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  • FIN101_ABDD

    Guidelines for Activity 1 (Group Activity) (20 Marks)

    Purpose:

    Work collaboratively on a finance-related problem that requires research, brainstorming, critical thinking, and real-world application.

    Instructions:

    1. Group Size: 4 students.

    2. Choose one activity type from the list below.

    3. Follow the activity requirements for the presentation and written report.

    4. Use the example prompts to guide your assignment you can adapt or modify them.

    5. Submit both of the following deliverables by the deadline:

    a) Presentation (810 minutes): concise, engaging, visual. (10 marks)

    b) Written Report (1,5002,000 words): structured, analytical, APA references. (10 marks)

    Activity Options with Examples:

    1. Stock Portfolio Simulation & Analysis

  • Task: Build a mock investment portfolio using real market data. Track prices over a simulated period (e.g., past 6 months or real-time tracking for 23 weeks).
  • Example Prompts:

    • o Choose 57 stocks from different sectors and justify your choices.

    o What is the expected return of your portfolio?

    o How did market events (interest rate changes, earnings reports, global news)

    affect your portfolios value?

    o How diversified is your portfolio in terms of risk?

    2. Corporate Valuation Challenge

  • Task: Select a publicly listed company and calculate its value using two valuation methods (e.g., Discounted Cash Flow, P/E ratio).
  • Example Prompts:

    • o What assumptions did you make for future growth and discount rates?

    o Compare your valuation to the current market capitalization.

    o Is the company undervalued or overvalued? Why?

    o How would changes in interest rates or inflation affect your valuation?

    3. Financial Crisis Case Study Debate

  • Task: Investigate a past financial crisis and present a critical analysis of causes, effects, and lessons learned.
  • Example Prompts:

    • o What triggered the crisis (policy decisions, market behavior, external shocks)?

    o Who were the key winners and losers?

    o What preventive measures could have been taken?

    o Are there parallels to current market conditions?

    4. Personal Financial Planning Project

  • Task: Create a 10-year financial plan for a hypothetical client based on given income, expenses, goals, and risk tolerance.
  • Example Prompts:

    • o What investment strategy suits the clients goals?

    o How much should be allocated to savings, debt repayment, insurance, and

    investments?

    o How would changes in inflation or interest rates affect the plan?

    o Suggest a retirement plan with a target savings goal.

    5. Ethical Dilemma in Finance Role-Play

  • Task: Act out a real-world ethical scenario in finance, then provide an analytical report on the ethical considerations.
  • Example Prompts:

    • o A portfolio manager learns confidential information that could benefit clients

    what should they do?

    o A CFO considers manipulating earnings to meet analyst expectations what are

    the risks?

    o Debate whether profitability can justify ethically questionable practices.

    6. FinTech Innovation Pitch

  • Task: Develop a concept for a new financial technology product or service.
  • Example Prompts:

    • o What problem in personal or corporate finance does your product solve?

    o Who is the target market?

    o How will your business model generate revenue?

    o What are the main risks and barriers to adoption?

    Activity Requirements Deliverables:

    1. Presentation (810 minutes) concise, engaging, visual.

    2. Written Report (1,5002,000 words) structured, analytical, referenced (APA style).

    Marking Rubric:

    1.Written Report (10 marks):

    Every student handles a specific point or section in the report, which will be written under her name. Shell get 8 marks for her individual part, and the remaining 2 marks can go to the shared sections, the introduction and conclusion, as a team effort.

    2.Presentation & Discussion (10 marks):

    For the presentation, all members should know the full report, but each one presents her own section. During the Q&A, questions can cover both her section and those of her teammates.

    Timeline :

  • Week 8: Topic selection & group formation
  • Week 9-10: Research and brainstorming
  • Week 11: Draft slides & report Submission
  • Week 12-13: Presentation

  • 2 questions

    The key function performed by a country’s financial sector is

    Question options:

    To fund a “pay-as-you-go” national pension scheme

    To facilitate financial disintermediation

    To channel excess cash savings into value creating investment

    To provide alternative conduits through which excess cash savings can be channeled into value-creating investment

    To fund the country defense budget

    Letter of Credit (L/Cs) are referred to as documentary credit because they are accompanied by several key documents: which one of the following is not necessary for documentary credit :

    Question options:

    Certificate of origin

    Consular invoice

    Commercial invoice

    Insurance certificate

    Bill of lading

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  • Finance Question

    Quesyion Please write the solution in iPad handwriting style, and make sure the solution is correct and clear.

  • Finance Question

    This project is worth 50 marks. Marks are allocated for presentation of assignment, analysis and written report. Any assumptions that you rely upon must be clearly stated in the written report.Formatting requirements: Maximum of 12 pages of A4 (excluding tables, diagrams, references and appendices). Word limit 4000 Max, every 100 words over limit is penalised at 5% of total mark(excluding references and appendices). Font size 11 Submission is via Turnitin, only one submission per group is required. Ensure you attach the assessment cover sheet as a front page to your report. It is student responsibility to form a group and allocate task. Students who fail to find asuitable group member will need to complete this assignment individually

  • Project_FIN403

    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Ministry of Education

    Saudi Electronic University

    College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

    Assignment 3

    Course Name: Investments

    Course Code: FIN403

    CRN:

    Assignment Title: Advanced Topics in Investment and Risk Management

    Semester: First

    Academic Year: 2025-26

    Suggested Role Division

    Student Name

    Student ID

    Assigned Part

    Section Title

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    Part D

    For Instructors Use only

    Instructors Name:

    Assigned Part

    Individual Section Grade 8

    Group effort Grade 2

    Presentation Grade 10

    Total Grade 20

    Level of Marks

    Part A

    High/Middle/Low

    Part B

    High/Middle/Low

    Part C

    High/Middle/Low

    Part D

    High/Middle/Low

    Average Grade (Group Overall)

    High/Middle/Low

    Important Guidelines -Please read carefully

    General Instructions

  • Submit the assignment through Blackboard (Word format only) via the designated folder. Submissions via email or late submissions will not be accepted.
    Make sure your work is clear, wellstructured, and includes your complete details on the cover page.
    Plagiarism or use of AI-generated content will result in a grade of zero.
  • All answers must be typed in Times New Roman (size 12, doublespaced).

