Week 4 Assignment 1: Appraise the Value of Debt and Equity Securities
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Instructions
This week, you learned that the goal of financial management is to maximize shareholder wealth. Write a short paper discussing the relationship between this goal and the goal of maximizing the firm’s profits and how the use of financial markets helps firms to build value within an organization. Your paper should critically assess the value of debt, the time value of money, and how debt can be leveraged to help organizations grow. You are expected to find at least one additional scholarly article where the author discusses the use of stock or equity securities to help a company grow.
If you choose, you may select a company you research and use it as a specific example in your paper. You should expect to cover the type of debt the company incurred, the purpose of the debt, or how they issued or did a buyback of stock or securities to control debt and cash value in the company. Your presentation should include citations from at least five sources with at least one of your sources being added to this week’s reading or video sources. You may find annual reports for publicly-traded companies posted at AnnualReports.com (2018).
Length: Your PowerPoint presentation should be 8-10 slides long, not including a title slide and reference slide. Include 100-150 words for each slide in the notes section.
References: Please include five resources with your submission. While you may use four of the resources provided, you are expected to provide one additional resource you research on your own.
AnnualReports. (2018) 65,762 annual reports from 5,445 companies worldwide help you make the right investment decision. http://www.annualreports.com/
Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
