1. In our society today, there continues to exist a stigma about neurological disorders. When we encounter a person with Parkinson’s Disease, a spinal cord injury (paralysis), Multiple Sclerosis or other conditions, many times we feel uncomfortable and do not know what to say or do. As we learn more about why these disorders exist and how to treat or cure them, do you think this will help break down this stigma? What can we do to de-stigmatize physical challenges? 2. Federal funding for stem cell research is now available here in the United States. This means that our government is providing money to researchers who investigate whether stem cells (immature neurons, usually from frozen embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization) implanted in the brain can cure a wide range of conditions, from cancer, to diabetes, to spinal cord injuries, MS, and Parkinson’s Disease. What is your opinion about stem cell research? Keep in mind that we are presenting material from a scientific perspective in this class. You can certainly disagree philosophically with stem cell research, but try to focus on your views of whether this approach has promise for curing neurological and other physical conditions or not

Financial Statement Case Study 

(This assignment is to be prepared individually)

 

 

OBJECTIVE:  The objective of this assignment is to expose you to the type of information contained in an annual report as well as learn where to locate specific financial data within the report.  You will use the annual report from your assigned company to complete the three parts of this assignment.  Each of the three parts of this assignment will be evaluated on the criteria outlined below.

 

LeBow Focus:

Economics:  Explore stock pricing, inflation effects, and business cycles.

Problem Solving:  Use critical thinking skills to evaluate ratio relationships in interpreting company financial health. 

Career Planning: Explore some of the tasks and responsibilities for a career as a stockbroker, accountant, or financial manager.

Writing: Writing specific to business such as company performance analysis and investment analysis.

 

Part 1:  Financial Statement Research â€“ 30 points

GOAL:  For this section you should locate data in both the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.  You will have to find the data from the two most current consecutive years available for each of the items listed below.  You will then have to calculate the percentage change for those two consecutive years and indicate that change.  An excel spreadsheet should be used to complete this section.  You must include a copy of the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet for this section of the assignment and highlight data used.  Based on the data you gathered, what overall observations can you make about the company (that does not mean just stating assets went up or down, but rather strategies, trends or impacts)?  You can include questions you would ask or other information you would want to research.

 

*Sales*Cash

*Cost of Sales (COGS)*Total Current Assets

*Gross Profit*Long Term Debt 

*Net Income (loss)*Total Equity

*Inventory*Total Assets

 

 

Part 2:  Financial Statement Analysis â€“ 40 points

GOAL:  For this section you will use financial ratios to evaluate the relationship between Balance Sheet and Income Statement data from the two most current consecutive years in making determinations about company performance.  You are to compare this data to the averages for your company’s industry. For each ratio you should show the formula used, enter your company’s numbers into that formula, compute the ratio, and assign the proper label to the answer ($, %, etc.).  You will complete this for each of the two years’ data.  Once again, an excel spreadsheet should be used to complete this section.  Based on the data gathered, what overall observations can you make about the company (that does not mean just stating a ratio went up or down, but rather why, given strategies, trends or impacts or particular input data)?  You can include questions you would ask or other information you would want to research.

 

*Current Ratio/Liquidity*Inventory Turnover

*Debt to Equity Ratio*Profit Margin

*ROI*One additional ratio of your choice

 

Part 3:  Interpretive Analysis â€“ 40 points

GOAL:  Each of the ratios in Section 2 provide relevant information to help answer specific questions about the financial health of the company.  You will have to interpret that information for three of those ratios by responding to each of the multi-part following questions. The discussion should be thorough and incorporate data and analysis from above.

 

1.  What is meant by liquidity?  Did the company experience and increase or a decrease in liquidity over the two-year period evaluated?  What effect do the liquidity figures have on the company’s long term and/or short term performance?

2. What is meant by Profit Margin?  Did the company experience an increase or decrease in profit margin over the two year period evaluated?  What effect do the Profit Margin figures have on the company’s long term and/or short term performance?

3.  What is measured in a Debt to Equity ratio? Did the company experience a change in its leverage over the two year period evaluated? What impact do these Debt to Equity figures have on the company’s overall long term and short term performance?

4.  How does inventory and inventory turnover affect liquidity?  Did the company experience and increase or decrease in inventory turnover?  

 

 

Overall appearance of the report including, but not limited to: proper citations, proper use of grammar/spelling, sentence structure, formatting of the cover page and body of the report â€“ 15 points.

 

Please be certain to include an introduction and conclusion to the case study.  The introduction should orient the reader to the company you have researched and provide an overview of the company.  The conclusion should summarize your case study and leave the reader with a positive final impression of the work being submitted. 

 

NOTES!

this is a financial statement case study, and we are doing tow differen company! one is CVS Caremark and anther one is Pepsi and we need this done before wednesday.

total we will pay 100$

Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital
Due Week 9 and worth 200 points

Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 6 through 9.

Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:

1. Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples.
2. Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.
3. Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.
4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format: 

• Webtext Format:
• • Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website url.
  • • Example:

Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext]. Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey.

• Lecture Format:
• • Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture url.
  • • Example:

Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from /bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/300/1136/Week1/lecture/story.html.

• Internet Resources:
• • Author’s Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website url.
  • • Example:

Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of people living on a dollar a day. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/04/living-on-a-dollar-a-day-photos-renee-byer-thomas-nazario.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine how human capital is used and what effect gender disparity has on these decisions.
• Determine what role health plays in developing economies.
• Examine the role that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank play in transfers and the conditions they set to effect this funding.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric.