ECO 316 ASSIST EXPECT SUCCESS \ECO316AS

SISTDOTCOM
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.eco316assist.com

ECO 316 ENTIRE COURSE (ASH)

ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 1 Should You Invest Short Term

ECO 316 Week 1 DQ 2 Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds
ECO 316 Week 1 Quiz (Chapter 1-6)
ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 1 New Product, Will I Be Rich
ECO 316 Week 2 DQ 2 Mutual Fund Regulation
ECO 316 Week 2 Quiz (Chapter 7-12)
ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 1 Exchange Rate Risk
ECO 316 Week 3 DQ 2 Should I Expect a Bail Out
ECO 316 Week 3 Assignment Impacts on Liquidity
ECO 316 Week 3 Quiz (Chapter 13-18)
ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 1 Fed Impact on the Dollar
ECO 316 Week 4 DQ 2 Federal Reserve System and Politics
ECO 316 Week 4 Quiz (Chapter 19-24)

ECO 316 WEEK 1 DQ 1 SHOULD YOU INVES

T SHORT TERM (ASH)

Should You Invest Short Term? What are the implications

of a U.S. policy to bail out firms and heavily subsidize the e
conomy? How could such a policy create inflation and higher
interest rates? If you have cash available should you wait unt
il interest rates rise? Review your text and other sources and
provide a 200 word answer. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings

ECO 316 WEEK 1 DQ 2 TREASURY INFLATI

ON PROTECTION BONDS (ASH)

Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds. From the end of Cha

pter 6, read the Moving from theory to practice case entitle
d Japan Inflation-Linked Bonds. Your 200 word response sh
ould focus on selecting your most relevant thoughts and org
anizing them in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two
of your classmates postings.

ECO 316 WEEK 1 QUIZ (CHAPTER 1-6)

(ASH)

ECO 316 Week 1 Quiz (Chapter 1-6) (Ash)

ECO 316 WEEK 2 DQ 1 NEW PRODUCT

WILL I BE RICH (ASH)

New Product, Will I Be Rich? My company just came out wi

th a new product? Should I buy a bunch of company stock an
d get rich? What are the pros and cons of such an investmen
t? Review your text and other sources and provide a 200 wor
d answer. Respond to at least two of your classmates postin
gs

ECO 316 WEEK 2 DQ 2 MUTUAL FUND REG

ULATION (ASH)

Mutual Fund Regulation. From the end of Chapter 12, com

plete problem 13: Describe how mutual funds provide servic
es related to risk sharing and liquidity. Distinguish a mutual f
und from a bank. What do the differences you highlighted im
ply about the need for regulation of mutual funds as oppose
d to banks? Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting
your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coher
ent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates posti
ngs.

ECO 316 WEEK 2 QUIZ (CHAPTER 7-12) (ASH)

ECO 316 Week 2 Quiz (Chapter 7-12) (Ash)

ECO 316 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT IMPACTS O

N LIQUIDITY (ASH)

Impacts on Liquidity. From the end of Chapter 18, complet

e the Moving from theory to practice case entitled Liquidit
y and the Monetary Base. Your two to three page response s
hould focus on selecting the most relevant factors and organ
izing them in a coherent fashion. It must be submitted to yo
ur instructor by day 7 using APA style as outlined in the appr
oved APA style guide.

ECO 316 WEEK 3 DQ 1 EXCHANGE RATE RI

SK (ASH)

Exchange Rate Risk. From the end of Chapter 16, complete

problem 13: Relate the problem of exchange rate risk in inter
national banking to interest rate risk in domestic banking. O
n the basis of your understanding of interest rate risk, sugge
st strategies for managing exchange rate risk in international
banking. Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting yo
ur most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent
fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings
.

ECO 316 WEEK 3 DQ 2 SHOULD I EXPECT A BA

IL OUT (ASH)

Should I Expect a Bail Out? From the end of Chapter 15, complete pr
oblem 19: Suppose that you manage a small S&L that has a net worth o
f $50 million. You fear that within two years, regulators will discover th
at your firm is insolvent and will shut you down. You have two possible
investment strategies: (a) continue to operate as you have been, offerin
g market interest rates on CDs to finance mortgage loans, or (b) offer hi
gher than market interest rates on CDs and use the increased funds to
speculate in junk bonds and real estate. Your analysis tells you that stra
tegy (a) has a 10% chance of losing $10 million and a 90% chance of gai
ning $20 million, with an expected return of $17 million. Strategy (b) ha
s an 80% chance of losing $50 million and a 20% chance of gaining $75
million, with an expected return of $25 million. What strategy should y
ou follow? Why? What are the consequences of your choice? What shou
ld a regulator do in this situation? How might your behavior change if y
ou expect a government bail out? Your 200 word answer should focus o
n selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coher
ent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.

ECO 316 WEEK 3 QUIZ (CHAPTER 13-18) (ASH)

ECO 316 Week 3 Quiz (Chapter 13-18) (Ash)

ECO 316 WEEK 4 DQ 1 FED IMPACT ON

THE DOLLAR (ASH)

Fed Impact on the Dollar. From the end of Chapter 21 com

plete problem 14: If the Fed wants to decrease the value of t
he dollar on foreign-exchange markets, what should it do? W
hat should it do if it wants to increase the foreign-exchange v
alue of the dollar? Your 200 word answer should focus on sel
ecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a
coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classmate
s postings

ECO 316 WEEK 4 DQ 2 FEDERAL RESE

RVE SYSTEM AND POLITICS (ASH)

Federal Reserve System and Politics. From the end of Cha

pter 19, complete problem 12: Evaluate: The Federal Reserve
System is independent of the political process in the United
States. Your 200 word answer should focus on selecting your
most relevant thoughts and organizing them in a coherent fa
shion. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.

ECO 316 WEEK 4 QUIZ (CHAPTER 19-24) (A

SH)

ECO 316 Week 4 Quiz (Chapter 19-24) (Ash)

ECO 316 WEEK 5 DQ 1 MONEY GROWTH RATE

S AND RECESSIONS (ASH)

Money Growth Rates and Recessions. From the end of Ch

apter 26, complete problem 14: Suppose that you observed a
substantial decline in the money growth rate six months bef
ore the start of every recession. Would that be enough to co
nvince you that money affects output? Why or why not? Revi
ew your text and other sources and provide a 200 word ans
wer. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings

ECO 316 WEEK 5 DQ 2 CREDIT CRUNCH (A

SH)

Credit Crunch. From the end of Chapter 27, complete probl

em 15: You have been assigned to determine whether the ec
onomy is experiencing a credit crunch. What patterns in mov
ements in the federal funds rate, the volume of bank lending
, and the volume of short-term lending in financial markets
will you look for? Why? Your 200 word answer should focus o
n selecting your most relevant thoughts and organizing them
in a coherent fashion. Respond to at least two of your classm
ates postings.

ECO 316 WEEK 5 FINAL PAPER BALANCE MORTGAG

E RATES AND AN EXPANSIONARY ECONOMY (ASH)

Focus of the Final Paper

Analyze the major problems that countries face in developin
g a balance between mortgage rates and an expansionary ec
onomy. Utilize the Chapter 27 Moving from theory to practic
e case entitled Priced to Perfection, as well as outside reso
urces, as a basis for developing your analysis. The eight page
paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:
59 pm of the last day of class.

ECO 316 ASSIST EXPECT SUCCESS \ECO316AS

SISTDOTCOM
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.eco316assist.com