SUBJECT: PART I CORPORTATE REPORT/INDUSTRY PROJECT

See syllabus for due date. 25 point assignment. Your report should include the following:

Build your investment Portfolio on Virtual Stock Exchange (VSE.) The link is on Moodle.

The five companies where you are going to invest your $100,000 as selected from the NYSE or NASDAQ markets to build your portfolio. Minimum investment is $5,000 and the maximum is $25,000 per stock. You must spend as close to the $100,000 as possible without going over. A chart similar to this should be a starting point of your report OR you may print the Virtual Stock Exchange (VSE) summary. (The VSE link was sent as an e-mail and is also posted on Moodle.) Make sure to include Total Value.

Name of Company	Symbol	Cost per share		Number of Shares	Total Value
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				Total Value

For EACH company including the following information typed. Bullet format is fine.

(The page below is from Yahoo finance web site.)

Company Name

Stock exchange (NYSE or NASDAQ) and symbol

Headquarters location and officers (CEO, President, Chairman, etc.) (on Profilepage)

Current stock price (on Quote page)

Price-Earnings (P/E) ratio (on Quote page)

Why did you choose this stock?

Select a news item from the bottom of the Quote page summarize and tell possible impact on stock value of the company. 2-4 sentences is long enough.

A conclusion paragraph concerning the project and your investment strategy.

Be sure to type this assignment and save it on a computer file you will be adding to this report with each section due. Include a cover page. Bring a hard copy to class. Use your best writing and proofread!

Part II of this report will be a more in depth financial analysis of one of these companies and some about their industry (manufacturing, retail, automotive, etc.) with major competitors and the relation of your company to those competitors.

The following sources may be helpful in finding information. Be sure to consult the company websites as well. Dont forget to cite your references properly using the author/date method in parentheses. There is also another website listed below for electronic citations.

Helpful On-line Sources:

http://finance.yahoo.com/

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/index.html

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html (APA style electronic references)