(i) You recently received a letter from your Uncle Zakoota. A portion of the letter is presented below. You know that I have a significant amount of money I saved over the years. I am thinking about starting an investment program. I want to do the investing myself, based on my own research and analysis of financial statements. I know that you are studying accounting, so I have a couple of questions for you. I have heard that different users of financial statements are interested in different characteristics of companies. Is this true and, if so, why? Also, some of my friends who are already investing have told me that comparisons involving a companys financial data can be made on a number of different bases. Can you explain these bases to me? Required: Write a letter in reply to your Uncle which answers his questions.

Question:-4 [35 marks] (i) You recently received a letter from your Uncle Zakoota. A portion of the letter is presented below. You know that I have a significant amount of money I saved over the years. I am thinking about starting an investment program. I want to do the investing myself, based on my own research and analysis of financial statements. I know that you are studying accounting, so I have a couple of questions for you. I have heard that different users of financial statements are interested in different characteristics of companies. Is this true and, if so, why? Also, some of my friends who are already investing have told me that comparisons involving a company's financial data can be made on a number of different bases. Can you explain these bases to me? Required: Write a letter in reply to your Uncle which answers his questions. (ii) Barood Limited (BL) reported the following amounts in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Current assets Current liabilities Total assets 2016 $200,000 150,000 500,000 2017 $210,000 168,000 600,000 2018 $240,000 184,000 620,000 Required: Perform different types of analysis on BL financial information