15.493  Practice of Finance: Perspectives on Invest. Mgmt (H2)

Here are Eight stocks you can choose from for your final paper. I added 3D Systems and removed Qualcomm:

Tencent,     China Mobile,     Apple,     Facebook,    Garmin,      Coach,       Biogen Idec,    3D Systems 

Suggestions for what the paper should include:
• 1 page describing the company, interesting facts about the company, the company's competitors broadly defined and then the 3-4 key competitors.
• 1-2 pages on the company's 3 or more competitive strengths, their 3 or more competitive weaknesses and explain why for each one.
• 1-2 pages of what you think will be the 1-2 key issues that will determine the near term and long term stock price (they could be different for each time frame).
• 1-2 pages creating an estimated Income Statement for 2014-2016 (the next 3 years).
• 1-2 pages- examine the income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet- explain one or two interesting financial details for each statement that is relevant in analyzing the stock and why. (it could be a ratio, a percentage, an absolute number, or some footnote, etc)
• 1-2 pages- use two different valuation metrics that you think are appropriate for the company and explain why they are appropriate. Then determine if the stock is a BUY or SELL and explain why you made that decision.

These are just suggestions. Feel free to include any additional material that you think would be valuable. You are on your own for this assignment. We will not be posting any Wall Street Reports for the assignment. Look forward to your papers.