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Financial Advising Experience, Joshua Wittenauer
Financial Advising Experience, Joshua Wittenauer
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
Building wealth can be easier with the help of a financial advisor. Wealth consists of assets and savings, and while there are many ways to save, there are some basic steps to get started:
1) Earn enough money to live and have some left over for saving. 2) Control your spending so you can save. 3) Invest your money in different assets – “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
Theranos: Case Study And Examination Of The Fraud Triangle, Abbey Jennings
Theranos: Case Study And Examination Of The Fraud Triangle, Abbey Jennings
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
Fraud is a serious issue which carries significant implications. Fraud committed by top level managers is particularly grievous, as it ripples through a firm, harming the company’s shareholders, employees, and credibility, while posing a threat to individuals and society (Zahra, et al.). A common framework in auditing, the fraud triangle, outlines three factors that if present, increase the risk or enable fraud to occur. The three factors are incentive, opportunity, and rationalization to commit fraud (Barlow).
In 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of a supposedly groundbreaking health tech company, Theranos, with what …
Colgate-Palmolive Customer Development Finance Internship: A Collection Of Journals Entries & Testimonials Of Professional Development, Braden Byrum
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
This is a collection of journal entries and testimonials to professional development that I received from my internship with Colgate-Palmolive on the Walmart team. Over the span of three months it serves as a reflection on my purpose and inflictions throughout my day to day during my internship. The skills developed during this experience are monumental in professional development but also expand into my personal life. These themes are relevant to the life ahead of me and this collection will serve as an endorsement to that.
A Case Study On Whether A Business Should Own Or Lease Its Real Estate, Benjamin Cooper
A Case Study On Whether A Business Should Own Or Lease Its Real Estate, Benjamin Cooper
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
Businesses are continually faced with many difficult decisions to make daily that can have a significant impact on their success. Whether it is if they should adopt a new accounting practice, work with a new supplier, or push into a new consumer sector, these decisions will affect their operations and long-term plans. One of these major decisions that a business has to make is whether they should own or lease their real estate. Depending on the size, type, and scope of a business this decision could be made differently but for certain companies there is definitely a correct answer. Buying …
Acquisitions: Walmart Vs Amazon, Scott Sims
Acquisitions: Walmart Vs Amazon, Scott Sims
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
The retail industry is in the process of undergoing major change. Historically big box brick and mortar strategies have dominated, but this is changing in the age of impatience and instant gratification. As consumers want items more conveniently, online retail has taken hold with no semblance of anticipated decline. At the forefront of this transformation are two industry giants: Walmart and Amazon. Walmart finds itself on the side of brick and mortar with 11,718 physical retail locations worldwide. Amazon is dominating the online retail space with control of a staggering 44% of all US e-commerce sales in 2017. These equally …
Correlation Between Shareholder Concentration And Firm Performance With Regard To Midcap Companies, Wynn Lemmons
Correlation Between Shareholder Concentration And Firm Performance With Regard To Midcap Companies, Wynn Lemmons
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
The research herein explores the correlation between performance and shareholder concentration. This paper compares the performance of a group of companies with a single shareholder stake of over 10% from the universe of the S&P 400 Midcap Index to the performance of the index itself over a period of eight years (January 1, 2009 to January 1, 2016). When run as a simulated portfolio, the group selected generated a slight amount of positive alpha, but the results were ultimately statistically insignificant.
Diversifying A Portfolio Using Vix Options, Alec J. Amos
Diversifying A Portfolio Using Vix Options, Alec J. Amos
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
Ubiquitous investment strategies often include similar forms of diversification – holding stocks of differing industries, exposed to different business cycles, in order to reduce idiosyncratic risk. During the recession, these strategies failed as the markets fell substantially leaving investors exposed to great amounts of systematic, or “un-diversifiable†risk. Throughout this paper, I will examine the effects of diversifying a portfolio using call options on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) to try and alleviate systematic risk from a portfolio, allowing an investor to capitalize from short-term market fluctuations arising from financial, economic, and geopolitical risks.
The Impact Of Quantitative Easing On Inflation In The United States, J. Bryan White
The Impact Of Quantitative Easing On Inflation In The United States, J. Bryan White
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the current and potential impact of the Federal Reserve’s non-traditional monetary policy known as Quantitative Easing on inflation in the United States. It examines the events and rationale behind the Federal Reserve’s policy actions as well as the theoretical implications for inflation. However, theory and reality do not seem to coincide. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has shown no correlation to what many refer to as the “printing of money†that has occurred during Quantitative Easing. This is in opposition to the basic economic principle of the Quantity Theory of Money which …
Credit Card Act Of 2009: The Impact On College Student Credit Card Responsibility, Siobhan Costello
Credit Card Act Of 2009: The Impact On College Student Credit Card Responsibility, Siobhan Costello
Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study aimed to find out if the rules regarding college students and credit cards implemented by the Credit CARD Act of 2009 improved student credit card responsibility.