Tag: Economics

Answer the questions on the document attached below.

The equally weighted portfolio question on the assignment has a link that has gone dead for some reason.

On that question, simply create a portfolio with 10% of your investment in each company and compute the return that you would have earn. Return of each times 0.10.

Complete this short (375-500 words) assignment to connect what we covered in class (Chapters 4 and 5 – Monetary System and Inflation) to the current news. Pick an interesting, up-to-date (1 months old or more recent) article, summarize it in one paragraph and connect it to the discussion or formal analysis we covered. Max one submission per week. A total of 5 submissions per student (no “redo”s or extra assignments).

Your assignment will be graded on these factors:

• an interesting, original and recent the news article
• a relevant connection to class material covered this week
• an analysis grounded with data, graphs, equations, etc.
• a well written analysis
• a well structured the analysis (summary of news article, compare, contract with class material, conclusion)

Part 1

• Describe the market for kidney organs, as it would be in a free market without government intervention, using what you have learned about scarcity, marginal analysis in decision-making, and markets. You must include a discussion of resources, supply and demand, as well as marginal benefits and marginal costs. Think of this as an explanation of the pros and cons of the market using specific economic terminology and concepts learned in this course.
• Describe the benefits and costs but leave the discussion of organ rationing and other solutions to the problems in this market for the next part. Describe this market using the supply and demand graphical model; reference your graph in your description. Include “graph 1” of this market at the end of the paper (not included in page count). This should be a discussion without mentioning Price Controls, only discuss how the kidney organ market would be without government intervention. Feel free to use any stats or data that you find through your own research – make sure you use econ terminology.

Part 2:

Consider the reasons why the market for kidney organs is not a free market in the US, specifically discuss equity concerns. Expand on your discussion of the market from Part I, using what you have learned about government interventions/price controls.

• Discuss the current government intervention in the Kidney Market in the U.S. Describe this market – comparing the free market and to the government intervention in a graph – add to the supply and demand graphical model “graph 1” OR include a separate supply and demand graphical model “graph 2”; reference and discuss your graph in your paper. Explain the current government intervention and exactly how it corrects the problems of the free market. Include any other beneficial aspects of the intervention that you find through your own research – make sure you use econ terminology throughout.
• Also discuss other Donation Systems Around the World, no need to add a graph here. Explore the policies that are currently implemented across the globe (i.e. some discussed in the articles include – routine removal, presumed consent, organ donor points, “no give, no take”, etc.). Evaluate the limitations of these policies. Also consider how these policies fare in terms of the efficiency vs. equity debate. (You do not need to critique them all, just select from 2 or 3 different countries that you find interesting/appealing.)

*USE PEER REVIEWED RESOURCES ONLY, THE GRAPHS SHOULD BE DESIGNED BY YOU*

FORMATTING

The body of the text must be at least 4, no more than 5, full pages: The body of the text (NO header/footers/by lines, separate – title/graph/bibliography page) for the rough draft must be at least 4 full pages (it is best if you write onto the 5th page to be sure you meet the minimum, keep in mind more pages will be added later for the final draft), double-spaced, 1″ margins, and size 12 Arial FONT. File type must be doc OR docx OR pdf. No other file types are supported, especially .pages

Make sure to include a title page and an updated bibliography page (both should be on their own pages and not share a page with the body of the text and are not included in the page count). Graphs/Charts/Figures/Bibliography MUST be at the very end of the text and are not included in page count. Only use in-line citations with the author and the year in parentheses at the end of the sentence; do not include citations in the footers. The full citation should be given on the bibliography page only. The entire paper should be double spaced, DO NOT add extra spaces between paragraphs, do not add footers or headers, do not add extra space at the top or bottom of your pages – these will result in deductions from the page count.

• No plagiarism
• VERY Limited quoted text (must be written in your own words)
• Use economic terminology to discuss the market and scarcity
• Use economic terminology to discuss the market failures and government intervention
• Include economic graph related to market failures and discuss it
• Include updated bibliography page

Consider the following scenario: A prospective client has come to you for advice on the next financial move he or she should make to more thoroughly diversify his or her portfolio. The potential client has given you the names (see above) of two companies being considered for investment. For this assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the client with detailed information and recommendations.

