Prepare a report on any of the topics below:

Prepare not more than two pages on the first (theoretical) part of the topic;

Prepare the second part of the topic. All calculations with formulas should be included in an excel sheet and submitted;

Sources of the theory/data/information should be mentioned.

Topics
1. Liquidity ratios:
- Liquidity ratios;
- Select 3 publicly traded companies; Find their latest Financial Statements (Annual Report); Calculate liquidity ratios and make conclusions.
2. Activity ratios and cash conversion cycle
- Cash conversion cycle; Activity ratios.
- Select 3 publicly traded companies; Find their latest Financial Statements (Annual Report); Calculate Activity ratios and make conclusions.
3. Leverage/Debt/Solvency ratios
- Main Leverage/Debt/Solvency ratios
- Select 3 publicly traded companies; Find their latest Financial Statements (Annual Report); Calculate main Leverage/Debt/Solvency ratios and make conclusions.
4. Profitability Ratios
- Main Profitability ratios.
- Select 3 publicly traded companies; Find their latest Financial Statements (Annual Report); Calculate Profitability ratios and make conclusions.
5. Market Ratios
- Market ratios.
- Select 3 publicly traded companies; Find their latest Financial Statements (Annual Report); Calculate market ratios and make conclusions.
6. Equity
- Equity/Definitions/Types; Equity of private and publicly traded companies.
- Select a popular publicly traded company; find on which stock market is it traded; find how large is its equity and price per share now; find when it had IPO and what was the price per share then; how large was its equity before IPO.
7. Securities Exchanges
- Securities Exchanges; Major Securities Exchanges; access of the individuals to the trading on Securities Exchanges;
- Select any securities exchange; Find the number of companies traded on this exchange and average trading volume; Briefly describe the rules for companies willing to be listed on this exchange; What else behind equity is traded on this exchange?
8. Commodity market
- Commodity markets, Soft and hard commodities; Ways to invest in commodities;
- Select any Commodity Fund: Describe its strategy (where does it invest?), financial results; how can an individual buy shares of this fund?
9. Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mergers and Acquisitions. Classification of M&As
- Find one remarkable vertical merger during last 3 years. Describe the basic terms of the transaction. Find 2 publicly traded companies from the same industry/region as the acquired company. Find their P/E; P/B; P/CF for the period before the appropriate transaction. If takeover premium is 15%, what should be the acquisition price based on relative valuation. What was real transaction price (if data available)