Tag: Economics

I’m stuck on a Finance question and need an explanation.

We are covering a different topic from any topic listed below. For each of these topics, please find an article from your favorite news source that covers the material covered during that week (e.g., in the zoom audio lectures, PowerPoint presentations, the written transcripts, etc.) and explain in a paragraph or so how the article relates to that topic. Please focus on two total articles during the summer semester owing to the shortened duration.

I need assistance answering these two-part questions.

Part A

Read the articles attached and examine the idea that financial markets are expected to be efficient. Analyze the factors that contribute to an efficient market where prices of securities reflect available information. Part A must be a minimum of 400 words.

Part B

Discuss how changes in the perception of risk during the financial crisis of 2007-2009 resulted in major movement of financial flows, causing significant changes in the values of financial securities and currencies. Evaluate how these changes in value impacted the economy. Part B must be a minimum of 400 words.

Please include all references in text where used. Also please use at least 2 scholarly or academic sources to answer Part B. The attached articles are to be used to answer Part A

• Distinguish between producer and consumer theory.

You are a junior executive of a new cellular phone carrier called Technologies of the Future (TOF) that competes in the same market as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile. You have been tasked with providing the Committee Board members of TOF with a report that discusses issues that would be encountered by Technologies of the Future (TOF) when deciding whether TOF and Apple iPhones are substitutes or complementary goods and when analyzing the price elasticity of demand for the competitors’ smartphones. Address the following items in your report:

• If the price elasticity of demand is 5, and prices increase by 10%, calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded.
• Explain which TOF smartphones and Apple iPhones would be considered substitutes or complementary goods in terms of changes in price, and what impact a change in quantity would have.
• Is the cross-price elasticity of demand positive or negative, and why?
• Explain which TOF smartphones and phone chargers would be an example of substitutes or complementary goods.

State legislatures continue to seek budget-friendly alternatives to the incarceration of juveniles. The legislatures, however, want to ensure their money is being well spent. To that end, you have been asked to rate the effectiveness of a local or national organization/non-profit organization/after-school program that is based on the prevention or rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.

These programs can be intervention-based, in that they attempt to prevent delinquency, or they can be rehabilitative, in that they seek to rehabilitate offenders. Many community-oriented diversion programs have websites that provide more than enough information for you to complete this assignment. One common program in Texas schools is DARE or Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

As a final alternative, the federal government measures the effectiveness of many such programs and publishes the results online. Some questions to consider as you complete this assignment are: What is the intended population? What standard are you using to measure the effectiveness? Why do you think it is effective and worthy of continued funding? Why is this a better alternative than incarceration? Is this approach too soft on crime?

General Instructions:

You should complete this assignment using ASA style in no fewer than 500 words. Follow all of the usual ASA requirements for your writing assignments. Please type your answer in a Word document (.doc or .docx) and select the option to “Browse My Computer” to upload your document. You should first introduce the organization and discuss when or why it was founded, and its mission. You should then discuss one or more of the organization’s activities that highlight its effectiveness in reducing juvenile delinquency or recidivism. Finally, you should discuss the organization’s funding sources (donations?) and how a grant from the state could be instrumental in helping the organization fulfill its mission. 

provide an economic evaluation based on a budget developed from costs of a previous facility half the size of the new one. Your evaluation will be in the form of a PPT presentation showing what was studied, methods used and results obtained.

1. Assume you are an investment advisor. Your client is unsure what
the main benefits and reasons for investing in a Mutual Fund or an
ETFs are

Explain the main differences and similarities between each
other

Explain what the main advantage and disadvantage of
investing in mutual funds or ETFs are

Explain the main difference between active and passive
management

2. Go to https://www.morningstar.com
o What information does the Morningstar Style Box® provide?

Morningstar assigns a Rating to each Mutual Fund. What are
the criteria they use to assign this rating?

