• If you do not see the "Reply" button, or any responses, you may need to scroll down the page.
• When you are the first to contribute, you will see only the "Reply" button.
• Once you have added your initial post or response, choose the "Post Reply" button.
• If any classmates have posted, you will see their comments, along with the "Reply" button.
• The "Reply" button as well as any responses will be displayed at the bottom of the page.

Post Your Introduction [WLO: 1] [CLOs: 1, 4]

Prior to attempting this discussion,

• Review the Week 5 Final Project.
• Using the Business Insiders Dow Jones Stocks (Links to an external site.), S&P 500 Stocks (Links to an external site.), or NASDAQ 100 Stocks (Links to an external site.) pages, select a publicly traded company that has paid dividends for the last 4 to 5 years to use throughout this course. For help finding a company that pays dividends, watch the following video: (Links to an external site.)

BUS 401 | Picking a Company that Pays Dividends (Links to an external site.)

Note: For this course, you cannot pick PPL Corp. (PPL) or Procter & Gamble (PG) as companies. Also, it is in your best interest to avoid banks or insurance companies. These companies have complicated financial statements and will be difficult to analyze for this class. Additionally, you should avoid picking a company with financial statements in any currency other than U.S. dollars. For example, Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) has financial statements presented in Japanese yen. Thus, Toyota would not be an acceptable company to choose for this class

In your initial discussion forum post,

• Introduce yourself to your classmates by describing your current career, your progress in your degree program, your experience in finance, and some personal details of your choice (family, hobbies, etc.).
• Describe the publicly traded, dividend-yielding company you In your description, include the following:
  • The name and ticker symbol of the company.
  • The current stock price per share for the company.
  • The dividend paid most recently by the company.
  • What interests you most about the final project that is due in Week 5.