FIN 534 Assignment 1 Financial Research Report

  

Assignment 1:FinancialResearch ReportImagine that you are aFinancial manager researching investments for your client that align with its investmentgoals. Use the Internet to research any U.S. publiclytraded 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.)Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:1. Provide a rationale for the U.S. publiclytraded company that you selected, indicating the significant factors driving your decision as a financial manager.2. 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.3. 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.)4.) 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.5.) Provide your recommendations of thisstock as an investment opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed articles or material from the Strayer Library.6.) 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:1.) 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.2.) 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.