Read the following editorial:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/china-ground-zero-future-pandemic-180965213/ (Links to an external site.)

After reading the editorial, compose a one-page analysis on the techniques used to persuade the reader of the writer’s view.

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Please answer the following items in your deliverable for your assigned company. This project’s main deliverable should not exceed 8 pages, front & back, 12 font, double spaced (although you may include an appendix of any length). To simplify this assignment and earn a chance at the extra credit points, you may want to follow the following template …. This extra credit project is due in hard copy on April 27, 2020. Please, do not wait until the last days of that week to begin this deliverable as I believe you will find it too much to complete in a single setting.

1)Provide a short paragraph suggesting the story that is being told by the historical fundamentals – for example, profitability, growth, abundant free cash, etc.

2)Highlight the abbreviated forecast of the next five-year DCF or FCFF forecasts (i.e., year by year) and the normalized, constant growth calculation for forecast years 6 to infinity.

3)Provide a DCF or FCFF model-based valuation range, explaining in brief your inputs. This range will serve as an “absolute valuation” metric and will be calculated by discounting your individual five-year FCFF forecasts by a realistic WACC, discounting the constant growth by the WACC, subtracting out debt and dividing by shares outstanding. Highlight this absolute valuation range.

4)Provide historical 10-year price/earnings, price/book, and price/sales charts, commenting on today’s relative valuation AND providing the forecasted P/E, etc. metrics that you selected to use in your forecasts. For example, substantiate your P/E ratio and earnings per share forecast inputs that will provide your P/E valuation. This “relative valuation” will serve as range value inputs for your final valuation range. Highlight this relative valuation range.

Note: The DCF absolute value range will be combined with the P/metric relative value ranges to form a “final range of value”. For example, if the DCF suggests $38/share and the P/metrics suggest $34–37, your valuation range – combining the absolute and relative values – would be $34–38/share.

5)Discuss the important “systematic factors” (value, growth, capitalization, quality, momentum, inflation, interest rates, industrial production, etc.) that you believe will drive this security’s return, explaining why you chose to include the ones that you did. You may wish to supply a simple regression to prove your point (hint)….

6)Discuss the important “fundamentals” (profitability, growth, cash flows, etc.) that you believe will drive this security’s future return, explaining why you chose the ones that you did. Comment on the “embedded expectations” that you believe the market is focusing on (recall that any good analysis is about understanding the embedded expectations in the market price and how those expectations will change so as to drive a higher or lower price in the future).

7)Given your analysis, would you recommend a buy or a sell on this equity security? Explain your recommendation in a “summary paragraph” that you would provide as an executive summary with your employer. Highlight this in a single paragraph, seeking to make sure it is an accurate and complete storyline of your analysis.

8)Provide the duration, convexity, and yield to maturity of any fixed income instrument of this company that matures after 2025. Use any excel, Bloomberg, etc., highlighting the inputs that you used.

9)Provide the Black-Scholes valuation of any option of this company that expires within the next 12 months (please be sure to provide your inputs as well as a brief discussion of your volatility assumptions). Briefly compare your valuation (V) to that last price (P) traded in the market.

Question 1

Create a discussion thread (with your name) and answer the following question:

There have been many books and opinion pieces written about the impact of AI on jobs and ideas for societal responses to address the issues. Two ideas were mentioned in the chapter – UBI and SIS. What are the pros and cons of these ideas? How would these be implemented?

Your response should be 450-500 words

Question 2

Portfolio Project: This week discuss a current business process in a specific industry. Note the following:

-The current business process itself.

-The industry the business process is utilized in.

After explaining the current situation, take the current learning from the course and:

• Explain a new technology that the business should deploy. Be specific, don’t only note the type of technology but the specific instance of technology. (For example, a type of technology is smart automation a specific type of automation is automated light-dimming technology).
• Note the pros and cons of the technology selected.
• Note various factors the business should consider prior to deploying the new technology

The above submission should be four pages in length. Remember the total length does not include the APA approved cover page or the references. There should be at least four APA approved references to support your work.

Question 3

DQ:

1.Based upon the current state of the art of robotics applications, which industries are most likely to embrace robotics? Why?

Dirt Bikes’ management has asked you to prepare a management analysis of the company to help it assess the firm’s current situation and future plans. Review Dirt Bikes’ company history, organization chart, products and services, and sales and marketing in the Introduction to Dirt Bikes.

In a 2-3 page paper, answer the following questions based on the Dirt Bikes Case Study:

• What are the most important knowledge assets vs. data assets at Dirt Bikes?
• How can Dirt Bikes benefit from knowledge management systems?
• What departments would benefit from knowledge vs. data management the most?
• How would the value chain model work for Dirt Bike USA?
• In what ways can a fuzzy logic system be beneficial or harmful to innovation for Dirt Bikes?

Your responses to the questions and statements must be supported with 2-3 academic sources in addition to the textbook, such as case studies and empirical studies