Common stock

Convertible bond is a bond that gives investors an option to convert their bond into a stated number of shares of a firm’s common share in later date. (Madura, 2016) Convertible bond also known as a hybrid security because it has some characteristic of fixes income securities and some features of stock due to the conversion feature. Convertible bond is a regular interest paying bond and some convertible bond are combined with a call option. Calling the bond is usually a method of compel it…

Choice #1: Ethical Business Management Sometimes, in firms, the interest of the stockholders and that of management will diverge and misalign thereby resulting in mismanagement of the business. Such separation leads to what is known in the finance world as an agency problem. Moreover, one of the five principle foundations of finance is principle number five (5) which points out that a conflict of interest will cause this agency problem (Keown, Martin, & Petty, 2014). Presented is an analysis…

Midwestern Contemporary Art The case study presented, Midwestern Contemporary Art, illustrates a classic power conflict between two men, Peter Smith and Keith Schmidt. Peter is the chairman of the board and former municipal judge who, along with his wife, loves contemporary art. He and his wife became involved with the Midwestern Contemporary Art (MCA) museum when they began collecting art pieces, and he was eventually named chairman of the board. Keith is the executive director of the…

Fiduciary duty refers to a legal obligation to act purely in the interests of another party. The party that owes the duty is known as the fiduciary, while the party to whom the duty is owed is known as the principal. The fiduciary is not allowed to benefit from this relationship unless the principal expressly consents to it. In addition, the fiduciary should not have any conflict of interest with the principal. Furthermore, in cases where the fiduciary has several principals, the fiduciary…

understanding of investing will lump stocks and bonds together when talking about investing in markets. While they do share some similarities, there are also significant differences one needs to be aware of, such as how the investment works, the outside forces that influence value, liquidity, and the markets where they are traded. It is also important to understand rates of return, so I shall include multiple examples using a stock with and without a dividend component. Stocks are probably the…

market share means you are boosting your company’s Return on Equity, Earnings/share and image rating, which in turn is going to bring sales revenues and net profit for your company and if your company is doing well and making net profits, your company stock price is going to skyrocket, which is the goal of any business/organization. The ultimate goal of any business or financial management is to maximize shareholder’s wealth and it all starts with strategic marketing plan and good market share.…

Introduction As CEO of Prime Media Corporation Bill Meade faces the following dilemmas; how to acquire a substantial amount of growth for the business and devise a strategy that will allow for a smooth transition into international markets. The planning process for this task is daunting enough on its own but Bill has the pleasure of trying to convince the board of directors that pursuing businesses overseas will lead to the success that they desire. In order to better understand the issue at…

The purpose of this paper is to analyze Apple’s stocks and bonds to determine whether an individual investor should invest in this company. I will use financial statements, reports from previous years, and ratio analyses. Combined this data will determine whether to add Apple to an investor’s portfolio or whether they should look for another investment opportunity. I will use various sources to gather information on the companies short and long term debt, credit rating, and interest rates to…

Crazy Eddie Eddie Antar, better known as “Crazy Eddie,” is a very prevalent fraudster in the world of accounting. Antar is well known for his schemes regarding Crazy Eddie Electronics, the company he cofounded with his father. Eddie was a family man, a ladies man, and a rich man. Eddie was a millionaire, with roughly 53 million dollars in swiss bank accounts until he was caught by the downfall of his family Antar was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 18, 1947. He grew up in Brooklyn, with his…

The article I read is called How Much Compensation Can CEO’s Permissibly Accept? By Jeffrey Moriarty and it talked about how many individuals view the ethics of executive compensation. Some think that the amount that the CEO's are getting paid is too big in regards to their performance compared to what CEO's get paid overseas and to what their workers get paid. The boards of directors could be at blame for the most part because they can be considered fragile and or having concern for themselves…