What financial issues your business will need to consider in establishing and operating the stores.

Business Case Questions

Your business has decided to establish a store selling sporting goods and active wear ain the middle of the Sydney and Melbourne Central Business Districts. You can also use online platforms to support the operation of your store. Your group needs to determine the following (with justified reasoning):

1. What types of goods (brands and products) you will sell and why they will be successful.

2. How you intend to promote the business (marketing).

3. What type of staff you intend to select.

4. What operational issues your business will need to consider.

5. What financial issues your business will need to consider in establishing and operating the stores

What was the average rating for the month?Did the average rating improve or decline relative to the previous month?

Analyst’s Research

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Amazon’s.com most recent Annual Report 20XX (Links to an external site.) from the Securities & Exchange Commission.Wall Street employs an army of stock analysts who analyze companies, issue earnings guidance and provide “Buy” and “Sell” recommendations on those companies. Go to https://finance.yahoo.com/ (Links to an external site.), and locate the latest Analyst’s Research for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). In a minimum post of at least 200 words, originate an assessment on whether the company is a “Strong-Buy” or not based on the following questions:

How many analysts rated the company?
What percentage rated it a strong buy?
What was the average rating for the month?
Did the average rating improve or decline relative to the previous month?

Discuss the differences between fundamental analysis and technical analysis techniques you will employ to select the stock of your preferred publicly traded company.

Fundamental Versus Technical Analysis

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Drakopoulou’s article A Review of Fundamental and Technical Stock Analysis Techniques (Links to an external site.) from Journal of Stock and Forex Trading (2015). Review the financial statements for one publicly traded company, such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), General Motors (NYSE: GM), Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL), or Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)). The financial statements may be found at EDGAR | Company Filings (Links to an external site.).

Enter the company’s stock ticker in the Fast Search box,
Enter 10-K in the Filing Type box, and
Click on the latest 10-K. If you wish, you can save the whole 10-K report to your computer.

After examining the financial statements of your selected publicly traded company,refer back to the article A Review of Fundamental and Technical Stock Analysis Techniques (Links to an external site.).

Assume you are a daily equities trader with an active traded equity portfolio.In your initial post of at least 200 words,

Discuss the differences between fundamental analysis and technical analysis techniques you will employ to select the stock of your preferred publicly traded company.
Dive deeper into the details of how these two approaches differ, the criticism against technical analysis,and how technical and fundamental analysis can be used

Compute and compare the accounts receivable turnover ratios for Coca-Cola and Walmart.

Coca-Cola and Walmart Receivable Comparison

Annual Reports of the Coca-Cola® Company and Walmart®

For this week’s discussion, you will review the annual reports of the Coca-Cola Company and Walmart, two of the largest publicly traded firms in America.

Compute and compare the accounts receivable turnover ratios for Coca-Cola and Walmart. Indicate all numbers you used to calculate the ratio.

What constitutes a “reasonable” accounts receivable turnover ratio? What characteristic(s) of these companies would indicate that these ratios are reasonable?

Back up your answers with facts and cite websites and text references used.

Why might Coca-Cola and Walmart sell their receivables?

Coca-Cola

Visit the Coca-Cola website. You will need to find the financial information and the annual reports.

At the site, click your mouse on “Company” (bottom of the page).

Then, locate “Investors” at the top of the page, and choose “Filings and Reports.”

Under the title “Filings and Reports,” select “Annual Filings (10K).”

Choose the 2020 annual report. Note in the Discussion Board which year’s information you used. You will need to scroll through the annual report to find the information you need to answer the questions. Remember what you learned in Accounting I about financial statements to help you find what you need.

Walmart

Go to the Walmart website. Remember what you earned in Accounting I about financial statements to help you find what you need.

Scroll to the bottom of the Walmart homepage.

Under the “Get to know us” column, select the link “Our Company.”

Select the link “Investors,” and on the drop-down menu select “Financial Information.”

Then select the “Annual Reports and Proxies” under the Quick Links area.

Finally, select the “2020 Annual Report” PDF link.

