1 Cost Assignment 4 2 Financial Statement Analysis 3 4 5 5 7 B As a professionally trained accountant and financial advisor, it is your role to guide and assist your clients with making investing decisions within their portfolio. Bring forward a proposal to invest in an existing public company that you believe is a wise investment. In order to promote this decision, please discuss and disclose the following: 1. Discuss your client's short and long term goals. Are they starting out their investment portfolio? Are they close to retirement? Are they looking to take on more risks? Are they looking to hedge some of their other investments and take on a more stable investment? (HINT: think about your own personal situation, perhaps today or perhaps in the future). 2. Using the most recent annual financial statement, complete 6 different ratios that you feel best represent and promote the investment that you are recommending. Please include a PDF or screen shot of the financial statements used for your calculations, you must show your work for 9 each calculation. 0 1 2 2 3. Present your written recommendation referencing important ratios calculated along with any other non-financial support that your feel is relevant (ie. Recent current events, etc.) +