Question

1. As a chief financial officer (CFO) of a large
industrial firm, you need to raise cash within a
few months to pay for a project to expand
existing and acquire new manufacturing
facilities. What are the primary options
available to you?

2. You work for an investment bank and you are
to do a presentation to private wealth clients
of your firm on the most fundamental facts
concerning the role of interest rates in the
economy. What main points should you try to
include in your presentation?

3. As a relatively new member of the business
community, you decide it would be advantageous
to join the local lunch club to network with
businesspeople. Upon learning that you are a
financial analyst, club members soon enlist you to
give a lunch speech. During the question and
answer session afterward, a member of the
audience asks, “I keep reading in the newspaper
about the need to regulate ‘financial
intermediaries,’ but really don’t understand
exactly what they are. Can you tell me?” How do
you answer?

Answer 1