CORPORATE FINANCE
Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the web or book ( Corporate Finance – 180 Day Option, 11th Edition Stephen Ross; Randolph Westerfield; Jeffrey Jaffe; Bradford Jordan) 1) What is the role of a financial manager or officer in the corporation? Do managers act in the Stockholders′ interest? Explain your points. 2) Everyone has heard of the company, ″Apple″. It is said that Apple has too much cash on its Balance Sheet. Do you agree? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having too much cash on a company′s balance sheet. 3) What Is Financial Planning? What are the dimensions of financial planning? How can corporate growth be a financial planning goal? How can this goal be determined? 4) Relating Present Value to real life, discuss advantages and disadvantages of beginning to draw Social Security Benefits at age 62 vs. waiting to begin drawing them at full retirement age (let′s assume 67). 5) Ch 9 talks about the ″no-dividend firm″. Some companies, such as Amazon.com, Google, and eBay, choose to pay no dividends. [unique_solution]Discuss this topic from the company′s point of view, as well as from the shareholder′s point of view. What′s in it for both? 6) Ch 10 talks about risk and return. Applying your knowledge from this chapter, tell a little bit about what′s going on in today′s market in regards to risk and return, interest rates and stock prices. 7) Ch 19 mentions a term known as ″dividend smoothing″. Define this term and give an example of how a company today may have used this. 8) Ch 20 discusses Initial public offerings (IPO′s). How is the initial pricing determined? Give an example of a successful IPO. Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the web or book ( Corporate Finance – 180 Day Option, 11th Edition Stephen Ross; Randolph Westerfield; Jeffrey Jaffe; Bradford Jordan) 1) What is the role of a financial manager or officer in the corporation? Do managers act in the Stockholders′ interest? Explain your points. 2) Everyone has heard of the company, ″Apple″. It is said that Apple has too much cash on its Balance Sheet. Do you agree? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having too much cash on a company′s balance sheet. 3) What Is Financial Planning? What are the dimensions of financial planning? How can corporate growth be a financial planning goal? How can this goal be determined? 4) Relating Present Value to real life, discuss advantages and disadvantages of beginning to draw Social Security Benefits at age 62 vs. waiting to begin drawing them at full retirement age (let′s assume 67). 5) Ch 9 talks about the ″no-dividend firm″. Some companies, such as Amazon.com, Google, and eBay, choose to pay no dividends. Discuss this topic from the company′s point of view, as well as from the shareholder′s point of view. What′s in it for both? 6) Ch 10 talks about risk and return. Applying your knowledge from this chapter, tell a little bit about what′s going on in today′s market in regards to risk and return, interest rates and stock prices. 7) Ch 19 mentions a term known as ″dividend smoothing″. Define this term and give an example of how a company today may have used this. 8) Ch 20 discusses Initial public offerings (IPO′s). How is the initial pricing determined? Give an example of a successful IPO.