In the discussion forum, you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of discourse.
Please post your initial response as early as possible and continue to participate throughout the unit. You
are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in the Forum and then respond to
at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts. You should also respond to anyone who has responded to you.
Your Discussion should be a minimum of 250 words in length and not more than 450 words. Please include
a word count. Following the APA standard, use references and in-text citations for the textbook and any
other sources.
In the second week, you selected a manufacturing company and described its products and costs. For this
week, refer back to that company and perform a trend analysis for the most recent 4 years (the financial
statements needed for this assignment may be available at https://finance.yahoo.com/). Analyze the trends
for 3 line items you believe are most important in evaluating a company for the balance sheet and for the
income statement (3 each). In your initial post, answer the following questions:
What do you observe in the linear trends (i.e., are values increasing or decreasing)?
What are the trends on a common-size basis?
What would be your next steps in completing a thorough analysis of the trends?
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