Week 4 - Discussion-Financial Mgt- Due by 5pm CST - 6/23

Week 4 Discussion: Valuing Stocks and Bonds

Post by Day 3, a 200- to 250-word statement that identifies the bond feature you selected. Explain the feature in detail and explain the importance of yield-to-maturity.

In addition, explain stocks and preferred stocks.

Finally, explain why you would, as a personal investor, invest or not invest in stocks or bonds. Justify your rationale.

Below are three UNRELATED EXAMPLES of how to cite within a paragraph in APA format. You need to cite resources in your discussion post to support and justify your thinking:

Haag and Cummings (2003) base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and...

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and... (Haag & Cummings, 2003).

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time. They stated that “…IT is the most important aspect that needs attention by upper management” (Haag & Cummings, 2003, p. 89).

Now, draft your response of at least 200–250 words below:

After you have finished addressing all elements of the Discussion prompt, do not forget to include your references in APA format. You will need to write the references to any resources that you cite in your Discussion Response. Below are examples of references, including your course texts. When complete, please copy and paste your response in the appropriate thread in the Discussion Forum.

References

Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., & Jordan, B. D. (2012). Essentials of corporate finance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Below are UNRELATED REFERENCES from a journal, a newspaper, and Web site. These references are only intended to illustrate correct APA formatting:

Ismail, A., Mohamad, M. H., Mohamed, H. A.–B., Rafiuddin, N. M., & Zhen, K. W. P. (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership styles as a predictor of individual outcomes. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 17(6), 89–104.

Porter, E. (2014, May 13). The politics of income inequality. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/business/economy/the-politics-of-income-inequality.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A18%22%7D

Walmart. (n.d.) Our business. Retrieved from: http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/