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Strayer University Apple Inc Financial Research Report

 

This is the following information requested in this order.

Assignment 1: Financial Research Report

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Introduction

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Provide a brief overview of the information to be provided in the report, including your professional position and company (equity) selected.

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Rationale for Stock Selection

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Provide an overview of the company’s:

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Client Profile

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Provide a brief description of the client, enabling you to support stock (equity) selection. Be careful that your description matches the risk level of the stock (equity) chosen.

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Ratio Analysis

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Identify five (5) financial ratios over the last three (3) years

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  • Apply trend analysis (last 3 years) to discuss the changes of each ratio.
  • Discuss the positive and negative influences of each ratio.
  • Suggested ratios include, but are not limited to, current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, and price earnings ratio.)
  • Provide information of the potential risks associated with the following:
    • Macroeconomic risks: Domestic economy
    • Firm specific risks
    • Client risks (ex. employment loss, health, etc)

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*If possible, compare each ratio to the industry average (not required).

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Risk Reduction Recommendations

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Based on your findings from the ratio analysis and the risk structure identified by your client provide the following information (Don’t assume there is no risk):

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  • Provide alternatives to reduce risks described above (example include but not limited to)

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Recommendation of Stock to Client

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This is your chance to really sell company (stock) to client. This is your conclusion and

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recap of what you have already stated. Make sure support your rational with resources such as peer reviewed articles and/or material from Strayer Learning Resource Center as well as reviews by market analyst. *Proper references and citations go a long way*

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References

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Be sure to cite all sources and provide a minimum of five (5) quality, academic resources (ex. Wikipedia is NOT an academic resource). Be sure to include in-text cites and apply appropriate format.

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The following cite provides examples of APA format: http://www.apastyle.org/

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You may use APA or SWS, which ever you are most comfortable with. However, you must still use academic resources. You must have at-least 5 sources total.