Write a 2 page paper addressing the following elements in your paper:

• Examine how an organization assesses the effectiveness of its current strategic plan.
• Be sure to include both qualitative and quantitative measures.

Include a title page and 3-5 references.  Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.

Discuss when an organization would use adaptive strategies as opposed to market entry strategies.   150 words

Explain how risk affects corporate financial strategy. Include the following in your answer:

• Business risk
• Credit risk
• Interest rate risk
• Political risk
• Default risk
• Reinvestment risk
• (1-2 pages)

Analyze the firm over the past 5 years, how and why has it changed?   Define the Jones Soda company changes in past five years in following four parts with CHART AND EXPLANATION.  (Please do some research using YAHOO finance. Need charts and explanation. At least three pages.)   A. Common Sized financial statements. This appendix should contain five years of common sized financial statements for the firm in question. B. Yahoo finance information key information on the company, including analysis opinions and estimates from the Yahoo Finance site. C. Current financial statements. The most current set of the firm's annual financial statements, ideally directly from the company or 10-k reports. D. DuPont Analysis for the last five years, construct an expanded DuPont analysis.

Please respond to the following:

• Calculate the expected value of the high and low risk project to MarCher Industries’ stockholders if the firm remains unlevered. Predict which project the stockholders prefer. Justify your prediction.

• Calculate the expected value of the high and low risk project of MarCher’s stockholders and bondholders, assuming the firm does borrow money to partially finance the purchase of the project. Predict which project the bond holders prefer. Justify your prediction. Predict which project stockholders would prefer. Justify your prediction.

Purpose of Assignment Students should understand the mechanics in calculating a company's weighted average cost of capital using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and its use in making financial investments.

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Tutorial help on Excel^® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft^®Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products. 

Scenario: You work for an investment banking firm and have been asked by management of Vestor Corporation (not real), a software development company, to calculate its weighted average cost of capital, to use in evaluating a new company investment. The firm is considering a new investment in a warehousing facility, which it believes will generate an internal rate of return of 11.5%.

The Final Paper will involve applying the concepts learned in class to an analysis of a company using data from its annual report. Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the company and write a report either recommending or not recommending purchase of the company stock. Research Tip: The “Mergent” database in the Ashford University Library contains company profiles and financial information for publicly traded companies and their competitors. To access this database enter the Ashford Library and select “Find Articles and More” in the top menu panel. Next, select “Databases A-Z” and go to section “M” for “Mergent”. For help with using Mergent, use Mergent Online Quick Tips. For help with reading an annual report access this handy guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. from Money Chimp. The completed report should include: An introduction to the company, including background information. A complete

The details of the assignment is attached. Please Review all documents attached. Use only the information and the websites provided in the word document. Also, the annual report is attached that must be used. If you have any questions email me at [email protected]   If you dont have any experience with ratio annalysis do not bother trying to do this assignment. I will not agree on a handshake.

Write a 250-word minimum paper in APA format that discusses average returns, arithmetic vs. geometric averages, and risk premiums. Also, explain how the average investor could benefit by knowing these concepts to assume the least amount of risk. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources and any additional sources.   Learning Resources Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., & Jordan, B. D. (2017). Essentials of corporate finance (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

What are the differences between mutual funds, ETFs and investment trusts?  List some pros and cons of each?  What investment type would you purchase and why?   This is a discussion post just one page or less   APA format. with references.