Your analysis must begin with a financial ratio presentation and assessment of the two companies. Describe what each of the ratios means. The ratios should include ROE and decomposition, Turnover and other asset utilization ratios, Liquidity Ratios, and Market Price Ratios. Moreover, the decomposition analysis of ROE should extend to the connection with the common-size income statements.

Moreover, your evaluation must make use of at least one common valuation model – i.e. discounted dividend or discounted free cash flow. Retrieve all your company financial information from sources such as EDGAR or other online sources listed in the textbook. Use both quantitative and qualitative analysis. In your assignment submission, show all your inputs and outputs to your models to justify your investment selection.

Your analysis should be a relative analysis in which your strongest finding would be for one of the companies to have relatively stronger fundamentals (i.e. financial ratios), while also having relatively low pricing (i.e. PE ratio). More likely you will find the relative attractiveness of one verse and the other to be less well-defined, and in this case, it will be especially important to think through the various metrics and form a conclusion that best fits the resulting metrics.

Read the attached on the association between Income and life expectancy in the United States and Vietnam (two different PDFs). Submit a summary and a critique of the attached material. Provide more insights and more references. Write about 1200 words in any format. Within the summary/critique, also answer the following:

Although the two countries are very different, what are the similarities and the differences between these two countries as far as income life-expectancy relationship is concerned?

In today’s lecture on externalities, I gave the example of how the chemical industry sowed disinformation about the impacts of CFCs on the ozone layer and the environment. This is not a new phenomenon. The tobacco industry was already spreading disinformation as far back as the 1950s about the health consequences of smoking. Since then their playbook has been used by science deniers to sow doubts on the science behind the ozone hole, acid rain, second-hand smoke, and climate change just to name a few.

Please read the following document by the Union of Concerned Scientists to learn more about these deceptive practices:

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/disinformation-playbook (Links to an external site.)

As with previous assignments, please enlist the collaboration of at least one acquaintance in discussing this document with you. Do these “plays” sound familiar? Had you heard these deceptive arguments anywhere? Read at least 3 cases studies linked on the UCS page and comment on what you learned. As always, I am looking for evidence of critical thinking on your part.

Select a country of your choice (other than Saudi Arabia) and discuss its comparative advantage. What are the sources and the challenges? What is the role of the government? What policies should the government implement to enhance the comparative advantage?

• ReadingsRequired:Chapter 2 in International EconomicsHansol, G. (2020). Who will fill China’s shoes? The global evolution of labor-intensive manufacturing. East Asian Economic Review, 24(4), 313-336. Retrieved from https://www.eaerweb.org/selectArticleInfo.do?article_a_no=JE0001_2020_v24n4_313&ano=JE0001_2020_v24n4_313Recommended: Chapter 2 PowerPoint slides Chapter 2 PowerPoint slides – Alternative Formats   – International EconomicsGnangnon, S. (2020). Effect of the internet on services export diversification. Journal of Economic Integration, 35(3), 519-558. Retrieved from https://www.e-jei.org/upload/JEI_35_3_519_558_2013600227.pdf

There are 6 groups of 5 students, 1 group of 4 students, 1 group of 4 students, 3 groups of 1 student (11 groups and 40 students).

You can check your group number and your group members by clicking people and groups in the Canvas course navigation menu.

If you want to change your group, you must contact the group you want to change into and get approval from them and send me an email until Monday night.

If you want to be on your own group, you must have a specific reason for it and send me an email until Monday night.

Otherwise, I will keep the group as it is to the end of the semester.

I choose Washington Mutual Bank

Select a community bank that failed (see the FDIC web site at www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)).

Obtain UBPR data from the FFIEC’s web site (https://cdr.ffiec.gov/public/ManageFacsimiles.aspx (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)) and analyze the trend in the bank’s performance over four years before its failure. Analysis the bank, and answer the following three question.

1. Past due loans, non-performing loans, provision for credit losses (both in millions and as a faction of average total assets);
2. Loans per employee, personnel expenses per employee;
3. (bonus) Use Call Report Data to do GAP analysis for assets/liabilities using time buckets of 3 months, 12 months, 1 year, 3 years, etc. Use your calculation to shed light on the reasons for bank failure. Potential reasons may include, but not limited to, the bank’s credit policy, loan characteristics, management of interest rate risk, competition from peer banks or FinTech companies, and so on. You may also use newsletters to supplement your analysis with the UBPR data Submission: word or PDF for the report; attach raw data in excel. Length: 4-6 pages.