First, locate the financial statement (10-K Annual Reporting) information for each company (listed below) that you will be investigating for your final project. This information can be found on eachcompany's website within the "About Us" section or at the bottom of the homepage under "Investors."

Research stock and corporate bond holdings for the following companies:

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) Caterpillar (CAT) Consolidated Edison (ED) Northern Trust (NTRS) Macy's(M)

Next, in a 2- to 3-paragraph journal assignment, address the following:

• Calculate therates of returnfor each of the securities listed.
• Once you have calculated the rates of return for these securities, briefly explain therisk/returnrelationship for each security.