Bao1101: Share Market- Accounting Assessment Answer

MAS1681

Accounting Report Writing Assignment:

Task:

COMPANY RESEARCH / GRAPHS / INVESTOR INFORMATION

[A] A brief description of each company in your team’s portfolio. It should be presented as a comparative table and
should include:-
1. Products And Services Provided By The Company [brief outline]
2. Name Of Chief Executive Officer [or Managing Director]
3. Salary of Chief Executive Officer [or Managing Director]
4. Profit / Loss after Tax from 2015 Annual Report for the full financial year – consolidated figures
5. Latest Dividend Paid – Dividend Per Share and Date Paid
6. Size Of The Business By Total Assets – from 2015 Annual Report – consolidated figures
7. Number Of Employees
8. Share Price – 52 week High And Low on 9 September 2016- from The Age Business section link below:-
http://markets.theage.com.au/apps/qt/index.ac [100 word maximum for each company]

[B] For the tracking period only, using an Excel spreadsheet, prepare your own graph of the daily share price movements for each of your shares. Information should be shown in a table with separate columns for Date and Closing Price ($). For the tracking period only, using an Excel spreadsheet prepare your own graph of the daily movement of the ASX200 Index. Information should be shown in a table with separate columns for Date and Closing Value [points]. Copy and Paste Excel Tables and Graphs into a Word Document to include in your report.

[C] For each company, provide an overview of the share price performance and describe the overall trend of the Australian share-market over the tracking period. Describe how each of your shares performed against the ASX200 Index. Explain major movements in your share prices and the share-market with evidence from newspapers, business magazines, internet information or other relevant sources. Evidence should be included and news articles should be photocopied (see p.21 to 24 of your Subject Resource Workbook) and neatly presented in an appendix to
your report. Harvard Referencing is required to acknowledge all sources of information used. Please be aware of
penalties for Plagiarism. See “Harvard Referencing” links on BAO1101 website. [250 word maximum for each company and comparison with the ASX200 Index]

[D] Calculate the Gain or Loss made on your portfolio during the tracking period.

[E] Provide a recommendation [buy / sell / hold] for each of your shares. Support each recommendation with relevant information you have found in Part [C].[50 words maximum for each company]