets the results and identifies used in the accounts ...

This 19 page paper looks at the concept and practice of analyzing financial statements. The paper is written ion four sections, the first considers the analysis financial activities, the second section looks at the way financial reports may be analyzed, including a detailed breakdown of ratios which may be used. The third section of ...

The 'professionalization' of financial analysis has increased the expectation that professional analysts will be able to produce consistently good returns. This 6 page paper looks at, including effcient market hypothesis, and assesses whether or not it is possible for investors and analysts to outperform the market. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of security exchanges. The NYSE-Euronext and NASDAQ exchanges are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.