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Financial Decision Making Assignment - Financial Analysis Report
For this assessment you will propose financing, capital structure and dividend decisions to maximise organisational profitability, and shareholder return, and critically evaluate the role of finance in strategic decision-making.
Learning Outcome(s) -
- Propose financing, capital structure and dividend decisions to maximize organizational profitability, and shareholder return.
- Critically evaluate the role of finance in strategic decision-making.
Instructions - To complete this assessment, you will participate in simulated stock market trading for six weeks where you will maintain and manage a portfolio record detailed below. At the end of the six-week period, you will write a report, using data gathered from the simulation and relevant literature, that proposes financing, capital structure and dividend decisions to maximise profitability and shareholder return, including a critical evaluation of the corporate financial management approaches relevant to their particular investments. This must be in relation to strategic financial decision-making in maximising organizational profitability, including shareholder return.
Simulation Description -
1. You will be given a hypothetical USD 1,000,000 to invest in shares of public-listed companies.
2. To set up your online portfolio:
- Go to investopedia website
- Register an account with Investopedia and, enter the registration information requested.
- Once you have received the confirmation email, use your email address and password to login into your Investopedia account.
- Click join the group and find your class group.
- Inform your lecturer about your ID of Investopedia.
- To start purchasing stock, go to the Dashboard and click buy/sell stock.
3. You must invest in at least five companies over the entire course of the game (six weeks), with new companies introduced to the portfolio each week.
4. You will track your stocks (companies' financial performance) weekly, record the analytical results in your transaction register, and submit the register through Moodle each week.
5. At least one of the invested public-listed companies must be investigated in greater detail, as part of the findings of the financial analysis report.
6. Please note that your grade will not be based on how your "investments" perform.
7. All data used in the report needs to be cited according to APA 6th Edition Referencing Style. Instant results from other sources, i.e., websites will not be considered for this assignment. Any screenshots of results from other sources will not be marked.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar