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Imagine that you are a
financial manager researching investments for your client. Research the stock
of any U.S. publicly traded company that you may consider as an investment
opportunity for your client. Your investment should align with your client’s investment
goals. (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:
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Rationale for choosing the
company for which to invest
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Ratio analysis
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Stock price analysis
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Recommendations
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Refer to the
following resources to assist with completing your assignment:
Stock Selection
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Seeking Alpha – “Get Your Smart Beta Here! Dividend Growth Stocks As ‘Strategic
Beta’ Investments”
Market and Company Information
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Mergent Online (Note: This resource is also available through
the Strayer Learning Resource Center.)
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Research Hub, located in the
left menu of your course in Blackboard.
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Write a ten to fifteen
(10-15) page paper in which you:
1. Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating
the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you to consider
this stock.
2. Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a suitable
investment for your client. Include a description of your client’s profile.
3. 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.)
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other
similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:
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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.
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Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s 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:
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Critique financial management
strategies that support business operations in various market environments.
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Analyze financial statements for
key ratios, cash flow positions, and taxation effects.
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Review fixed income strategies
using time value of money concept, bond valuation methods, and interest rate
calculations.
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Estimate the risk and return on
financial investments.
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Apply financial management
options to corporate finance.
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Determine the cost of capital and
how to maximize returns.
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Formulate cash flow analysis for
capital projects including project risks and returns.
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Evaluate how corporate valuation
and forecasting affect financial management.
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Analyze how capital structure
decision-making practices impact financial management.
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Use technology and information
resources to research issues in financial management.
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Write clearly and concisely about
financial management using proper writing mechanics.
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