Assignment 1: Investment Selection

Due Week 4 and worth 80 points

Selected Investment for this assignment is AMAZON

Imagine that you are a potential investor researching a U.S. investment of your choice. Your choice can be any investment that is highly marketable, which means that you must be able to sell it at a market price very easily. Publically traded stock, corporate bonds, government bonds, real estate, mutual funds, and derivatives are all examples of highly marketable investments.

You will be required to collect financial statements and /or relevant financial information that detail(s) the past three (3) years (fiscal or calendar) of the chosen investment. (These statements can usually be located within the organization's Website under "investor information" or something similar. Many times, these statements can also be found on Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, MSN Money, or Hoovers.)

You will also be required to research your chosen investment's price for the past five (5) years, as well as a related market index for this investment for the past five (5) years. An example of an applicable market index is the Standard & Poor's Stock Market Index, commonly called the S&P 500.

1.Select the highly marketable investment that you wish to research.

2.Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) explanation as to why you selected that particular investment.

List five (5) resources to demonstrate that there is enough information available regarding your selected investment.

** Please note I am not wanting to submit someone's else's work as mine. My intention is to use as a guideline to construct my paper. It getting started and being on the right track that is my weakness in papers. Your assistance is appreciated and thank you in advance.

Please let me know if you can help me out.