There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.

Discussion Question 1:

• What financial reports are included in the annual report?
• What are the major types of information contained in each of these reports?
• What is a Form 10-K?
• What information can be found in a Form 10-K document that could not be found in an annual report, if any?

Discussion Question 2:

Explain the importance of corporate governance to publicly-held company in relation to any interest that it has in being profitable. Justify your answer.

Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Discussion Week 2:

Discussion

There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.

Discussion Question 1:

Company’s often encounter stock splits and reverse stock splits.

• Why do these splits occur?
• Explain the short-term and long-term effects of split on a company’s financial statements.
• Justify your answer.

Discussion Question 2:

Inventory turnover is an important measure of how a firm is managing its current assets, but differs among firms. For example, the inventory turnover for a grocery store will be much higher than a furniture store. Why might this be the case? Justify your answer.

Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Additional Materials

Doing Discussion Questions Right.pdf

Discussion Week 3:

Discussion

There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.

Discussion Question 1:

Some might argue that the statement of cash flows is an optional financial statement and does not provide critical information needed for a firm or investor to succeed. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer.

Discussion Question 2:

There are two methods for constructing the statement of cash flows: the direct method and the indirect method.

• What are the similarities and differences between the two methods?
• Which of the two is most preferred?
• Which is required by FASB?

Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Additional Materials

Doing Discussion Questions Right.pdf

Discussion Week 4:

Discussion

There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.

Discussion Question 1:

Ratio analysis involves calculations that use the data from the financial statements to evaluate the performance of companies in different key areas. How would this information be used by a credit analyst as compared to someone is going to make an investment decision?

Discussion Question 2:

What recent government regulations have helped or hindered a firm’s ability to conduct its normal course of business, especially in the area of reporting requirements? Justify your answer.

Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Additional Materials

Doing Discussion Questions Right.pdf

Discussion Week 5:

There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.

Discussion Question 1:

What is the difference between a contribution income statement and a traditional income statement? Under what circumstances would a firm use each? Justify your answer.

Discussion Question 2:

• What is a company segment?
• Why would a firm want to divide itself into operating segments?
• Why would a firm want to measure profits by segment?
• How would common costs be allocated to each of a company’s segments?
• Justify your answer.

Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Doing Discussion Questions Right.pdf

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