    • Learning Outcomes:

    After completion of Assignment, the students will be able to understand the following

    CLO4:Demonstrate the valuation methods used for the valuation of the common forms of debt, equity, property, and derivative securities.

    CLO5:Illustrate asset models of a stochastic nature that are appropriate to the management of liabilities.

    The assignment consists of two parts:

    Part 1: Assignment Questions (10 Marks)

    A.Bond Selection and Interest Rate Expectations:

    Should an investor who expects interest rates to decline seek low- or high-coupon bonds? Relate your answer to duration and price sensitivity.

    B.Warrant Pricing and Investor Behavior:

    Why do investors tend to pay a smaller premium for a warrant as the price of the stock goes up?

    C.Stock vs. Options: Risk and Loss Analysis

    Assume you wish to control the price movement of 100 shares of stock. You may buy 100 shares of stock directly or purchase a call option on the 100 shares. Which strategy is likely to expose you to the larger potential dollar amount of loss? Which strategy is likely to expose you to the larger potential percentage loss on your investment?

    D.Hedging Strategies Using Financial Futures

    How can using the financial futures markets for interest rates and foreign exchange help financial managers through hedging? Briefly explain and give one example of each.

    Part 2: Presentation (10 Marks):

    Presentation Guidelines

    Each group will deliver a short presentation (up to 12 minutes) summarizing their report and key findings.

    Four marks will be allocated for the overall quality, organization, and clarity of the presentation.

    Three marks will be awarded based on each students ability to clearly explain their own section and respond to questions related to it.

    Three marks will be awarded for each students understanding of the other sections prepared by group members, including the introduction and conclusion, demonstrated through answering related questions.

    Note: Slides (6-8) used during the presentation should be included as images at the end of the report.

    Answers

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  • Week 5 discussion

    • What are some strategies you could use to save and protect your money? What would you need to keep doing, start doing, or change to implement these strategies?
    • What role do insurance plans have in saving and protecting your money? Considering that there are many types of insurance, which would you prioritize if you could only afford 1 or 2 insurance plans? For example, would you choose health, homeowners, life, rental, or another type of insurance? Explain your reasoning.
    • If things dont go well and something unexpected occurs, how could you leverage an emergency fund or insurance plan to your advantage?

  • revision and finalization for digital finance in student dec…

    making revision of the work with given feedback and Finalizing project objectives,

    making a well-developed literature review with detailed and justified methodology section (logic included).

    creating a timeline and task breakdown and discussion of the significance of the project with Planned outputs of the project.

    making a clear explanation of how the project aligns with the UAE national priorities

    note: use the “final project proposal template” for the final outcome, ignore the first 4 pages and start in ‘project summary’

  • FIN408 Internship

    Academic Report Guideline(Co-op)

    (please do not include this text in the final report, just follow its guidelines and use the cover page above)

    The report should be submitted within two weeks after you finish your Co-op training Program.

    In addition, the report should be approximately 3000 4000, single spaced and consider taking the following format

    General instructions for writing the final report:

    The report must be written in English language.

    The word limit is 3000-4000.

    If the report word count is not within the required word limit, marks will be deducted.

    The font size is 12, Times New Roman, justified, 1.5 space.

    Main headings use font size of 16 and bold.

    Add page numbers in the middle bottom of the page.

    Plagiarism or copying from other sources will result in ZERO marks.

    This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder.

    Your work should be clearly and completely presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.

    Assignment will be evaluated through BB Safe Assign tool. Late submission will result in ZERO marks being awarded.

    First Page

    The first page should display the students full name, internship start and finish dates, working hours per week, company/institution name, and the cover page.

    The field instructor should sign on the first page.

    A Brief Executive Summary of the Internship

    A one-page summary of the company/institution and a short account of the major activities carried out during the internship period.

    Acknowledgment

    To allow the student to express her/his thankful and gratitude to individuals (such as: field instructor, academic supervisor, colleaguesetc.) who help them in carrying out and completing her/his training journey. This part will aid the students to learn basic elements of academic writing. To express their appreciation in a concise and professional manner.

    Table of Contents

    Contents of the report with page numbers, list of tables, and list of figures.

    Introduction

    A brief of the report. The Aim of the report.

  • Inflations

    Inflation is the general rise in prices over time, which reduces the purchasing power of money. It means that the same amount of money buys fewer goods and services than before. Inflation is usually measured using indicators like the Consumer Price Index, which tracks changes in the cost of everyday items.

    There are three main causes of inflation. First, demand-pull inflation happens when demand is higher than supply. Second, cost-push inflation occurs when production costs increase, leading businesses to raise prices. Third, built-in inflation is driven by expectations, where rising wages and prices reinforce each other.

    Inflation has both positive and negative effects. Moderate inflation supports economic growth by encouraging spending and investment. However, high inflation reduces purchasing power, increases uncertainty, and can harm people with fixed incomes.

    To control inflation, central banks use monetary policy, especially by adjusting interest rates. Higher interest rates reduce spending and help lower inflation, while lower rates encourage economic activity. Managing inflation is important to maintain economic stability and protect peoples standard of living.