Finance

As drug manufacturers, such as Moderna and Pfizer, develop new drugs for treatment of COVID-19, they must conduct human testing in order to determine the effectiveness of the drug. This is required under the Food and Drug Administration before they will allow the drug to be prescribed and sold. Often these drug companies contract with an outside medical testing facility to administer these drugs, with close medical guidance, to monitor and report on the drug’s effectiveness. The drug manufacturer will contract with the medical facility to administer the drug for a certain number of weeks to a certain number of patients. Assume that the manufacturer will pay the medical facility a fee per patient per weekly visit over a nine-month trial period. The fee will be billed by the facility and paid by the drug manufacturer at the conclusion of the test period. When do you think that the medical facility should recognize their revenue? —–when the contract is signed, when the patient weekly visit occurs, when the drug manufacturer is billed, or when the medical facility receives the cash?  Defend your selection.  Why would it be important that other companies engaged in the same business report their revenue in the same manner?

Answer the following questions in a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link. Please respond to the following: In your own words, identify two different stock exchanges in the United States. Describe the similarities and differences between the two stock exchanges. Identify one stock from each of the two stock exchanges. Using the two stocks you identified, determine the free cash flow from 2015 and 2016. What inference can you draw from the companies’ free cash flow? Using the 2017 and 2018 financial statements for both stocks, prepare two financial ratios for each of the following categories: liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios. You should have a total of six ratios for each stock, per year. What challenges, strengths, or weaknesses do you see?

Using the analysis of the financial statements for a this well-known information technology company from the Unit 1 Individual Project, complete the following: Further analyze the financial ratios and trend analysis to evaluate and make management decisions. Develop a business decision that evaluates a growth or improvement opportunity for the company. Using analysis, determine whether it should be accepted or rejected by the organization. Prepare a strategic plan to the board of directors of the company that includes analysis of financial information and recommendations for increased profitability. As part of your analysis, be sure to evaluate risks and opportunities as well as alternatives to the proposed plan.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, carefully review Chapter 3 in the text and review the financials contained in the 10-K and 10-Q of PLUG POWER this week from the SEC EDGAR database( https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml )in the Filings & Forms (Links to an external site.) page. In particular, read the notes to the audited financial statements included in the 10-K, which will describe accounting policies and standards of the reported financials. Financial reporting standards are useful in the evaluation of any organization. Following standards will allow the comparison of organizations within the same industry. Using your chosen company, provide a critical analysis of the financial reporting methodology your company uses. In your paper, COMPANY NAME: PLUG POWER Describe the financial reporting framework that your chosen company utilizes. Assess your company’s financial report, based on the qualitative characteristics of Financial Reports as outlined in Chapter 3, on the following criteria: Relevance Faithful representation Comparability Verifiability Timeliness Understandability Assess your company’s financial report, based on the characteristics of an effective financial reporting framework as outlined in Chapter 3, on the following criteria: Transparency Comprehensiveness Consistency Review the Notes section of the annual report for company disclosures that might be material. Consider the following: Describe the policies that have been reported. Explain how the policies have significance in the financial statements or how they do not. The Financial Reporting Standards paper Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) guide. Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted

Select 4 similar size public companies in the same industry. The company’s size can be measured by total assets or total sales. Obtain the most recent financial statements of these companies, apply Du Pont Formula and write a report to summarize your findings and conclusion. Your report should include: Brief background about the industry and the companies selected. Calculations of return on asset and return on equity for each company. Ascending rank of the companies based on Du Pont Formula. Discussion on whether the stock market price for these companies matches and confirms Du Pont Formula rank. Conclusion and opinion about the reliability of Du Pont Formula.

please choose scholarly sources, full question  below Following the Enron debacle, which resulted in employees losing 100% of their 401(k), Congress enacted new laws to protect investors in various areas, including appropriations of pension funds. In your view, should employees take responsibility for their pension fund investments instead of going through the employer? Support your position with examples and scholarly sources.

You are a new staff accountant at Worldwide Consulting, a global accounting firm that specializes in providing consulting services to companies both domestic and global. As part of your new responsibilities, you have been instructed to review SEC proposed rules to determine whether they should be commented on.  Visit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at www.sec.gov . Go to the Regulation menu, and the Proposed Rules submenu.  Review and identify a recent proposed rule, as well as any comments that have already been submitted on this proposal.  Respond to the following: 1.     The major facts of this proposed rule. 2.     A summary of the current comments on this proposal. 3.     Your opinion about the proposal. That is, do you agree or disagree with the SEC’s proposal and why or why not? 4.     Provide examples to support your opinion. A substantive initial post should answer the question presented completely and/or asks a thoughtful question pertaining to the topic

The debate about regulation of financial markets has been going on for decades and will continue especially during times of financial crises. Often, the push for regulation is fueled by people’s attitudes that the “insiders” of financial markets have access to unique information. This unique information allows “insiders” to take actions which lead to their own benefit, but may hurt society at large. In the article “Reflections on Finance and the Good Society,” Nobel laureate economist Robert J. Shiller states that “As long as we live in a Good Society that respects and encourages all people, we can tolerate the riches of some people, who have won in a game that most of us have chosen not to play.” In this week’s Discussion you will reflect upon and critique this statement. Consider the following: What is the proper definition of a “good society,” not only as defined in the article by Shiller? Is it true that financial power holders are able to “manipulate” financial markets, or is that a myth? How would you assess what is the proper level of regulation for the financial markets?

Consider a new piece of equipment that your company (or a company with which you are familiar) will most likely need to purchase in the future. What types of information would help you determine the added value to your company of the purchase as well as the various costs involved? Evaluate and select one of the investment criteria methods from Chapter 9 of the course text to assist you in the decision-making process to purchase that piece of equipment for your employer. Prepare a recommendation that focuses on the investment value of the purchase. 1-Briefly describe the new equipment purchase. 2-Defend your decision using specific financial analysis, selecting from the various investment criteria methods

Please find a good topic for a research proposal about the international financial institutions (World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an example ) and their policies in third world countries, and take one of the MENA region countries as a case study.