ACC 573 Financial Reporting and Analysis

ACC 573 WEEK 11 FINAL EXAM Final Exam Question 1 A minimum liability for pension expense is reported when Question 2 The major difference between accounting for pensions and the accounting for other postretirement benefits is that firms Question 3 Which of the following

ACC 573 WEEK 11 DISCUSSION 2 Week 11 Discussion 2 "SEC Reporting" Please respond to the following: Identify one change you would recommend to the SEC reporting requirement for publically traded companies and discuss how it would affect financial reporting. Suggest one benefit to financial accounting reporting that will occur in the next five years as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

ACC 573 WEEK 11 DISCUSSION 1 Week 11 Discussion 1 "Course Wrap-Up" Please respond to the following: Assess two new areas of knowledge you learned during this course. Indicate how these two new areas of knowledge will benefit you in your current or future career.

ACC 573 WEEK 10 DISCUSSION 2 Week 10 Discussion 2 "Market Efficiency" Please respond to the following: Assess the impact of information availability on market efficiency in today’s economy, indicating whether it has a positive or negative impact on most companies. Provide support for your rationale. Evaluate how financial analysts ensure that capital markets are efficient, suggesting how improvements may be made to their role in toda

ACC 573 WEEK 10 DISCUSSION 1 Week 10 Discussion 1 "Market-Based Evaluation Method" Please respond to the following: Create an argument supporting that using the market-based valuation method yields the most accurate results. Provide support for your argument. Assess the challenges related to using the market-based valuation method in practice, suggesting how each of these challenges may be overcome. Provide support for your rationale.

ACC 573 WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT 3 Week 10 Assignment 3 If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser." Assignment 3: Company Valuation Due Week 10 and worth 320 points Using the Internet or Strayer databases, research Facebook’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) and subsequent financial performance. Based on your research: Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: Evaluate the valuation an

ACC 573 WEEK 9 DISCUSSION 2 Week 9 Discussion 2 "Accounting Methods" Please respond to the following: Evaluate the likely impact on a firm’s valuation when using U.S. GAAP versus IFRS accounting methods, indicating which accounting standards you believe may yield a more favorable result. Provide support for your position. Determine how a firm’s valuation using the earnings-based valuation method would be impacted when using ag

ACC 573 WEEK 9 DISCUSSION 1 Week 9 Discussion 1 "Earnings-Based Valuation" Please respond to the following: Create an argument supporting that using the earnings-based valuation method yields the most accurate results. Provide support for your argument. Assess the challenges related to using the earnings-based valuation method in practice, suggesting how each of these challenges may be overcome. Provide support for your rationale.

ACC 573 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION 2 Week 8 Discussion 2 "Negative Cash Flow" Please respond to the following: Assess how the free cash-flow method can be used when a company is profitable yet the cash-flow values are expected to be negative over the next five years, indicating the likely impact on the valuation. Provide support for your rationale. Assess which cash-flow variables are the most sensitive to change and the likely impact on a firm&rsq

ACC 573 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION 1 Week 8 Discussion 1 "Free Cash-Flow Valuations" Please respond to the following: Create an argument that use of the present value free cash-flow method has a more beneficial economic meaning than earnings-based methods. Provide support for your argument. Assess the challenges related to using the present value of the free cash-flow valuation method in practice, suggesting how each of these challenges may be over