Corporate Governance Corporate governance is a system which consists of a bundle of rules with practices through which a company is controlled and directed. It primarily comprises of a balance in the interests of stakeholders such as management, shareholders, government and even the community. Board of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies (The Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance 1992). -The shareholders hold the right to appoint directors and auditors and to…
1. Explain why total financial assets in the economy must equal total financial liabilities Financial asset is intangible property from a contractual claim such as stocks, bank deposits, and bonds. All of them should be worth to receive monetary value. Financial liability is a company's obligation or debt which a company has to pay back the amount of borrowing money. Total financial assets and total financial should be equal it's because the balance sheet is based on accounting equation. Since…
1. What are municipal bonds? Describe two different types of municipal bonds. The two most common types of municipal bonds are the following: General obligation bonds are issued by states, cities or counties and not secured by any assets. Instead, general obligation are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the issuer, which has the power to tax residents to pay bondholders. 2. What is asset allocation? Why is this used? This is a technique used to spread your investment dollars across…
to Brinkerhoff et al. (2014), capitalism is a market-based economic system based on competition that consists of buyers and sellers. In a capitalist economic system, most wealth is considered private property and use…
In January 2001, a major merger was announced between AOL and Time Warner. The merger was aimed to create the world’s first fully integrated media and communication company for the internet century in an all stock combination valued at $350 billion dollars. It was considered “The Deal of the Century” because they believed that each company being the best in its field, complemented their strengths which suggested the possibility of a mutually beneficial relationship. The merger deal was trouble…
A weakness of Quintiles is the company’s high level of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2014, the company has about $2 billion indebtedness, which means that the company will need to use a portion of the money to pay back the debt before all the interest rates accumulate and increase the amount of debt, thereby affecting the financial flexibility of Quintiles. Quintiles can continue to thrive in research and develop their Web to attract customers through easy access to the website. The company…
The Nagle Vehicle Purchase Recently, we decided to purchase another vehicle. We had to decide whether or not we could actually afford another vehicle. There were several options to discuss. There were many factors and avenues that we had to explore before making the actual purchase. We had originally used a concept map in the actual event decision, but now we decided that we needed to outline all possible points in determining what we would buy in the end. We initially wanted to buy a…
whether or not he is doing well. He took the time to analyze his losses over the years and found the answer that he shares in Bollinger Band Jackpot. The Pros - This system is the foundation of what Mark does in the market to make enough money to do this full-time - Trade in any market and maintain an accuracy of up to 90% - Get the ability to confirm your trades before you enter them so that you can avoid bad beats - Stop falling victim to the trap trades that cause you to lose money -…
People StyleWatch is a monthly American magazine which publishes 12 issues per annum. The magazine is published by Times Inc. which is also responsible for issuing 90 other magazines including TIME, InStyle, Sports illustrated, and Entertainment Weekly. People magazine introduced People StyleWatch in 2002 which was a newsstand extension of its StyleWatch column. Due to its tremendous success, the frequency of People Stylewatch was increased to 10 times per annum 2007. Total paid circulation…
No need for Carson to issue bonds. Carson will need to take into consideration the market change as the Fed’s monetary policy can cause higher interest rates. When the interest rates is higher, the economic growth will be reduced and that could make Carson’s products demand to be adversely affected. b. If I were involved in the meeting…