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Students will explore how what they have learned applies to real global companies by selecting a publicly traded business in the Automobile Manufacturing Industry and provide an analysis of the business financial situation by performing a comparative financial statement analysis for the last two financial years, by comparing financial ratios (one of each category) with a major competitor.
Conclude which business is in a better financial position based on a comparative ratio analysis.
Compute and prepare a 200-word report. Submission in VLE.
1. Critically explain the concept of portfolio diversification for business.
2. Compare and contrast the benefits of using debt financing from equity financing from the perspective of the business.
3. Critically analyze the optimal capital structure for business within the IT industry.
4. Critically explain the differences between systematic and unsystematic risk and produce a real-life example of each.
5. Critically analyze the meaning of a business with a Beta (β) of 1.75.
Introduction:
“Since 2011, Netflix has raised roughly $15 billion in debt (mostly by issuing junk bonds) to help fund its content production around the world. That led a group of analysts, reporters, and investors to question whether its business model was sustainable long term—especially as streaming competition increased.” (qz.com). Netflix is selling $1 billion of five-year non-callable junk bonds, with half denominated in dollars and half in euros. In its bond-offering announcement, Netflix says it may use the net funds it gains for "content acquisitions, production and development, capital expenditures, investments, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions."
Research on the Internet and other available sources and prepare to critically define the concept of Junk Bonds, and critically describe the features, and critically analyze why business-like Netflix find investors to fund their projects with bonds with low quality features.
Prepare a short 200-word report. To be uploaded on the VLE.
Students will explore how what they have learned applies to real global company by studying SAUDI ARAMCO
Saudi Aramco is the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company; its upstream operations manage the Kingdom’s unique hydrocarbon reserve base, optimizing production and maximizing long-term value. It also operates a strategically integrated global downstream business. Headquartered in the city of Dhahran, the company operates within the Kingdom and worldwide, and employs more than 68,000 people (Annual Report)
Research and identify the most recent capital investment decisions for the business and the effect of those decisions on the business long term economic sustainability.
Prepare a 300-word report and submit it individually in VLE.
Research on the internet and critically analyze the short-term financial management strategies that business had to undertake for handling operations disruptions like Covid-19.
Prepare a 200-word report. Submission in VLE.
See the details of the assignment in section 4.2.1. of the syllabus
See the details of the assignment in section 4.2.2. of the syllabus