Interpret Basic Security Analyses Investment Anal

To complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from Assignment 1: Investment Selection.

Note: Please include any financial statements or relevant financial information in an appendix.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a detailed overview of the selected U.S. investment indicating the rationale for your selection.
2. Select
   five (5) financial ratios, then analyze the past three (3) years of
   financial data for the investment (please obtain data from the financial
   statements or the equivalent).
3. Analyze the price of the investment to its market index for the past five (5) years.
4. Create
   a trend line that depicts the price movement for the investment against
   the market index movement using elements of Microsoft Office, such as
   Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open
   Project, Dia, and OpenOffice, as appropriate. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
5. Determine
   the type of person who would be the best candidate for the chosen
   investment (e.g., the risk adverse investor, an aggressive investor,
   etc.). Provide a rationale for why this investment is a solid one, and
   support the assertion that someone should invest in this stock.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites to 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 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:

• Examine common debt and equity securities, and analyze the relative risks and returns associated with each.
• Analyze
  how the securities business works through stockbrokers and investment
  bankers using the physical exchanges, network exchanges, and OTC
  markets.
• Perform and interpret basic security analyses using
  indexes, averages, and various technical methods, as well as
  compounding, discounting, and forecasting.
• Propose ways to
  apply various strategies in the management of financial investment
  portfolios in order to optimize profits (and minimize taxes) within
  acceptable risks.
• Find and utilize sources of pertinent
  investing information on a company, its industry, the economy as a
  whole, and the international environment to analyze investment
  potential.
• Examine the differences between various investments such as options, convertibles, warrants, rights, and commodities.
• Illustrate
  how to use hybrid and derivative instruments such as convertibles,
  warrants, rights, options, and futures contracts in investment
  strategies.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in investments.
• Write clearly and concisely about investments using proper writing mechanics.

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