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Assignment
1: Financial Research Report
Due Week 9 and worth 300 points
Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client that align with its investment
goals. Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research any U.S. publicly
traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your
client. (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 for which to invest
Ratio analysis
Stock price analysis
Recommendations

Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page
paper in which you:

Provide a rationale for the
U.S. publicly traded company that you selected, indicating the significant
factors driving your decision as a financial manager.
Determine the profile of the
investor for which this company may be a fit, relative to that potential
investors investment strategy. Provide support for your rationale.
Select any five (5) financial
ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past three (3)
years of the companys financial data, which you may obtain from the
companys financial statements. Determine the companys 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 company from your investors 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 or material from the Strayer
Library.
Use at least five (5) quality
academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites
do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these
formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides;
citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Critique financial management
strategies that support business operations in various market
environments.
Analyze financial statements
for key ratios, cash flow positions, and taxation effects.
Review fixed income strategies
using time value of money concept, bond valuation methods, and interest
rate calculations.
Estimate the risk and return on
financial investments.
Apply financial management
options to corporate finance.
Determine the cost of capital
and how to maximize returns.
Formulate cash flow analysis
for capital projects including project risks and returns.
Evaluate how corporate
valuation and forecasting affect financial management.
Analyze how capital structure
decision-making practices impact financial management.
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in financial management.
Write clearly and concisely
about financial management using proper writing mechanics.

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a Clickable Rubric Assignment”” in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.Assignment
1: Financial Research Report
Due Week 9 and worth 300 pointsImagine that you are a financial
manager researching investments for your client that align with its investment
goals. Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research any U.S. publicly
traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your
client. (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:Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page
paper in which you:Your assignment must follow these
formatting requirements:The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:Click.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/FIN/534/1138/Week10/Week%2010%20Assignment%201%20Rubric.html””>here to view the grading rubric for this assignment. “