rofessional writing is an essential part of many careers in finance. Often, employees must prepare reports for internal audiences or clients. These professional reports often involve research and require that information be logically organized and separated into sections. Longer reports should include an executive summary. This assignment aims to prepare students for this type of writing.

Outcomes:

$1.$ Valuation and Risk: Students will be able to understand and apply the valuation principles and the nature of risk to assess investment alternatives.

$2.$ Disciplinary Writing:

a$.$ Focus and Purpose $-$ The student articulates a clear purpose in the writing, and the content reflects that purpose. The student addresses the assigned writing task.

b$.$ Evidence and Support $$ The student uses credible and relevant evidence to support ideas and$/$or conclusions.

c$.$ Organization $$ The student guides the reader by providing an organizational structure and using effective organizational strategies, such as logical progression, topic sentences, and transitions.

d$.$ Language $$ The student demonstrates clarity through effective writing mechanics $($grammar$,$ punctuation, spelling, etc.$)$ and utilizes college$-$level vocabulary and phrasing

Assignment Description:

Write a $5-7$ page report presenting your analysis of the risk associated with two publicly traded stocks and the implications for valuation. Your audience is your employer, who has asked you to complete this report. Reports should be $5-7$ pages, double$-$spaced, without graphs or images. Charts, graphs, tables and figures are encouraged to support written points. Traditional page organization is expected:

$1.$ Introduction. Brief information about the companies. Information about the sector and top companies within the industry.

$2.$ The analysis $($the body$).$ Discuss the results of the variables you calculated in the $$Analysis Tasks$$ described below. Include answers to the analysis tasks.

$3.$ Conclusions. Would you buy the stock? Why? Why Not? Support your points by referring back to portions of the analysis section.

Using APA format, you must use at least one source and cite all resources. In$-$text citations are essential. Powerful essays cite multiple external sources, including graphs, tables, calculations, etc., to support the discussion points.

Analysis Tasks:

$1.$ Calculate the Average Returns, Variance and Standard Deviation of the stocks.

o Analyze these values for each company.

o Compare and discuss these values between companies.

$2.$ Calculate a Beta estimate for each company using the step$-$by$-$step guide in the $$Instructions to Calculate Beta$$ appendix.

$3.$ Also, find the Beta estimate for each company utilizing a source such as Yahoo. Finance or Morning Star.

o Compare and contrast these Beta estimates.

$$ What is the difference between the two types of measures?

$4.$ How do these ideas contribute to the valuation of the firm and its risk and return?

Please note that you must submit all spreadsheets to show your calculations.

Timeline:

$$ A rough draft is due in Week $9,$ which should be complete in analysis and writing.

$$ Feedback will be provided on analysis and writing within one week.

$$ The final submission with all corrections from feedback completed is due the following week.

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