Question 1
I have a project - and need help. Note: I have used course hero on another project of this type and almost failed the course. Luckily I was able to fix it and I'm giving coursehero a second chance. I?m working for a mutual fund management company and my fund manager expects me to develop a 10 slide presentation dealing with investing in Healthcare fund and to present a guide for investment decisions. My presentation will be made up of slides, handouts, etc., to present an overview of investment opportunities and strategy in Healthcare. Based on my information, my fund manager will make a decision to buy or sell and to guide investment policy. My Deliverable: Is approx. a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation using charts and graphs, keeping text to a minimum and a two-page narrative to accompany the slides presentation. The questions I need to answer are listed below: 1) Have an outline of firms having a large component of sales and strategy in the healthcare. 2) Determine the leading firms, 10 or so and their individual strategies (brief), current financial position, EVA and outlook. 3) Perform a Financial Analysis (Ratios, Evaded) to support my reasons and to point out risks to earnings growth. 4) Determine investment potential by comparing current stock valuation to growth rates and analyst estimates of future earnings and my view of future earnings growth. 5) Determine how I would allocate $10 Million among the stocks for diversification and maximum capital gains over a one-year period. 6) Make a convincing case
Question 2
" Raghdah Ainuddin ACCT 202: Accounting Principles II Summer II, 2011 Guidelines for writing your research paper: The purpose of this research paper is to provide you with an opportunity to conduct research on a contemporary managerial accounting topic. Term paper topic for this semester is Activity Based Costing. I earnestly hope that this exercise will give you a skill that you will find very useful later in your life. The research skills that you acquire during this process hopefully will prepare you to find appropriate information when you need them to solve unstructured problems that you may encounter in your professional life. Follow the guidelines below when you work on your research paper. 1. Length of your paper should be 4 single-spaced pages excluding bibliography and any exhibits or tables that you may provide. Prepare your paper for normal letter sized paper. Keep 1? inch margin on top and 1 inch margin on all other sides. Email a copy of the finished paper as an attachment to your email. Email it to mrahman@iup.edu. Before you email your paper make sure it does not have any viruses. If it has any viruses, I will not be able to open your paper. 2. Cover page of the paper should have the title in ALL CAPS, centered. Use inverted pyramid structure, single-spaced within the title if more than one line is required. Type your name and course number in Mixed Case on the middle of the page, centered. Write Summer 2011 at the bottom of the page, centered. This page should be unnumbered. 3. Begin first page of your paper with the title in ALL CAPS, centered, inverted pyramid structure, single-spaced within the title if more than one line is required. Insert two blank spaces below the title, and then insert your name in Mixed Case. Insert three blank spaces below your name; center the heading ABSTRACT, insert two blank spaces below this heading followed by a 100 to 120 word abstract. The abstract should be fully justified and single-spaced. DO NOT indent this paragraph. 4. Insert three blank spaces below the abstract, center the heading INTRODUCTION. Insert two spaces. Use first paragraph of this section to introduce your reader to the topic. Use second paragraph to describe how the remainder of your paper is organized. First line of each paragraph should be indented ? inch from the left margin. Each paragraph should be separated by two spaces. Page number should be centered and between bottom margin on this page and all subsequent pages. Raghdah Ainuddin ACCT 202: Accounting Principles II Summer II, 2011 5. Your paper will contain four sections: an introductory section called INTRODUCTION, section two should be titled ACTIVITY BASED COSTING. Use this section to describe the historical background behind the usage of Activity Based Costing. Section three should be titled APPLICATION OF ACTIVITY BASED COSTING. Use this section to give examples of application of Activity Based Costing from real life. The fourth section called CONCLUSION should be used to draw conclusion to your paper. 6. Each section must be separated by three blank spaces. The body of the paper should be single-spaced and left justified (ragged right). This is a short term paper, so do not use table of contents. Avoid orphaning or widowing (i.e., do not start a new paragraph with only one line on one page or carry over only one line of a paragraph to the next page). 7. Citations should be included throughout your paper and complete information should be given in a section called REFERENCES. The first line of each reference should be flushed to the left margin. Successive lines within each reference should be indented ? inch from the left margin. Each reference should be single-spaced and two blank spaces should appear between each reference. You need at least 4 citations and no more than 6 citations for your paper. You should use APA style for all citations. 