Ashford Eco 316 Entire Course / Financial Institutions And Markets

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ASHFORD ECO 316 Entire Course / Financial Institutions and Markets

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ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 1 Should You Invest Short Term
ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 2 Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds
ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 1 New Product, Will I Be Rich
ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 2 Mutual Fund Regulation
ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 1 Exchange Rate Risk
ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 2 Should I Expect a Bail Out
ECO 316 Week 3 Assignment Impacts on Liquidity
ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 1 Federal Reserve System and Politics
ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 2 Fed Impact on the Dollar
ECO 316 Week 5 DQ 1 Money Growth Rates and Recessions
ECO 316 Week 5 DQ 2 Credit Crunch
ECO 316 Week 5 Final Paper

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ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 1 Should You Invest Short Term

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Should You Invest Short Term? What are the implications of a U.S. policy to “bail out” firms and heavily subsidize the economy? How could such a policy create inflation and higher interest rates? If you have cash available should you wait until interest rates rise? Review your text and other sources and provide a 200 word answer. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 2 Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds

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Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds. From the end of Chapter 6, read the “Moving from theory to practice” case entitled “Japan Inflation-Linked Bonds.” Your 200 word response should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 1 New Product, Will I Be Rich

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New Product, Will I Be Rich? My company just came out with a new product? Should I buy a bunch of company stock and get rich? What are the pros and cons of such an investment? Review your text and other sources and provide a 200 word answer. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 2 Mutual Fund Regulation

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Mutual Fund Regulation. From the end of Chapter 12, complete problem 13: Describe how mutual funds provide services related to risk sharing and liquidity. Distinguish a mutual fund from a bank. What do the differences you highlighted imply about the need for regulation of mutual funds as opposed to banks? Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings

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ECO 316 Week 3 Assignment Impacts on Liquidity

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Impacts on Liquidity. From the end of Chapter 18, complete the “Moving from theory to practice” case entitled “Liquidity and the Monetary Base.” Your two to three page response should focus on selecting the most relevant factors and organizing them in a coherent fashion. It must be submitted to your instructor by day 7 using APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.

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ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 1 Exchange Rate Risk

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Exchange Rate Risk. From the end of Chapter 16, complete problem 13: Relate the problem of exchange rate risk in international banking to interest rate risk in domestic banking. On the basis of your understanding of interest rate risk, suggest strategies for managing exchange rate risk in international banking. Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 2 Should I Expect a Bail Out

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Should I Expect a Bail Out? From the end of Chapter 15, complete problem 19: Suppose that you manage a small S&L that has a net worth of –$50 million. You fear that within two years, regulators will discover that your firm is insolvent and will shut you down. You have two possible investment strategies: (a) continue to operate as you have been, offering market interest rates on CDs to finance mortgage loans, or (b) offer higher than market interest rates on CDs and use the increased funds to speculate in junk bonds and real estate. Your analysis tells you that strategy (a) has a 10% chance of losing $10 million and a 90% chance of gaining $20 million, with an expected return of $17 million. Strategy (b) has an 80% chance of losing $50 million and a 20% chance of gaining $75 million, with an expected return of –$25 million. What strategy should you follow? Why? What are the consequences of your choice? What should a regulator do in this situation? How might your behavior change if you e

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ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 1 Federal Reserve System and Politics

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Federal Reserve System and Politics. From the end of Chapter 19, complete problem 12: Evaluate:The Federal Reserve System is independent of the political process in the United States. Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 2 Fed Impact on the Dollar

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Fed Impact on the Dollar. From the end of Chapter 21 complete problem 14: If the Fed wants to decrease the value of the dollar on foreign-exchange markets, what should it do? What should it do if it wants to increase the foreign-exchange value of the dollar? Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 5 DQ 1 Money Growth Rates and Recessions

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Money Growth Rates and Recessions. From the end of Chapter 26, complete problem 14: Suppose that you observed a substantial decline in the money growth rate six months before the start of every recession. Would that be enough to convince you that money affects output? Why or why not? Review your text and other sources and provide a 200 word answer. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 5 DQ 2 Credit Crunch

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Credit Crunch. From the end of Chapter 27, complete problem 15: You have been assigned to determine whether the economy is experiencing a credit crunch. What patterns in movements in the federal funds rate, the volume of bank lending, and the volume of short-term lending in financial markets will you look for? Why? Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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ECO 316 Week 5 Final Paper

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Focus of the Final Paper
Analyze the major problems that countries face in developing a balance between mortgage rates and an expansionary economy. Utilize the Chapter 27 “Moving from theory to practice” case entitled “Priced to Perfection,” as well as outside resources, as a basis for developing your analysis. The eight page paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:59 pm of the last day of class.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
Must be eight double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must