Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Use the Strayer Learning Resource

Question:

Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Use the Strayer Learning Resource Center 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. You will create an appendix, in which you will insert related information.)
• Rationale for choosing the company in which to invest
• Ratio analysis
• Stock price analysis
• Recommendations
Refer to the following resources to assist:
Stock Selection
•Forbes - "Six Rules to Follow When Picking Money - Investing in Motley Fool - "13 Steps to Investing Foolishly"
•Seeking Alpha - "The Graham And Dodd Method For Valuing - "Guide to Stock-Picking Strategies"
•Seeking Alpha - "Get Your Smart Beta Here! Growth 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: 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.
Write a paper in which you:
Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you to consider this stock.
Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a suitable investment for your client. Include a description of your client's profile.
Select any five (5) that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past three (3) years of the selected 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 Learning Resource Center, and reviews by market analysts.
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