Question 1
1995 Research and answer the following questions in preparation for the session after reading the case 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for GEICO and Berkshire Hathaway on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically, what does the $718 million gain in Berkshire?s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of GEICO? (Note that Berkshire owned 33.25 million shares before the acquisition was announced.) 2. Based on Value Line?s forecast information, what is the range of possible intrinsic values for GEICO? What questions might you have about this estimated range? 3. How well has Berkshire Hathaway performed? In the aggregate? In its investment in Scott & Fetzer? In its investments in earlier purchases of GEICO stock? In its investments in convertible preferred securities? 4. What is ?intrinsic value? in Warren Buffett?s perspective, and why is it accorded such importance? How is it estimated? What are the alternatives to intrinsic value, and why does Buffett reject them? 5. Please critically assess Buffett?s investment philosophy, and prepare to identify points where you agree and disagree with him. 6. Should Berkshire shareholders endorse the acquisition of GEICO?,I would like to find out what the waiting for the approval on my questions is referring to?,please find the case study attached,In word document,Please find some analysis done on this acquisition,Thank you for your assistance!,Is the deadline date attainable or is it too short notice, i.e. there isn't enough time to tackle all the questions?,Hi, I would like to inquire about the progress and status of this, especially whether the answers will be ready and available by due time. I'd like to give myself the opportunity to try other alternatives with enough time if it won't be the case. I'd appreciate a prompt response on the status. Thanks a lot,Hi, I would like to inquire about the progress and status of this, especially whether the answers will be ready and available by due time. I'd like to give myself the opportunity to try other alternatives with enough time if it won't be the case. I'd appreciate a prompt response on the status. Thanks a lot,Hi I would like to find out whether there has been any progress on this regard. My deadline is drawing nearer and I would like to get an understanding of the answers before I start my responses for my assignment. Please update me on the status regardless of the progress. Also, may you please rather send me the answers that you have managed to respond to in the meantime so that I can get moving on paper whilst waiting for the other answers.,Hi I would like to find out whether there has been any progress on this regard. My deadline is drawing nearer and I would like to get an understanding of the answers before I start my responses for my assignment. Please update me on the status regardless of the progress. Also, may you please rather send me the answers that you have managed to respond to in the meantime so that I can get moving on paper whilst waiting for the other answers.
Question 2
Background Information: Able Corporation is a successful US manufacturing company located in Tennessee that builds power tools, lawn mowers, lawn furniture, microwaves, and ranges. All products are manufactured locally and sold through large retailers like Sears, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart. They have sale papers inserted in every Wednesday and Sunday paper. Although they have a thriving business in the US and Canada, Able is trying to break into the global marketplace. Assignment: At this point in time, you are at the beginning of a project, which will eventually yield (in six months) a complete business plan for Able's strategic initiative to penetrate the global marketplace. You will need to consider the strategic management process in building this business plan. In relation to this process, please prepare a report that provides appropriate responses to the following questions: * How would you go about defining the identity of Able Corporation and creating its mission statement? Where would you look for the information? What do you already know about Able that can help? * What principle would you use in order to prioritize the implementation steps needed to accomplish the strategic objectives? * What post implementation and feedback mechanisms would you have in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the process? What measures would you use? * What legal and ethical issues, if any, need to be considered? " - Sent to Business Expert Tutor on 7/19/2010 at 9:37pm You asked: "All individual project assignments require a minimum of three (3) scholarly sources You are welcome and encouraged to use the David text book and the course materials that came for this course; however, make sure to use a minimum of at least three (3) scholarly sources as well. Your report MUST include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. Reports without citations may not earn any higher grade than a ?C? letter grade. Your report should contain an abstract, a short introduction, and conclusion in addition to the body of the paper. Please note that if you have a source in your reference section, you need to cite it in the body of the paper per APA guidelines and vice-versa. " there is no word limit. It is a graduate level paper. Material needs to cover the topics in total. It is how well the topic is researched and covered that determines the length.,Good evening, I may have made a mistake, I needed this paper this weekend, and I received a paper i thought dated for next week tonight. Please let me know if this paper can be completed by 7/24/2010. I need the paper to have in text citations, APA format. The paper must have at a minimum of three external references. Please let me know how to proceed. I am sure I got confused on the dates because of the update needed for indicating the length of the paper.,Thank you for the paper. I have the same problems with this paper as in the previous one I commented on. There are no in text citations. There is not a reference list. On this paper I did remember to add the requirement of a minimum of three external reference sources. These are the initial observations. I will commence work on reading the material carefully to understand what you were telling me. If I have other concerns I will let you know Thank you very much for your great assistance.
