begin each writing assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by the actual question itself

Use standard essay format

Response must be typed double spaced using a standard font (times new Roman) and 12 point type size

500-700 words

1.Review the handouts on Purpose and Audience (in Course Documents) and the two handouts on Narrative Writing (in Module 1). In one paragraph, explain why it is important to have a clear understanding of the audience for any written text. Why might it be especially important for you, the writer, to have a clear sense of your audience as you write your personal narrative? What questions are raised in the Narrative Writing handouts that suggest the importance of keeping your audience in mind? What concerns do you have about your audience reading your personal narrative?

2. Pick an experience you recently had with one or more friends. It can be anything–a trip to Disneyland, a night out on the town, a hike, a road trip, an argument. Write one paragraph in which you describe the experience to another friend (who wasn’t involved in the experience). Remember, you are writing to a friend, one of your peers, so use appropriate language and descriptive strategies for that rhetorical situation. Aim for at least four substantial sentences.

3. In a separate paragraph, write about the same experience, but this time your audience is a parent, grandparent, or any much older relative. Be sure to use appropriate language and descriptive strategies for this different rhetorical situation.

4. Briefly describe how your rhetorical choices changed when your audience changed from a peer to an older relative.

My Research Question

• General Topic of Interest:

My general topic of interest is how will global warming affect climate change.

• Research Objective/Purpose: “Why” of the research:

The purpose of this study is to research how will or how did global warming affect climate change.

• Research Question(s): “What” of the research:

I wonder if the blizzard that happened in Feb this year an effect from global warming.

In this discussion:

• State your Research Topic, Objective/Purpose and Research Question(s).
• List and label the dependent and independent variables
• Describe the type of data you will collect. Be specific in identifying the nature of your data (nominal, ordinal, etc.).
• State what data analysis techniques would be appropriate to apply to your proposed study.

Watch the documentary film Before the Flood(2016) directed by Fisher Stevens and produced by Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Packer, Brett Ratner, Trevor Davidoski, and Jennifer Davisson Killoran. The film is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, ITunes, …

1. What did you learn from the film that you did not know already?
2. One of the misconceptions about documentaries is that they limit themselves to portray reality “as it is,” that is, objectively. On the contrary, all documentaries provide a specific perspective on reality: the director takes sides and presents – through images – a certain view on a given subject. Before the Flood, as an explicit activist project, is no exception. What is the point that the film is trying to prove? How do Stevens and DiCaprio articulate this point? What kind of imagery does the film use to support its perspective?
3. In their search for answers on climate change, Stevens and DiCaprio indicate a possible solution to the problem – namely, Elon Musk’s Gigafactories. What does that say about the relationship between environment (and environmentalism) and capitalism?

Title of Assignment: Rate of Return for Stocks and Bonds

Subject: Corporate Finance

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to calculate the rate of return of equity and debt instruments. It allows the student to understand the effects of dividends; capital gains; inflation rates; and how the nominal rate of return affects valuation and pricing. The assignment also allows the student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC, and Flotation Costs to understand the influence of debt and equity on the company’s capital structure.

Assignment Steps

Calculate the following problems and provide an overall summary of how companies make financial decisions in no more than 700 words, based on your answers:

1. Stock Valuation: A stock has an initial price of $100 per share, paid a dividend of $2.00 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $125. Compute the percentage total return, capital gains yield, and dividend yield.
2. Total Return: You bought a share of 4% preferred stock for $100 last year. The market price for your stock is now $120. What was your total return for last year?
3. CAPM: A stock has a beta of 1.20, the expected market rate of return is 12%, and a risk-free rate of 5 percent. What is the expected rate of return of the stock?
4. WACC: The Corporation has a targeted capital structure of 80% common stock and 20% debt. The cost of equity is 12% and the cost of debt is 7%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
5. Flotation Costs: Medina Corp. has a debt-equity ratio of .75. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $125 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 10%. The flotation cost on new debt is 4%. What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally?

Submit your summary and all calculations.