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7% over the past five years. The second advisor tells the investor that the mutual fund has seen above-average returns in the past 10 years but has been declining in recent years. According to prospect theory, even though the investor is presented with the same mutual fund, he or she is more likely to buy the mutual fund from the first advisor, who expressed the rate of return as an overall 7% gain, rather a combination of both high returns and losses. Prospect theory is based on the…

hold only 31.7% of the industry market share, the remaining being held by many small companies, each with less than 5% of the market share. (Hurley) Foot Locker focuses mostly on athletic shoes, which represent 90% of their total sales. (Hurley) It holds the largest market share within the industry and as such its sales were about 2.5 times that of the other three competitors in 2014. (Foot Locker Inc. Form 10-K 2014) Payless ShoeSource, the main brand of Wolverine Worldwide, focuses mainly on…

The purpose of this project is to be able use the speedometer readings to approximate the distance traveled with a midpoint Riemann sum. This method is used to approximate the value of a definite integral using subintervals. To complete this project, I first had to ask my parent to take me for a twenty minutes drive on the street. As a passenger, I first had to record the initial odometer reading and then for every two minutes, I ask the driver for the exact speedometer reading and record my…

grants. Consequently, in conducting a ratio analysis of the financial statements provided for the years 2009 and 2010 determined the WAMC’s financial health is rather poor. The ratios were calculated to determine the liquidity, solvency and profitability of WAMC, those ratios helped interpret WAMC’s overall financial health. Concluding from the financial statements provided for the years 2009 and 2010 that WAMC was financially weak.…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted higher profit than Wall Street expected as higher credit-card spending and investment banking fees combined to overpower sliding revenue from bond-trading. Earnings of $1.82 a share in the three months through June compared with the $1.59 average of analysts' estimates from FactSet, and net income rose 13% to $7.03 billion. Rising interest rates after two hikes this year by the Federal Reserve pushed net interest income -- the difference between what banks charge to…

ConocoPhillips (COP) Is Set To Soar ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) shares soared nearly 23% in the last three months alone, supported by higher crude oil prices and the company’s cost-cutting strategies. COP is the largest independent exploration and production company. It had experienced a massive decline in its sales and earnings in the last two years, amid a cyclical downturn in energy markets and commodity prices. On the other hand, during the period of lower oil prices, ConocoPhillips took…

“A penny saved is a penny earned” (Franklin). What does that mean for Americans today? When Benjamin Franklin made this statement, the penny was worth much more. In fact, a family could most likely buy something at the general store for a few pennies back then. The values of pennies in that time were the equivalent of the values of the more valuable coins today. In current times, however, you cannot buy much of anything. In fact, it is not worth the time it takes to save enough pennies to buy…

This case study is a brief analysis of the Procter and Gamble (P&G) company’s strategic posture during the late twentieth century. It provides a short description of some of the strategic issues the organization faced during that time period to remain competitive and a leader in the consumer goods global market. The first part of the case study provides a short introduction of the company, its net worth, as well as a brief line up of its products, followed by a short description of strategic…

Ariana Orfanella Star River Electronics Case Study Overall Company Performance Star River’s finances initially lead you to believe that there has been a steady incline of growth and success. The sales increase appears to represent healthy all around healthy growth. Their sales have averaged a steady incline of around 15% growth per year which seems encouraging until you look at several other factors. All of this should be backed up by looking at Net Income, however that’s where the findings…

I manage, supervise, and develop procurement for approximately 60+ assets (part numbers) including 8 fracture critical which consist of 1500+ individual parts for the F110 Engine Requirements. I determine acquisition actions to initiate, amend or cancel procurement, execute repair or dispose of excess. Determine & evaluate F110 Engine requirements through Asset Reconciliations, Factor printouts, FMS Supportability Analysis, Buy/Repair Analysis and MICAP/Backorder Analysis to forecast strategic…