Overview

For the final project, you will use the scenario provided below. You will use financial information from your selected company to prepare a financial analysis report. Your analysis should include the background calculations and managerial analysis for each of the following topics: time value of money, stock and bond valuation, and capital budgeting. You will also discuss macroeconomic variables (i.e., interest rates, inflation, unemployment, and so forth) that might impact your selected company's financial decision-making and strategic objectives. These topics will be covered over four milestones to be submitted throughout the course before you submit the final project. While these elements may seem separate and unrelated, together they will present a well-rounded view of your selected company's finances.

In this milestone, using the financial information you prepared from the company you selected from the first tab of the Final Project Student Spreadsheet, you will submit a draft of the Macroeconomic Items section of the final project, along with your supporting explanations.

Scenario

In this project, you will become a financial analyst tasked with conducting a comprehensive economic analysis for a potential corporate investment opportunity. Your goal is to report a financial analysis report that will guide the investment decision-making process for the corporation you select from the Final Project Student Spreadsheet, which is linked in the What to Submit section.

You have been hired by a prominent financial consulting firm known for its expertise in providing data-driven insights to corporations seeking to make informed investment decisions. Your firm has a reputation for delivering accurate financial analyses that aid companies in identifying profitable investment opportunities.

Prompt

Explain the impact of external factors on the financial position of your selected company. Use the Interest Rates Implications tab in the Final Project Student Spreadsheet to demonstrate the implications of interest rate changes on at least one of the calculations you performed in Milestone One.

Specifically, the followingcritical elementsmust be addressed:

1. Macroeconomic Items: The CEO of your selected company is convinced that financial analysis should hinge only on what is happening internally within the company. Convince the CEO otherwise based on the following:
   1. Analyze theimplicationsof interest rate changes on any of your calculations. Support your claims.
   2. Determine how an issue in the overallstock marketnegative or positivemight impact the company's stock valuation numbers, other financial variables, or its overall portfolio management. Support your response with evidence through research, references, and citations using proper APA style.
   3. Analyze the impact of anyexternal factor(i.e., external to the company) discussed throughout the course on the company's financial position. Technological factors, competitive factors, and global factors are examples of external factors. Justify your reasoning through research, references, and citations using proper APA style.

What to Submit

Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document, not including your calculations, which should be completed in theFinal Project Student Spreadsheet. Use double spacing, t, and one-inch margins.