8. Use 12 point Times New Roman typeface for all text. 9. Use a maximum of two levels of headings as appropriate. Level one heading should be in ALL CAPS, centered, with three blank spaces above and two blank spaces below. Level two heading should be in Mixed Case, left justified, with two blank spaces above and below. Examples of the desired heading typeface follow: LEVEL ONE HEADING You must have at least two lines of text between level one and level two headings. The purpose of this requirement is to give your paper a polished look. Level Two Heading 10. The caption for each exhibit or table should appear in ALL CAPS, in 12 point Times New Roman BOLD, centered above the exhibit or table, with two blank spaces above and below the caption. Exhibit citations and notes should appear directly below the exhibit, single-spaced, left justified, in 12 point Times New Roman, with two blank spaces above and below the note. "
Question 3
1. Which of the following is reported as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows? (Points : 4) a.) The purchase of long-lived assets b.) The acquisition of treasury stock c.) The retirement of bonds d.) The payment of prepaid insurance 2. Using the direct method, cash received from customers is calculated as sales (Points : 4) a.) plus an increase in allowance for uncollectible accounts. b.) minus an increase in allowance for uncollectible accounts. c.) plus an increase in accounts receivable. d.) plus a decrease in accounts receivable. 3. Which of the following is not reported as an adjustment to net income when using the indirect method of computing net cash flows from operating activities? (Points : 4) a.) Cash dividends paid b.) A change in accounts receivable c.) Depreciation d.) A change in a prepaid expense 4. Which of the following is reported as a deduction from net income when using the indirect method to determine net cash flows from operating activities? (Points : 4) a.) Depreciation expense b.) A bad debt written off under the allowance method c.) Amortization of premium on bonds payable d.) Dividends declared 5. Each year, White Mountain Enterprises (WME) prepares a reconciliation schedule that compares its income statement with its statement of cash flows on both the direct and indirect method bases. In its 2011 income statement, WME reported $695,000 for service revenue earned from membership fees. WME received $681,000 cash in advance from members during 2011. In its reconciliation schedule, WME should (Points : 4) a.) show a $14,000 negative adjustment to net income under the indirect method for the increase in unearned revenue. b.) show a $14,000 negative adjustment to net income under the indirect method for the decrease in unearned revenue. c.) show a $14,000 positive adjustment to net income under the indirect method for the increase in unearned revenue. d.) show a $14,000 positive adjustment to net income under the indirect method for the decrease in unearned revenue.
Question 4
The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30,000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2,000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge its customers is $18 each and is to remain constant. The canes have a cost per unit to manufacture of $9 each. Installation of the machine and the resulting increase in manufacturing capacity will require an increase in various net working capital accounts. It is estimated that the Sisyphean Corporation needs to hold 2% of its annual sales in cash, 4% of its annual sales in accounts receivable, 9% of its annual sales in inventory, and 6% of its annual sales in accounts payable. The firm is in the 35% tax bracket, and has a cost of capital of 10%. {Hint: Pages: 132-136} (A). Calculate the total Free Cash Flows for each of the three years for the Sisyphean Corporation's new project. (B). What is the NPV for this project? (C). What is the IRR for this project?
Question 5
Problem 14-1A Computing bond price and recording issuance L.O. P1, P2, P3 Stowers Research issues bonds dated January 1, 2011, that pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds have a $30,000 par value and an annual contract rate of 10%, and they mature in 10 years. Required: Consider each of the following three separate situations. (Use Table B.1, Table B.3) 1. The market rate at the date of issuance is 8%. (a) Determine the bonds' issue price on January 1, 2011. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Issue price $ _____ (b) Prepare the journal entry to record their issuance. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan. 1, 2011 2. The market rate at the date of issuance is 10%. (a) Determine the bonds' issue price on January 1, 2011. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Issue price $ _______ (b) Prepare the journal entry to record their issuance. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan. 1 3. The market rate at the date of issuance is 12%. (a) Determine the bonds' issue price on January 1, 2011. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Issue price $ ________ (b) Prepare the journal entry to record their issuance. (Round "PV Factors" to 4 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Date General Journal Debit Credit Jan. 1