Respond using the information from the website visits. Take the time to review the responses of your classmates and provide your feedback.

References

The Coca-Cola Company. (n.d.). https://us.coca-cola.com

Walmart. (n.d.). https://www.walmart.com

Evaluate the company’s health by analyzing its balance sheet.

Week 3 Assignment – The Balance Sheet and Corporate Financial Health
A robust financial appraisal of a company’s finances would normally entail the analysis of its cash flow, income statement, balance sheet, and retained earning statements. In this assignment you focus your analysis on a public company’s balance sheet to evaluate its financial health. The balance sheet represents high-level elements of the other reports, so it provides a good “big picture” view of the company’s finances.

Preparation
Choose a publicly held company and review its 2019 annual report on the Internet. Pay particular attention to the balance sheet upon which this assignment is based.

Instructions
Provide a Web link to the balance sheet of the corporate report that you have chosen.
Evaluate the company’s health by analyzing its balance sheet. Do the following in 4–5 pages:
Evaluate the corporation’s financial health based upon an analysis of each section (assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity) of its balance sheet. Make sure to reference specific items on each sheet and ways that they relate to one another.
Conduct the following tests on the balance sheet (show your results) and explain what each reveals:
Vertical.
Horizontal.
Ratio Analysis. Make sure to compare your ratio with the industry benchmark or other competitors.
Assess the company’s current financial health based the accurate interpretation of findings of the three tests. Include risks in your assessment. Support your conclusions.
Suggest and support three ways to significantly improve the company’s financial health based upon your analysis.

How is your article of choice related to topics covered in our next live session?

After reading the Module 2 Coursera Materials,search in the online business press and find a recent article related to the topic(s) we will cover in our Module 2 Live Session.

Then provide the URL of the article together with the answers to the following questions:

How is your article of choice related to topics covered in our next live session?
Why you think this article is interesting?

How can organizations ensure that they performance appraise their employees fairly and equitably?

Leading and Managing People

The supplementary assessment for this module is as follows: choose one question.

What is the evidence to support claims that Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) aids organizational performance?

How can organizations ensure that they performance appraise their employees fairly and equitably?

What are the benefits of organizations introducing total reward management systems?

Leadership theory has developed significantly over the last few decades,explain the evolution of leadership theory and discuss its relevance to today’s contemporary organizations.

Determine and discuss the most effective costing method for your organization.

Final Project Paper

Each student should choose an organization with which she/he is familiar, such as the place of employment, business patronized, or other situation, and describe how that organization either does or does not apply the course concepts on a day-to-day basis. The following course concepts should be discussed:

Critical success factors.

Identify and discuss the fixed and variable costs.

Calculate the Contribution Margin Income Statement.

Determine and discuss the most effective costing method for your organization.

Using the IRR and NPV method calculate and determine if the capital budget project is viable project cost $1.5million, project life 10 years and cost of capital 13%, and annual cash flows of $185,000.
Provide a recommendation for the organization.

The written paper is to be: typed double–spaced, 1-inch margins, Times New Roman and 12-point font, a 10-page minimum, with correct spelling and grammar, proper citation, references, with a cover page, and organized with headings.

Explain the qualitative characteristics of financial information in investing and lending decision making.

Types of Adjustments

In Week 4, students will learn how managers, investors, and other business stakeholders use accounting
reports. Students will be introduced to the idea that investors can only make sound investment decisions when
public accountants disclose meaningful, timely, and accurate financial information to the public. After
completing Week 4, students will be able to explain how investors use the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s (SEC) EDGAR database to research companies’ operations and financial information.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
Determine the objective(s) of financial reporting.
Explain the qualitative characteristics of financial information in investing and lending decision making.
Compile financial statements from a given set of economic events under GAAP that take into account the effect of accruals and deferrals.
Originate the accounting of reporting cash, receivables, inventory, long–term assets, and liabilities on financial statements.
Analyze financial statements to assess a firm’s liquidity, solvency, and profitability.
Determine the risk of investing in a company based on the firm’s financial condition, performance, and earnings management.