Discuss the importance of disclosing contingent assets and
contingent liabilities for a financial institution. How can these
contribute to a bank collapse?
Your firm’s CFO is interested in growth in profits, and CMO in
growth of revenues. How do you arrive at the respective sustainable
growth rates? Show formulas and explain in brief each input
variable.
Jamie is looking to lease a car and is trying to understand how
the monthly payments will be determined. The new car has a sales
price of $25,000. The lease will be for 3 years. What two other
factors are needed here to calculate the monthly payments.
The car salesman tells Jamie he could reduce his monthly
payments if he pays $4,000 cash down-payment. Explain the
disadvantage to Jamie in doing so.
Discuss how indigenous people in the United States compare with those in Venezuela, in terms of how oppressed or prosperous they are, how much they've blended into the mainstream culture, how economically successful or impoverished they are, and their cultural contributions.