Use the information provided above (style box and ratings) to
choose 5 different mutual funds/ETFs (5 funds/ETFs per
each portfolio) to prepare 3 portfolios for 3 different types of
investors:

1. Aggressive
2. Moderate
3. Conservative

In half a page for each portfolio, explain:

1. The rationale behind choosing the given funds/ETFs
per each portfolio

2. The criteria chosen to build each portfolio

3. Follow up the prices for all 3 portfolios for a week.
Calculate the return for each portfolio at the end of the
week.

Explain your results.

Can Governments Foster the Development of Venture Capital?

-Yue Fei-

Toulouse School of Economics

Article: https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/docu…

Key Points in the Article:

Exploring a novel dataset and a unique policy experiment, this paper examines the role of government intervention in the emergence of venture capital (VC) in China during 1999-2013. Using difference-in-difference methodology, I find that the central government program leads to increased local investment from both government and private VCs, doubling the number of successful companies. I present two micro-level transmission channels of the crowding-in effects: through networks formed by previous investments and

co-ownership in VC affiliates. The positive impact is most pronounced in relatively less developed regions during the early development of the VC sector. Evidence suggests a possible downside of government intervention: government VCs underperform private VCs in terms of exits through initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions, potentially due to agency conflicts.

Question:

– Discuss the government’s impact on venture capital.about

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Q2: An investor owns a bond selling for $3,000. This bond can be converted into 90 shares of stock that are currently selling for $40 per share. Should the investor convert his bond into shares?

Q2: Al Olaa Company owns 100 million shares and is currently trading at SAR 40 per share. To provide financing for expansion, Al Olaa decided to give investors exercises right to buy one additional share for every 5 shares owned in a 1:5. How much should each share be worth after the rights issue if they previously sold for SAR 35 each?

Q3: Explain the concept of Financial Distress and Financial Slack.

Textbook

• Brealey, R., Myers, S., and Marcus, A. (2012). Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. (7th). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN: 9780078034640 (hard copy); ISBN: 9780077410711 (e-copy).

Learning Engagement #4

Topic: Fixed costs

Question: Give an example of a business with a high fixed cost. What are the pros and cons of running a business with high fixed costs instead of high variable costs?

PROFESSOR’S GUIDANCE FOR THIS WEEK’S LE:

Costs of running a business can be divided into fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs as the name indicates, remain the same whatever quantity of goods and services are produced.

1. Please make sure that you read the relevant chapter from the textbook

2. Watch the YouTube videos for this week and additional course material provide

Be sure to proofread carefully (Use Grammarly – the premium version! Make sure your writing score is more than 90) and cite your sources (APA 7.0 ed).

NOTE:

1. post your 300-400 word
2. Offer at least two 100-200 word comments (replies) to posts from your peers’ discussions
3. you will be graded using the following rubric and standard

Case Study: Auctions and Dynamic Pricing

Overview

There are many types of auctions, each with strengths and weaknesses at uncovering the real price or value of an item. Auctions are widely used in finance, e-commerce, and e-games. They are also widely used to generate revenue for not-for-profit organizations. 

The following video describes auctions as price discovery mechanisms:

The Ideal Auction.

Use the video on auctions and at least three academic or high-quality business publications (see acceptable types below) to compare and contrast English auctions and Dutch auctions, and sealed-bid first-price auctions and Vickery auctions.

• Instructions

Address the following questions in 5–7 pages:

Compare and contrast how each of the following uncovers value: 

English and Dutch auctions.

Sealed-bid first-price auctions and Vickery auctions.

Compare and contrast surge pricing and congestion pricing. Give an example of each currently in use.

1. Identify three examples of auctions used in finance, e-commerce, and/or e-games. Explain the following in-depth: 

The need for an auction to uncover value in the product or service.

• How the type of auction used to uncover the value of the product or service is better at uncovering value than other types of auctions.
• What are the advantages or disadvantages of auctions as revenue generators for not-for-profit organizations?

1. Suggest ways in which a for-profit company, such as the company for which you work or a company for which you aspire to work, can use auctions or dynamic pricing to better uncover value and increase revenue.