Module 5 Discussion

Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:

• Engage in open dialogue with your instructor and classmates.
• Discuss key concepts and course assignments.

Action Items

1. View all required materials in FINA 737 course.
2. Search for a finance article related to one of the topics introduced so far in the course.

Topics

• the types of financial management decisions, the role of the financial manager, and the goal of financialmanagement.
• book value and marketvalue.
• accounting income from cash flow.
• a firm's cash flow from its financial statements.
• the future value of an investment.
• the present value of cash.
• the return on investment.
• the interest rate on a loan.
• loan amortization.
• features and types ofbonds.
• bond values, yields andratings.
• inflation on interestrates.
• returns and define systematic risk.

Suggested news outlets:

• Yahoo Finance
• CNBC Finance
• Marketwatch.com
• MSN.com

1. You must provide the following for your initial post:
   • An overview of the entire article chosen.
   • Explain the topic it relates to that we have learned this the last few modules.
   • How the learned topic relates to the article.
   • Ensure you provide the reference for the article and any additional outside sources used to support the facts presented in your posts