Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 10 page paper is a financial analysis of Cadbury PLC. The first part of the paper assesses the cost of capital, the second part of the paper looks at the profitability and the return for shareholders. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

This 4 page paper considers whether or not it may be viable to use option pricing theory, instead of traditional ratio analysis, as a way of assessing the risk associated with a firm. The paper considers the concept, looks at the Black-Scholes model and then assesses the suitability of the approach as a way of ...

This 3-page paper focuses on advice and recommendations to the President of the United States for easing the country out of a severe recession. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the problems that have been caused by recent changes to accounting standards concerning accounting for hedging. The paper puts forward the argument that the new methods of accounting use fair market value undermine the purpose of heading to reduce risk and create stability. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the economy and how cause and effect enters the picture. Theory is presented. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper goes through the steps of an accounting cycle using McDonald's purchase of potatoes. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6-page paper introduces economic concepts such as cost-push inflation, sacrifice ratio and the Taylor Rule. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at the chemical industry in the US there are the resources to manufacture or process more chemicals, and the country exports may of the same goods that it imports. The paper uses the concept of international trade theory to explain how and why, looking at the concept of comparative advantage ...

This 5-page paper discusses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, its impact on information systems, accounting controls and internal controls, and its effectiveness. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 9 page paper looks at the global financial crisis which stared in 2007 and considers the potential causes of the crisis, including the behavior of the subprime market, the policies of Alan Greenspan, the general economic conditions prior to the crisis and the role of Bill Gates. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 7 page paper looks at the US company Synergentic in order to determine a potential valuation, using CAPM with the dividend discount model. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing defined contributions, defined benefits and other postretirement benefits. Standards outlined by the FASB included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 48 page paper looks at primary data collected as part of a project to assess whether or not the practice of hedging for fuel by airlines would impact on their financial performance measured as their operating profit. The paper presents the results using statistical analysis, looking at the impact on hedging on airlines as ...

This 11 page paper looks at three economic indicators of the US economy in May 2011, assessing how they may be interpreted. The three measures are consumer confidence, the risk of recession and personal income. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 5 page paper looks at three models which may be used to assess the cost of equity, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), arbitrage pricing theory (APT) and the dividend discount model (DDM) which is a dividend growth model. Each of the models is outlined, ease of uses, assumption and accuracy are all ...

This 5-page paper discusses the International Banking Act of 1978 and how it contributed to the growth of U.S. banking overseas, and interdependence among financial markets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses various financial instruments (stocks, bonds and equity) and determines the investment risks. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper examines the gold standard and whether or not it had influence on the Great Depression. The paper concludes that the gold standard was an important part of the environment that would see a depression of that magnitude arise and because the gold standard linked many economies it was certainly responsible for ...

This 3-page paper discusses the double-tax treaty between the U.S. and Switzerland, including the exchange of information annex. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8-page paper focuses on the various causes of the 2008 financial meltdown, from subprime mortgages to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 5-page paper provides financial information and analysis for telecom company BT Group plc. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of vacation planning. The necessary steps for planning a vacation are explored. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses the efficiency of securities pricing in the U.S. financial markets. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper focuses on purchasing a house as a decision of economics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the case provided by the student concerning the legal action taken by New Line against Kim Basinger for breach of contract concerning the film Boxing Helena. A set of questions are answered regarding the way in which compensation was considered and calculated including whether the plaintiffs minimum and maximum ...