The company selected for analysis, McDonald's or MCD, was chosen by your instructor. The task is to describe the company's current financial status. Note: Templates for the assignment and additional references throughout the text often use "Chosen Company" since these templates are utilized by other course sections taught by other instructors. Whenever you see "Chosen Company" you should know that it is McDonald's and no other company for this course section. You should Wendy's, one of MCD's competitors, for comparisons particularly in the assignments that include competitor data (you many also use Wendy's for a proxy representing the industry since Wendy's data (stock symbol "WEN") is easy to obtain on Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, and other stock market information sites