TOWSON INVESTMENT CLUB Stock Analysis Investing in Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Kristal Ricks November 7, 2012 Summary I highly recommend investing in Dick’s Sporting Goods stock now at the current price of $51.32. It is a great long-term investment because the stock price continues to increase every year. Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) has shown consistent growth over recent fiscal years, as net sales, gross profit, revenue and net income have increased significantly. Dick’s is a sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment. With over 500 stores, Dick’s has continued to expand and add stores at a steady rate of about 15% a year (CNN, 2012).
Assignment # 2 Expanding Your Business Joel Chagadama Professor Angela Harris Bus 402 8/25/12 Chagadama Christian Bookstore is a start-up business, apart from selling Christian books we also provide clients with photocopying, fax transmittal and reception services and access to self-serve computer workstations with a full array of software and Internet capabilities. Located down town near the Salisbury University, Chagadama Christian Bookstore has been in operation for Four months. Sales and business in general have been good and exceeding all expectations. We are currently running a more than 40 percent sales increase from our initial sales projection and we are now thinking of expanding the business opening a second location
We will be the only center that offers this service in the shopping mall. Even though Teddy Bear Childcare charges less, the center will see profit within the beginning of the third year due to the beneficial advertising campaign. The center expects to double its clients every six months within the second year. We will also be active in the community, building a solid reputation with parents and the community. Finally we will offer membership cards with 20% off and stamp cards that includes 15% discount for every five
7/21/2015 Madoff Securities Case Summary Madoff used funds earned during summer of 1860 to establish Bernnard L.Madoff Investment Securites LLC after graduating. Madoff made the securities democratized as well as reduced transaction cost, and was the one of the first brokerage firms to use computers to speed up the transaction. The firm developed fast because of the large trading volume and the impressive growth made it to be the largest “market maker” on the NASDAQ. Even knowledgeable people didn’t know the strategies Madoff used to maintain the consistent return. However, on December 10, 2008, Bernie Madoff told his two sons that the impressive growth was fraudulent, which named “Ponzi scheme”.
* * * * * Rachel’Jo Fraser Medical Associates Dr. James Coon Health Financial Management February 25th, 2012 Medical Associates is a large for-profit group practice. Its dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% per year into the foreseeable future. The firm’s last dividend (D0) was $2, and its current stock price is $23. The firm’s beta coefficient is 1.6; the rate of return on 20-year T-bonds currently is 9%; the expected rate of return is 13%. The firm’s target capital structure calls for 50% debt financing, the interest rate required on the business’s new debt is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is rapidly growing and achieving things that many people thought would be impossible. This year alone, Dick's Sporting Goods has exceeded expectations with its third-quarter results and they have also pleased their shareholders with its plans to start paying dividends. Dick’s Sporting Goods now operates more than 450 shops across 42 states, along with 81 Golf Galaxy stores in 30 states and they do not plan to stop here. Dick's third-quarter net sales rose by 9.3% from the year-earlier, to almost $1.2 billion, with the help of additional sales from 19 newly opened stores. The company's gross margins went up by 126 basis points, to 29.7%, mainly because of better inventory management and a change in the product mix and selling and administration expenses range in at $274.4 million.
Title: New Housing Era: 30-Year Mortgage May Fade. By: Appelbaum, Binyamin, New York Times, 03624331, 3/4/2011 Database: Academic Search Premier Section: National Desk WASHINGTON -- How might home buying change if the federal government shuts down the housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan, the steady favorite of American borrowers since the 1950s, could become a luxury product, housing experts on both sides of the political aisle say. Interest rates would rise for most borrowers, but urban and rural residents could see sharper increases than the coveted customers in the suburbs. Lenders could charge fees for popular features now taken for granted, like the ability to ''lock in''
Moreover, the company is now planning to merge their U.K. travel and foreign-exchange units in a deal that will create a 1,200-store chain and save more than 35 million pounds ($56 million) a year. The combined business will be the U.K.’s largest travel retailer and the second-biggest provider of retail foreign exchange. However, STA travel can also be one of the leading companies in this industry as well but, in a very specific target, since the main targets of STA travel are students and young people and STA has done it quite good when compare to the companies which their targets are similar to the target of STA such as Student Universe or Travelosophy. It is because STA is a full service travel retailer which offers the rate that is very attractive to students and young people. Other than that, the customer can always make sure that the ticket they buy from STA must be the ticket from famous and reliable airlines.
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When wearing school uniforms, there’s no worry in the morning. Also, there are no worries about clothes matching because uniforms already match. Last, mandating uniforms in public schools will save parents money. Nowadays it’s all about having the latest fashion. If uniforms aren’t mandated then parents have to keep buying their kids clothes every month to keep them happy.