Category: Reading

150 words   Consumer purchases are influenced strongly by a mixture of characteristics.  Think about the last purchase you made with a price tag of more than $1000 and discuss the characteristics that influenced you to purchase this specific item.  Describe how you went through the consumer buying process to purchase this item. Discuss an […]

 This portion of your Kinesiology Concept Map Term (part 2 of 5) will allow you to begin to build a foundation of knowledge in the field of Kinesiology. There are 5 components of the assignment. Make sure you read and complete each of the components in the W3 Concept Map Worksheet in order to get full credit […]

150 words Socioeconomic factors may impede access to training facilities. Do you have access to exercise facilities? If so, what type of facilities? If not, why not? How do you think having access versus not having access impacts you?  In addition to socioeconomic factors, gender may also be a factor. Consider a sport in which […]

250 words   Why is earnings per share called the bottom line and should it be? If one firm is growing rapidly and another is not, how might this distort a comparison of their inventory turnover ratios?

150 words   Most everyone knows that Apple is sitting on a pile of cash valued as high as $285 billion.  How much of that is truly Free Cash Flow? Why are financial ratios dramatically different among different industries? How would you compare a companys financial strength among different industries?

150 words  Consider physical activities in which you currently or previously participated. Is there a person or group of people who has or have influenced your physical activity choices? What other factors contribute to, distract, or prevent you from exercising or participating in physical activities? As a participant or observer of physical activity (e.g. a […]

  Find a news article or media issue (within the past 2 years) that reports either an admirable or poor example of behavior exhibited by a professional athlete. This behavior can be either within their sport or within their personal life. It is recommended that you utilize the following  (link) as a place to start. Once […]

  For the Week 2 Case Study, you will review the following case.  Upon thorough review of the case, you will then answer the 11 questions below: Assume that you recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in finance and have just reported to work as a financial investment adviser at the brokerage firm of Willox Financial […]

150 words   Can you really beat the market over the long haul?  How many actually have? Are markets more efficient today rather than 20 years ago?  If so, what may contribute to it?

  For the Week 1 Assignment, you will submit answers to the following questions in your textbook: Chapter 1 Question 1-3 Question 1-4 Question 1-5 Question 1-8 Question 1-11 Questions in textbook below.  1-1 What is a firms intrinsic value? Its current stock price? Is the stocks true long-run value more closely related to its […]