(Note: Please ensure that you are able to find enough information about this company in order to complete this assignment. You will create an appendix, in which you will insert related information.)
The assignment covers the following topics:
Rationale for choosing the company in which to invest
Ratio analysis
Stock price analysis
Recommendations
Refer to the following resources to assist with completing
your assignment:
Stock Selection
Forbes – “Six Rules to Follow When Picking Stocks”
CNN Money – “Stocks: Investing in stocks”
The Motley Fool – “13 Steps to Investing Foolishly”
Seeking Alpha – “The Graham And Dodd Method For Valuing
Stocks”
Investopedia – “Guide to Stock-Picking Strategies”
Seeking Alpha – “Get Your Smart Beta Here! Dividend Growth
Stocks As ‘Strategic Beta’ Investments”
Market and Company Information
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – “Market Structure”
Yahoo! Finance
Mergent Online (Note: This resource is also available through
the Strayer Learning Resource Center.)
Seeking Alpha (Note: Also available through the Android or
iTunes App store.)
Morningstar (Note: You can create a no-cost Basic Access
account.)
Research Hub, located in the left menu of your course in
Blackboard.
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating
the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you
to consider this stock.
Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a
suitable investment for your client. Include a description of your
client’s profile.
Select any five (5) financial ratios that you have learned
about in the text. Analyze the past three (3) years of the selected
financial ratios for the company; you may obtain this information
from the company’s financial statements. Determine the company’s
financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include, but are not
limited to, current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, and
price earnings ratio.)
Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of
the stock from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key
strategies that you may use in order to minimize these perceived
risks.
Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment
opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as
peer-reviewed articles, material from the Strayer Learning Resource
Center, and reviews by market analysts.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not
qualify as academic resources.
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