Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 3-page paper reviews Paul Clikeman's article "Where Auditors Fear to Tread," which was published in the August, 2003 edition of The Internal Auditor. Clikeman's assertion is that, even in this auditing atmosphere of transparency and rules, manipulation of earnings statements can still get companies in trouble. He offers solutions for auditors to get out ...

This 3 page paper examines Saudi Arabia as a potential business destination. This includes some background of Saudi Arabia, statistics on economy and trade information of imports and exports, and details of population, inflation, unemployment and politics. The bibliography cites 1 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the question of what it will take for the US economy to recover. This paper considers the impacts of September 11th and the changes in the economy in recent years, addressing specifically what elements must change. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the changes that occured in the 1990s that resulted in globalism. From fashion to the environment to economic changes to multiculturalism, globalism emerged as a significant world view that shaped the transformation of many industries. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper assesses the value of the supply and demand model in explaining real world economic behaviour. The paper looks at the various components of this model and then gives examples fort he real world to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

4 pages in length. The writer discusses social space, structures, habitus, practices, symbolic capitalization, legitimacy and symbolic domination. No bibliography.

This 5 page paper focuses on the U.S. economy and predictions made in a 2000 article. Those predictions are carefully evaluated to see what writers got right and what they got wrong. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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.

A 6 page paper which critically describes and examines the text, provides author biographical information as relevant to enhancing the reader's understanding of the book and offers an appraisal based on the author's aims and purposes.

During the period of 1873 – 1896 growth in world trade was very low. Various depression were seen throughout the world, this 3 page paper considers Great Britain and identifies who the winners and the losers were in relation to the depression in Britain. The bibliography cites 3 sources

A 21 page paper discussing the spending habits of two female students at Northern Kentucky University. Tuition and books are only the beginning, as Ashley’s and Nicole’s spending records reveal. Both girls live on campus in the least expensive dorm room available, and each have the least expensive meal plan that the school ...

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 6 page paper draws on tools of economic theory in order to assess the importance of economic concepts in the determination of the world oil price since 1973. The paper looks at numerical supply and demand curve equations, the excess demand curve, and game theory. The bibliography cites 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 5 page paper looks at the cost of Medicaid prescriptions and uses regression analysis to try to forecast the future costs. When looking at this in terms of a yearly pattern the paper looks at other potential influences such as inflation, population levels and unemployment levels to find the best correlation. The bibliography cites ...

This 3-page paper provides an overview of macroeconomic conditions in the U.S., and offers predictions about what is likely, based on this year's figures, to happen during 2004. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 9-page paper discusses how inflation impacted the Israeli economy during the latter part of the 20th century. Topics under discussion include fiscal mismanagement and the Economic Stabilzation Program that effectively ended the country's triple-digit inflation. Bibliography lists 8 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 11-page paper focuses on the main reasons for the Asian financial crisis, and how it impacted the fast-growth pardigm the region was experiencing prior to 1997. Bibliography lists 16 sources.

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.