1.What is Leaders’ customer value proposition? What are the necessary conditions for the business model to be successful? 2.How did Leaders manage the risk of culture dilution as it grew? 3.How did Leaders structure its hiring process to protect its culture? 4.Create a People Analyzer tool for Leaders Bank. How might Leaders use this in … Read more
Answer the questions below by using the file for reference and information: 1) What is a credit default swap (CDS)? Consider the cash-flow pattern of the CDS in Exhibit 2 of From free lunch to black hole: Credit Default Swaps at AIG Can you set up a trading strategy using long and short positions of … Read more
Using Case Studies 20.1, 20.2, and 20.3, why does organized sport in a country like the USA lobby for a continuation of the prohibition of sports betting? While betting interest stimulates an interest in sport, indirectly promoting additional revenue, and as Case Study 20.1 illustrated, providing the prospect of a direct revenue stream as well, … Read more
Construct the frequency distribution for the five-year monthly return on the assigned company (Amazon), plot the histogram and polygon of the frequency distribution. Calculate the following descriptive statistics: arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, skewness, and kurtosis.
Chart Assignment Using your forecast from the previous assignment create the following charts: • A column chart for Occupancy % for January 1st -7th o Chart Title should be “January Occupancy 1st-7th” o Category x axis should be “Date” o Category y axis should be “Occupancy %” o Remove Legend (if applicable) o Include the “Value” … Read more
Using the file attached answer the following questions 1) Discuss the relationship between the capital base of banks and the 2007-2010 financial crisis and great recession. 2) Evaluate the need for counter-cyclical capital buffers, and discuss how these might be structured. 3) Discuss the need to include the leverage ratio and off-balance sheet assets in … Read more
Using your Forecast from the previous assignment please enter formulas to fill the following cells: • Transient Rooms Revenue = Transient Occupied Rooms x Average Transient Rate. • Group Rooms Revenue = Group Occupied Rooms x Average Group Rate. • Total Occupied Rooms = Transient Occupied Rooms + Group Occupied Rooms. • Occupancy % … Read more
Using the file attached: Explain the unique aspects of the shadow banking business model. What type of institutions comprise this industry? What is the funding profile of these types of institutions? Why does shadow banking exist? What gaps does it fill in the economy? What are the advantages of the shadow banking industry? What are … Read more
The Task: Create an 5-8 slide PowerPoint for something you can teach us! Like how to teach your cat to use the toilet, how to crochet a wool hat ( something useful for the rest of us ). It can be silly or serious. Incorporate some fictitious (but plausible) data in the form of graphs, … Read more
Questions 1. Protos, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $300,000. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $25,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 25 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will … Read more