Introductionand Alignment

Upon successfulcompletion of this assignment you will be able to:

• Analyze capital investment projects using the discounted cash flow techniques to choose acceptable capital expenditures.

• Identify the risk and return characteristics of a portfolio and explain the role of beta in measuring the relevant risk of both an individual security and a portfolio.

Resources

• Textbook: Principles of Managerial Finance (ISBN 978-0-13-350769-0)

Instructions

1. Locate a current financial news article using a source such as the following:
   1. www.reuters.com;

   2. www.yahoo.com/finance;

   3. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money;

   4. www.bloomberg.com
2. Use the following guidelines to guide your article search:
   1. Look for articles that are related to the textbook material (covered so far, or yet to be covered).

   2. Write a 300 to 400 word paper summarizing the article (the essence of what it says or argues), and how it either ties in with subject matter covered in the textbook.

3. Use proper spelling, grammar, and APA style in your paper.