Financial Research Paper

Part 2 Due Week 9 (6 to 8 pages including #1 and #2 from Part 1)
Include your rationale, primary reasons for stock selection, and client’s profile from Part 1, making any
revisions based upon Part 1 feedback if applicable.
Select any five financial ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past 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 University Library, and reviews by
market analysts.
Conduct a literature review and list at least five quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other
similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Think of a friend or a
family member as a client. Define her or his characteristics and goals such as an employee or employer,
relatively young (less than 40 years) or close to retirement, having some savings/property, a risk taker or risk
averter, etc. Next, use Nexis Uni at the Strayer University library, located at Nexis Uni, click on “Company
Dossier” to 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.)
Your final financial research report will be 6 to 8 pages long and be completed in two parts as noted below.
This assignment requires you to use at least five quality academic resources and cover 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: This is 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
Use sources from Part 1
Part 1 attatched