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Choose a stock that you like- it can be any company in any industry. Then visit Yahoo Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com/?u . Once there, enter the ticker symbol for your stock in the space provided so that you can be taken to pages where you will see a comprehensive set financial information- including the latest price- related to your company of choice. If you don't know your stock's symbol, click on "Symbol Lookup" to get the ticker symbol for your company. Once you see the financial pages, scroll down the page and observe the available information there.

1. What type of key financial information is available at the page you entered? Describe what information can be obtained under each "hot link". In your write-up, make sure to click on the following "hot links" and describe what you saw:

Chart, Financials, Historical Prices, Industry, Insider, Profile, Reports, Research, and SEC Filings.

2. Aside from the key financial information, you will also see a set of accounting data. What is the significance of such data, if any at all, to the price of your stock? In answering this question, make sure you build upon what you learned in this unit about stock valuation.

3. Go back to the stock price, and based on your answer to the above question, attempt to see if you can justify the company's prevailing stock price reported on that page. What is your company's P/E ratio? What is the P/E ratio for its industry?

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//Before writing about the key financial information available at the entered page, we will talk about the general introduction about the selected company, i.e., Microsoft Corp. So, firstly we will write about the company under the heading of Introduction, for example: //

Introduction:

In the year 1975, Microsoft Corporation was established that is based in Redmond, Washington. Throughout the world, it provides varied products and solutions related to software and hardware. The company has operated its functions under the various segments, i.e., Client segment, Server & Tools segment, Online Services Business segment, Business Division segment and Entertainment and Devices Division segment. Within these segments, the company provides the various products, like Server and Tools segment produces & offers software server products, software developer instruments, etc. (Microsoft, 2010).

//Above, we have talked about Microsoft Corporation that is a leading company offering software and hardware products and solutions around the globe. As per the directions, in this part we will discuss about type of financial information available or furnished by the given pages. I am just providing you a brief overview. You are free to add more in this part which you find suitable.//

Information:

The given pages reflect the varying type of key financial information related to the company. The brief overview of the information available at the page is as under:

Chart: The charts reflect the change in the stock prices. In this page, chart is classified under three head, i.e., Interactive, Basic chart and Basic Tech Analysis. Interactive chart reveals changes in stock prices over the hours. On the other side, Basic Chart and Basic Tech analysis chart reflects the monthly trade comparison ...

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