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The Fortune 1000 is an annual list of the 1000 largest companies maintained by the American magazine Fortune. The eligible companies are ranked on revenue generated from core operations, discounted operations, and consolidated subsidiaries. Since revenue is the basis for inclusion, every company is authorized to operate in the United States and files a 10-K or comparable financial statement with a government agency. In general, private organizations withhold information from the public and are…

We have been executing our marketing strategy very effectively in the last few quarters. Table 4 displays our projected division profitability statement since the start of our company. All profits in quarter 5 are forecasted numbers, only expenses are accurate to what is actually going to happen in this quarter. The projected demand this quarter, which was used to calculate these profit numbers were, 900 units sold of the Ulti-Explorer at $3500, 900 units sold of the Ulti-Creator at $3800 and…

Return on Equity: Return on Equity is a measure that investors use to "grade" how well management is using money invested by shareholders. Soda Pop Organics had a return on equity of 26%, which means that the company generated 26 cents of earnings for every one dollar that was originally invested into the company. This is about on par with the industry average during 2013 , therefore from an investor standpoint there 3 isn't an immediate cause of concern. However to get a true idea of how well…

For today's game lab, our group decided that we would play this board game called Sushi Go!. Sushi Go! Our group consisted of six people: Sinjin, Andrew, Mitchell, Kevin, Richard, and myself. Every player starts the game off by being dealt 7 cards. The goal of the game is to place a card down and pass your hand to the next player. The cards being placed down are then flipped and used to chain together for points. Whoever has the most amount of points by the end of the round wins. The first…

his tenure the Chinese stock market had soared to record highs in 2014, which fed into the market bubble. In 2015, the bubble burst and the Chinese…

cash and can be bought or sold with little effect on the price of the securities. Furthermore, short term investments usually provide a firm with an increase in return on investments (ROI). Additionally, some short term securities include treasury bonds, stocks, mutual funds, money market funds or even certificates of deposits, in which a company may use to earn quick cash. Some firms have a short term investment account, if their financial position is strong; whereas the company makes…

The equation for the security market line is: E(r) = 8% + β(12.5% – 8%) y. The aggressive stock has a fair expected rate of return of: E(rA) = 8% + 2.0(12.5% – 8%) = 17% The security analyst’s estimate of the expected rate of return is also 17%. Thus the alpha for the aggressive stock is zero. Similarly, the required return for the defensive stock is: E(rD) = 8% + 0.7(12.5% – 8%) = 11.15% The security analyst’s estimate of the…

At the beginning of the period, the price of Computers, Inc. divided by the industry index was 0.39; by the end of the period, the ratio had increased to 0.50. As the ratio increased over the period, it appears that Computers, Inc. outperformed other firms in its industry. The overall trend, therefore, indicates relative strength, although some fluctuation existed during the period, with the ratio falling to a low point of 0.33 on day 19. 18. Five day moving averages: Days 1 – 5: (19.63 + 20 +…

relationship oriented, and the U.S. system as (stock) market orientated”. Several points were concluded through this study. Firstly, compensation in Japan is more sensitive to negative earnings than the U.S. Secondly, compensation of the top executives in Japan seem to be less closely linked to stock performance than in the U.S. These results are in line with preliminary predictions as it shows that the U.S. corporate system is generally more stock market…

90% of Easterbrook’s compensation is at risk, being based on performance. In 2014, 93% of shareholders supported the approach for executive compensation. In the appendix, a pie chart provides the detail of CEO compensation. The five sections are salary, STIP (operating income growth), LTIP (return on incremental invested capital), options (share price), and RSUs (earning per share). We believe the risk-reward basis of the compensation structure is appropriate. With 90% of Easterbrook’s…