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Capital Structure I will discuss the stock and capital structure of Oracle Corporation used to grow the corporation worldwide and strengthen research and development efforts. Corporations raise capital by issuing common and preferred stock, by exchanging an ownership stake and sharing profits with investors. The corporation experienced significant growth since the inception growing to over a $30B in recent years. Publicly traded corporations have risk associated with the stock price in relation…

those needed to audit. Information needs to be laid out clearly in order to find misstatements or minor errors throughout. Within these financial statements are specific classifications of expenses as well as any paid interest and when interest or dividends are received. Knowing where and how to classify these components create a flow for any financial statement and also add a structure for all other reporting. This paper will examine the Starbucks Corporation fiscal year end statements and the…

Rogers Description Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) is a diversified public Canadian telecommunication and media company (#1). The company operates in three principal segments: Rogers Wireless, Rogers Cable and Rogers Media (#2). The Wireless segment remains as Canada’s largest voice and data telecommunications services provider and only national carrier operating on combined world stand GSM/HSPA+/LTE technology platforms (1). Its network provides customers with advanced high-speed wireless…

With the return of the money that was invested, income is brought in through the interest or dividends that the stock or bond pays back to its shareholders. If money is invested in a stock that pays dividends to share holders, even if the security does not go up in value, or goes down in value shareholders are paid through the dividend by just holding the security until there is opportunity to sell it at a profit. The investors money is now earning themself money…

main details of which are set out in the 2017 Annual Report, together with the main information included in the file for calling the Annual General Meeting on (date of meeting). • Utilize this information for the Board of Directors to propose a net dividend of $127 million (7.0 cents per share), representing and increase of 20.1% share capital. c. Changes in which we consider should be made to the financial statements…

Profitability Ratios The productivity of an organisation and its ability to produce profits is measured using profitability ratios (Žager, Sačer & Dečman 2012). Two ratios which measure profitability are net profit margin and gross profit margin. Another two ratios which assess how sufficiently assets are being used are the return on total assets and asset turnover. JB Hi-Fi’s net profit margin remained stable over the 5 year period with its lowest recorded result in 2012 with 4.74%. In 2015,…

A company has many decisions to make when it comes to growth and finances. The company must evaluate how to grow, how much growth is sustainable, and how to finance that growth. The company has to choose which financial instruments (and how much of each) should be used to create sustainable financing higher than the hurdle rate, and above the expected rate of return for investors. One company may decide that financing capital for new projects is more economical, where another may choose debt…

aswell has stakeholder issues which are both internal and external. External stakeholder issues are that of a change in exchange rates and the South African mobile termination rates which have proven to impact the overall profit which will reduce dividends. Internal stakeholder issues are that of management issues and that of competition from other telecommunications…

1. What are municipal bonds? Describe two different types of municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by state or local governments to pay for ongoing products such as roads, schools, and airports. The two types of municipal bonds are general obligation bonds, or revenue bonds. 2. What is asset allocation? Why is this used? Asset allocation is when someone invests in multiple places to reduce the overall risk of investing. Individuals are reducing their overall risk, because…

Currency is used to buy items and services. Currency can circulate in the economy and impact inflation and deflation. If inflation rises, prices for goods such as clothes will increase and I may have to pay more for a shirt that I want to buy. Different nations use different types of currency. Most currencies can be traded for a different type of currency, which can be used to buy goods and services in another country. Cyclical unemployment is a result of a business not doing as well as it…