Use the financial statement of your company (APPLE. INC) to compute the following ratios for the past 5 years: Return on Assets, Cash Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Debt to Assets. Analyze the trends of the ratios and relate any trends to the strategic plan, demand analysis and any other aspects that you have uncovered over the past the weeks..Read at least two other postings and explain why you agree or disagree with the postings plus why you agree or disagree.

Discuss the rationale of at least the five most important trades one from each of the five categories listed below. Critically analyze the gains or losses.

• An introduction – give a background, your motivation or how you planned your trading
• Each section should have a title, sub-titles (if any) and must written in paragraphs
• Discuss five important trades (should be one from each of these five categories)
  • buy/sell call option
  • buy/sell put option
  • an option spread – bull/bear/calendar, straddle or any combination
  • buy/sell futures – currency/interest rate/index/commodity/future option
  • buy/sell spots

Assume the possible stock prices of Hull Inc. are $150, $155, $160, $165, $170, $175, and $180. The price(premium) is $5 for October165 put option of Hull Inc.

Suppose you buy one October 165 put option contract(Np=100) of Hull Inc. and hold it until the options expire.

a) Determine the profit and loss at respective stock prices of Hull Inc. (2 Marks)

b) Determine the breakeven stock price at expiration. (1 Mark)

c) What are the maximum possible profit and loss on this transaction. (1 Mark)

I’m working on a finance question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Question 1: Read the article and comment on what your think is a better way to reward shareholders and impact capital structure: Share Repurchase vs. Dividends. Make sure to justify your comment with “WHY”

Article: https://seekingalpha.com/article/1441371-share-buybacks-vs-dividends-which-is-more-beneficial

Question 2: Comment on your thoughts on both Active and Passive Investing as being successful in both the long term and short term time horizons.

I’m working on a finance case study and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

1. How does blockchain-based remittance fit into Alibaba’s cloud offerings?

2. What unique value does blockchain technology provide in Alibaba’s remittance offering?

3. What are other areas of application for blockchain in Alibaba’s cloud business?

4. What is Alibaba’s strategy to overcome the “chicken and egg” problem of insufficient transaction liquidity and eventually achieve network effects with its remittance service?