1. Read about the pros and cons to a low debt ratio. Choose a public company you would like to learn more about. Use the Internet to find their financial data. For example, you can usually find it under Investor Relations at a company home page or you can google "Company Name Trending Financial Statements". Look at the Trended Financial Statement. View or download the file

2. Compute the $ change in Total Assets over the last two years.

3. Do the same computation for Stockholders Equity.

4. Do the same computation for Long-Term Debt.

5. In a brief paragraph, describe the change in long-term obligations (debt) that has taken place relative to the changes in total assets and stockholders equity. Does it appear to be good or bad?

Please submit your responses in a Word document. Your submission should be a minimum of one page and use APA formatting. Be sure to include the link to your chosen public company site.