Investment Essays

Synopsis and Objectives These two cases present the capital investment decisions under consideration by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2001. The A case (case 20) presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case (case 21) reviews the same project but …

In this case we analyst whether Timken should acquire Torrington company from Ingersoll-Rand by cash, issuing share to public or issuing share directly to IR. IR wanted to divest Torrington and Timken aim to acquire it. After merging with Torrington Timken will be world third largest company in bearing industry …

1. In a defined-contribution (DC) pension plan, the employee or employer, or both, make regular contributions to the plan. In the US, employees typically set aside a predetermined percentage of their earnings which is deposited to the plan and the employer will match that contribution. Ultimately, the amount of money …

Nowadays, the insurance industry has become an important part in our daily life. It is reported by Carow(2010) that nearly 70% people have bought certain kinds of insurance. Bancassurance,as an newly developed branch of insurance, is a collaboration between a commercial bank and an insurance company, aiming at selling insurance …

According to Thomas Friedmann globalization should be considered the integration of everything with everything else; more specifically the integration of markets, finance and technology in a way that makes the world smaller than it has ever been before. In 2008 Levendary Café, an American “quick causal” fast food restaurant, took …

1. Describe a real or made up but realistic situation that could cause you or someone you know to have to use money from a financial reserve. (3-6 sentences. 2.0 points) I babysit two kid for parents that work during the day so if one of the lost their job …

Part One : 1) Artic Cooling 2) National Heating & Cooling 3) HVAC Corp $15.19$0.82 = 18.52 $12.49$1.32 = 9.46 $48.6$2.34 = 20.77 PE ratio = 18.52 PE ratio = 9.46 PE ratio = 20.77 Industry Simple Average PE Ratio: 18.52+9.46+20.773 = 16.25 Ragan’s Stock Price: EPS of Ragan = …

Key Issues At NAF, delivering value with IT is about more than delivering projects on time and on budget or having a good IT development shop. They have all this but theres still not enough value getting delivered. This case explores the questions of who is responsible for delivering value …

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix is a tool that used to evaluate strategic business units. It is organizes business by two dimension, the business growth rate and market share. The growth rate is use to show how rapidly the entire industry is increasing and the market share is whether …

Billy’s Beats Inc. (Billy’s), an SEC registrant, is a new audit client with a fiscal year-end of December 31, 2012. Billy’s manufactures musical instruments. Billy’s acquired Little Drummer Boy Inc. (Little Drummer) in 2012 for $575 million in cash. Significant assets acquired included property, plant, and equipment totaling $865 million …