4 Page Paper in Financial Management FIN534 Re. Stock Market

Homework Set #1: Chapters 1, 2, & 3

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate
document. Explain how you reached the answer, or show your work if a
mathematical calculation is needed, or both.

A. In your own words, please identify two different stock
exchanges in the United States. Describe the similarities and differences
between the two stock exchanges. Identify one stock from each of the two stock
exchanges.

B. Using the two stocks you identified, determine the free
cash flow from 2013 & 2014. What inference can you draw from the companies’
free cash flow?

C. Using the 2016 & 2017 financial statements for both
stocks, prepare two financial ratios for each of the following categories:
liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios. You should
have a total of six ratios for each stock, per year. What challenges,
strengths, or weaknesses do you see? Please be articulate.

Rubric:

1.Thoroughly identified two stock exchanges in the
United States. Thoroughly described the similarities and differences between
the two stock exchanges. Thoroughly identified one stock from each of the two
stock exchanges.

2.Thoroughly determined the free cash flow from
2013 and 2014. Thoroughly explained the inferences drawn from the companies’
free cash flow.

3.Satisfactorily prepared two financial ratios for
each stock, using the 2016 & 2017 financial statements, to include:
liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios.
Satisfactorily explained the challenges, strengths, or weaknesses