Question 3
These are the ones I need help with: D)Construct a plausible graph that shows risk (as measured by portfolio standard deviation) on the x-axis and expected rate of return on the y-axis. Now add an illustrative feasible (or attainable) set of portfolio efficient? Don't worry about specific values when constructing the graph-merely illustrate how things look with ''reasonable'' data. E) Add a set of indifference curves to the graph created for part b. What do these curves represent? What is the optimal portfolio for this investor? Add a second set of indifference curves that leads to the selection of a different optimal portfolio. Why do the two investors choose different portfolios? F) What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)? What are the assumptions that undeline the model? G) Now add the risk-free asset. What impact does this have on the efficient frontier? H) write out the equation for the Capital Market Line (CML), and draw it on the graph. Interpret the plotted CML. Now add a set of indifference curves and illustrate how an investor's optimal portfolio is some combination of the risky portfolio and the risk-free asset. What is the composition of the risky portfolio?,Can you help me by tomorrow's new deadline on only the ones I stated I need help with?,As I can not send you the book this is all I have to help you:,Where is the Excel graph to go with the answers?
Question 4
Pljain, Can you please answer this questions Please use examples to support your research. 1) You are the civil engineering foreman in charge of a 24-person group whose charter is to erect 3,000 tents for refugees who lost their homes in an earthquake. You have 10 days to accomplish erecting the tents. Based on the team member resumes you received, you selected four people (two men, two women) to be team chiefs of six-person details (4 X 6 = 24 group members). The first one is Mary; she is an extrovert (ESTJ). The second is Joe, and he is a sensing data gatherer (ISTP). The third is Amy, and she is a thinker versus a feeling-type (INTJ). Finally, Ted is a judging versus a perceiving type of fellow (ENFJ). There are going to be some tense, tough days ahead. Your work will have to be coordinated with utilities personnel, emergency workers, firefighters, police, care organizations, temporary housing units organizations, and many other people and groups. Many stakeholders are involved. Given the scenario above, tell how you will communicate with each team leader when delivering complex information in a stressful situation. Propose effective communication techniques for the different personality types. Use relevant research to back up your points. 2) What are some of the challenges inherent in maintaining both individual and team identity?
Question 5
Problem 1 - Red Sauce Canning Company processes tomatoes into catsup, tomato juice, and canned tomatoes. During the summer of 20X2, the joint costs of processing the tomatoes were $420,000. There was no beginning or ending inventories for the summer. Production and sales value information for the summer is as follows: Product Cases Sales Value at Splitoff Point Separable Costs Selling Price Catsup 100,000 $6 per case $3.00 per case $28 per case Juice 150,000 8 per case 5.00 per case 25 per case Canned 200,000 5 per case 2.50 per case 10 per case Question: Determine the amount allocated to each product if the estimated net realizable value method is used, and compute the cost per case for each product. (10 points) Problem 2 - Zenon Chemical, Inc. processes pine rosin into three products: turpentine, paint thinner, and spot remover. During May, the joint costs of processing were $240,000. Production and sales value information for the month is as follows: Product Units Produced Sales Value at Splitoff Point Turpentine 6,000 liters $60,000 Paint thinner 6,000 liters 50,000 Spot remover 3,000 liters 25,000 Question: Determine the amount of joint cost allocated to each product if the physical-measure method is used. (10 points) Problem 3 - Oregon Lumber processes timber into four products. During January, the joint costs of processing were $280,000. There was no inventory at the beginning of the month. Production and sales value information for the month is as follows: Sales Value at Product Board feet Splitoff Point Ending Inventory 2 x 4's 6,000,000 $0.30 per board foot 500,000 bdft. 2 x 6's 3,000,000 0.40 per board foot 250,000 bdft. 4 x 4's 2,000,000 0.45 per board foot 100,000 bdft. Slabs 1,000,000 0.10 per board foot 50,000 bdft. Question: Determine the value of ending inventory if the sales value at splitoff method is used for product costing. Round to three decimal places when necessary. (10 points)
