research and discuss the SEC's company filings requirements. In your paper:

• Describe how investors can use the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC)EDGAR | Search tools(Links to an external site.)
• web page to quickly research a company's financial information filed on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
• Identify the differences between the Annual Report sent to shareholders and the Annual Report on Form 10-K, which must be filed with the SEC.
• Describe the contents of the Form 10-K SEC filing include the following elements:
• Management Discussion and Analysis
• Auditors' Report
• Selected Financial Data
• Discuss how the SEC's requirement for domestic and foreign companies using US GAAP to provide their financial statements in the XBRL format can improve financial reporting?
• Most publicly traded companies are examined by numerous analysts. Locate analysts' ratings about a company of your choice by visiting a website such asYahoo Finance(Links to an external site.)
• . Provide a comparison over time and across companies in the same industry by answering the following questions:
• How many analysts rated the company?
• What are analysts predicting in terms of earnings and revenues?
• How do the estimates compare against historical results?
• How do the growth projections for the company compare with the average projections for the S&P 500?

The Financial Reporting and the SEC paper