Part 2. Investment Analysis (12 pages) For this part of the assessment, imagine that you are looking into investing in a manufacturing company, such as a car company or a steel company. Your goal is to create a plan for determining the potential strength of an investment in the company (investment analysis) and determining how the company might perform over a selected period of years (forecast).

Using the same hypothetical manufacturing company described above, address the following questions related to forecasting the performance of the company:

How would you forecast revenue, profitability, and asset management, such as inventory control and accounts receivable, for a hypothetical manufacturing company?

What ratios would you analyze?

What techniques would you use? Why?

What non-financial factors would be important in your analysis?