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What BUS 550 is really about
BUS 550 starts from the question every finance decision shares: what is a future stream of cash worth today? Students analyze statements and cash flows, then learn discounting, annuities and the valuation of bonds and shares, and how risk changes the return investors require.
The second half applies those tools to company decisions. Capital budgeting compares projects by net present value and internal rate of return, cash flow estimation decides what belongs in an analysis, and the cost of capital sets the hurdle a project must clear. Options and global financial markets close the course.
What BUS 550’s assessments ask for
Expect a cash flow analysis, time value of money problems written up as a memo, a bond or stock valuation, a risk and return comparison, a capital budgeting recommendation and a cost of capital estimate.
Where students lose points in BUS 550
Students lose marks by mixing nominal and real rates, by including sunk costs or financing costs in project cash flows, by using one discount rate for projects of very different risk and by reporting answers without interpreting them.
The BUS 550 drawers
BUS 550 Module 1 assignment example
Analyzing the statements of a composite Utah maker of outdoor furniture to see whether it can fund growth from its own cash, with operating cash flow, free cash flow and the cash conversion cycle, a three-year table showing free cash flow turning negative as sales rose, Jensen's argument about free cash flow and managers, Penman's distinction between operating and financing activities and what the owners should do before expanding. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 2 assignment example
Comparing three ways a composite Kansas City landscaping company can acquire $180,000 of equipment, cash now, a five-year installment loan or a lease, by converting each stream of payments to present value at the company's 9% cost of borrowing, with Fisher's theory of interest, a table of present values, the effect of a different discount rate, Frederick, Loewenstein and O'Donoghue's review of how people discount the future and the recommendation. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 3 assignment example
Deciding whether a composite northern Indiana maker of RV chassis should issue $25 million of ten-year fixed-rate notes or keep borrowing on a floating bank line, with how bonds are priced, the September 2026 ten-year Treasury yield from the Federal Reserve, the credit spread the company would pay, Fisher's study of what drives risk premiums, price changes when yields move one point, duration and the trade between certainty and cost. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 4 assignment example
Valuing a retiring partner's 25% stake in a composite Minnesota dairy distributor with a constant-growth model, a two-stage discounted cash flow model built on Gordon's growth formula and Damodaran's guidance, a 12% required return, five years of 8% growth then 3%, a value of about $23.4 million for the whole equity, comparison with multiples of similar firms, a discount for lack of marketability and the price range for negotiation. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 5 assignment example
Advising a composite community foundation in Spokane on how to invest a $12 million endowment, with expected return and standard deviation, Markowitz's diversification and the efficient frontier, a table of six stock and bond mixes, the 4.5% spending rule as a return target, Sharpe's capital asset pricing model and beta, Fama and French's evidence that beta alone does not explain returns, and a recommended 60/40 policy with rebalancing. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 6 assignment example
Evaluating a $3.2 million plastic washing and pelletizing line for a composite Georgia recycler with seven years of after-tax cash flows, net present value of about $1.07 million at 10%, internal rate of return of about 19.2%, payback in about 3.7 years and a profitability index of 1.34, Graham and Harvey's survey of which methods companies use, Ross's account of where net present value is misused, and the decision rule when methods disagree. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 7 assignment example
Estimating the incremental cash flows of a composite food distributor's proposed $8.5 million cold storage warehouse in Fresno and testing their risk, with what belongs in a project's cash flows, the land's opportunity cost and the sunk feasibility study, a base net present value of about $480,000 at 9%, sensitivity to occupancy and rent, three scenarios, a Monte Carlo simulation in the spirit of Hertz, Kahneman and Lovallo on optimistic forecasts and a recommendation to secure an anchor tenant first. Full sample paper, read it free.
BUS 550 Module 8 assignment example
Estimating the weighted average cost of capital for a composite Wisconsin maker of industrial pumps, with the cost of debt after tax, the cost of equity from the capital asset pricing model using the September 2026 Treasury yield and a beta from comparable firms, market-value weights, a WACC of about 9.3%, Modigliani and Miller's insight on capital structure, Graham and Harvey's survey of how firms estimate the cost of equity, and higher hurdle rates for riskier projects. Full sample paper, read it free.
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BUS 550 questions, answered
What is net present value?
The present value of a project's future cash flows minus its cost; a positive figure means the project is expected to add value.
Is BUS 550 heavy on math?
It uses formulas for discounting and valuation, but the papers focus on interpreting results for decisions.
What is the cost of capital?
The return a company must earn on its investments to satisfy the people who provide its debt and equity.