Apple Inc. needs to perform trend analysis for the most recent four years (the financial statements needed for this assignment may be available at https://finance.yahoo.com/). Analyze the trends for 3-line items you believe are most important in evaluating a company for the balance sheet and the income statement (3 each). In your initial post, answer the following questions:

1.What do you observe in the linear trends (i.e., are values increasing or decreasing)?

2.What are the trends on a common-size basis?

3.What would be your next steps in completing a thorough analysis of the trends?