Imagine that you have $$100,000$ to invest. You are going to invest it all in one investment for the next $5$ years, at least, at which point you will reevaluate both your investment and personal situations.

You will invest it all in APPLE Common stock.

You will be performing the analysis from the perspective of an investor who is $25$ years from retirement and the investor$$s income is greater than living expenses. The investor has a liquid net worth of $$1,000,000$ of which $40\%$ is invested in the S&P $500$ index, $40\%$ in a medium$-$duration, high quality bond fund and $20\%$ in a savings account earning $5\%$ interest per year. You are to determine if the investor should take $$100,000$ from the savings account and

purchase $$100,000$ of this company$$s common stock.

Where are you going to invest your $$100,000?$ Why?

Your recommendation should comprehensively but succinctly provide sufficient information for the investor to approve your recommendation by being able to address the investor$$s reasonable questions including the following:

What is your objective? What is the problem? What are you trying to figure out?

What historical financial information helped you make your decision $$ ratios, growth rates, margins, projections, competition?

What role does risk play and how do you account for it in your analysis?

What industry information helped you make your decision $$ such as competition, overall markets, and state of the economy?

What are you assuming about the future?

What are the critical factors that led you to choose the option you chose?

What decision analysis tools helped you to make your decision?