Financial ratios

A strong or weak United States dollar is a huge component of the world’s economy. Both have advantages and disadvantages, but which is the best for the United States? To answer this question, one must know the difference between a weak and strong dollar, the benefits and drawbacks of both, and how other countries react to the value. There are many factors that determine whether the United States dollar is strong or weak. These factors include supply and demand of products, market psychology of…

Q12 - OE_ClosestInvestmentPeers Which companies would you consider to be GLP’s closest investment peers? "Obviously, there’s the MGM entity whose name escapes me. Then there are collections of other triple-net lease REITs out there whose names I don’t know well." Q13 Relative to its investment peers, do you consider GLP’s common stock to be overvalued, undervalued, or do you think it’s valued about right? "Valued about right. It’s valued about right given the peers much higher organic growth.…

The company competes with a great deal of companies that are in the women’s apparel, men’s apparel, kids apparel, shoes, jewelry, and accessories markets. Some of these companies penetrate a bigger market because they are larger and have greater financial resources, which put J. Crew at a disadvantage. This could cause J. Crew to lose its place in the market to other competitors. Lastly, the increase labor wages in the US could have a huge impact on J. Crew’s costs, which will ultimately affect…

The following are my raw scores and percentile rankings from Oliver’s (2015) Big Five Inventory survey. My raw open-mindedness (i.e. openness) score is 1.00, and shows a higher ranking than 98% of other participants that have taken the survey, which indicates I tend to enjoy new experiences and viewing situations or problems from multiple perspectives. My raw score for conscientiousness is 0.96, and places higher than 99% of previous participants, which overall suggests I am well-organized and…

When I move to college, I realize that I only need a bike, so I sell my truck and gain $10,000 to invest where I want I decide to put $3,000 in a Traditional Bank account, $3,000 in a Treasury Bond, and $4,000 in Stocks. I made sure to diversify my investments between high and low risk investments so that I am able to balance out my chances of getting a positive return on my investments. I chose to put $3,000 in a Traditional Savings Account because this is a low risk account that I can access…

The NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and the board of governors opened the formal expansion process, and began accepting applications in July, 2015. The NHL has been reviewing applications, and Lax Vegas has emerged as the top candidate for expansion, in part due to favorable resident income, and localized demographics. NHL interest is high for expansion in the city especially due to fact it is one the largest U.S. metropolitan areas without a professional sports team. If the NHL was able to break…

Depreciation Adjustments The Internal Revenue Service of the United States allows companies to take advantage of bonus depreciation and section 179 depreciation. Bonus depreciation accelerates depreciation on qualifying property in the first years of service to maximize savings for a business. The percentage of bonus depreciation has fluctuated over the years since its creation in 2002; however, the next four years have been determined through the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act…

credit score is an indicator of past financial behavior. A low score does not mean that you cannot or will not pay your bills; likewise a higher credit score does not mean that you can or will pay your bills. The score is simply a number that indicates what you have done in the past regarding credit. Lenders can'tt simply take your word that you will pay a bill, so be sure to make positive financial decisions so your score will indicate your responsible financial…

current and quick ratio are used to determine a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations. Though it is not surprising that the current ratio is generally higher due to the inclusion of inventory in the calculation, the bulk of Nintendo’s current assets are in the form of cash and cash equivalents, indicating that it is highly liquid. Nintendo uses little debt leverage and accrues minimal liabilities, which explains why their current/quick assets cause the current and quick ratios to…

Sales, which included T-shirts and denim jeans, reached $78 million, 98 percent of which came from the domestic market. With 1,000 stores in Italy alone, Benetton realized that the home market was saturated, and launched a major export campaign. Benetton targeted the rest of Europe and made plans to enter U.S. and Japanese markets. In 1979 the first store was opened in North America. By 1981, Benetton, operating under the name Invep S.p.A., had become the world leader in the field of knitwear,…