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Finance
Fundamentals of Security Analysis
Course Project
Part 5
Course Project Part 5 is part of the mid-term examination. It will count as 20 points or 33 percent of the mid-term examination grade of 60 points. It is due the class after the in-class portion of the mid-term examination. As the in-class part of the mid-term examination is scheduled for Tuesday October 22 then Course Project Part 5 is due on Thursday October 24.
Please neatly word process Course Project Part 5 and ensure your language, grammar, syntax, spelling, etc. are correct. Site all information and data sources including those in Tables and/or Charts you use.
The Assignment:
Course Project Part 5 is an analysis, assessment and evaluation of the size, growth, profitability and competitive structure of your company’s market/industry/sector.
Purpose of the Assignment:
As we have discussed in class your company’s prospective economic profits and stock price will be influenced not only by global, regional and national macroeconomic factors and company specific forces but also by changes in the size, growth and competitive structure of the market/industry/sector in which it operates. The purposes of this assignment are to: (1) research information and data on the current size and expected future growth of your company’s market/industry/sector; (2) examine the existing economic structure of your company’s industry/market/sector and to consider whether or not any significant changes are likely to occur in the next five years; (3) assess and evaluate all of this information and data and communicate it in an approximately two (2) page document.
Information and Data Sources:
As background research for this assignment everyone must review the Value Line Industry Report on their firm’s industry (however, Value Line Industry Report may not be available for all industries); the Net Advantage/Standard and Poor’s Industry Report; and the Data Monitor Industry Report. Also, you may use additional…