1. You work for a brokerage firm. Your boss asked you to analyze Eagle Manufacturing's performance for the past five years and to write a report that includes the benchmarking of the company's performance.

(a.) What components would be best for you to include in tour financial statement analysis? Explain your answer.

(b.) Identify and explain several weaknesses or limitations of ratio analysis.

(c.) Define and explain how the following four ratios are used to examine the different aspects of a company's performance: liquidity, asset management or activity, profitability, and market-value.