Instructions

For this milestone, you will first complete the Company and Market Analysis portion of your final project. Using historic and quantitative data, you will provide a brief discussion of the absolute and relative performance of the chosen companies in terms of industry trends.

Next, with your completed company and market analysis in mind, you will begin to construct an investment portfolio that includes a consideration of assets, securities, and rates of return for each of the companies that you will be including in the portfolio.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Company and Market Analysis: In this section, you will analyze the company and its position in the financial markets.

C. Industry Trends

i. Compile historic industry microeconomic data from database research for relative comparisons and inputs into asset valuation models.

ii. Analyze quantitative data across sectors and industries to measure absolute and relative performance.

II. Portfolio: With your company and market analysis in mind, construct a complete portfolio that includes the following:

A. Assets

i. Explain the inclusion of specific asset classes for the portfolio, considering the portfolio’s risk/return trade-offs and the company’s investment objectives.

ii. Apply the asset allocation weightings across asset classes, sectors, and industries.

B. Securities

i. Analyze the company’s historical revenue and earnings growth in order to demonstrate a comparison to that of peers in the industry.

ii. Determine the intrinsic value of assets utilizing the asset valuation models.

C. Rates of Return

i. Analyze the assets’ historical risk and rates of return, utilizing a comparison of the assets’ rates of return to similar securities or benchmarks for support.

ii. Calculate required rates of return, utilizing various asset valuation models (e.g., stock valuation models, bond valuation models, real estate valuation models, etc.).

Critical Elements	Proficient (100%)
Company and Market Analysis: Industry Trends: Microeconomic Data	Compiles historic industry microeconomic data from database research for relative comparisons and inputs into asset valuation models
Company and Market Analysis: Industry Trends: Absolute and Relative Performance	Analyzes quantitative data across sectors and industries to measure absolute and relative performance
Portfolio: Assets: Asset Classes	Explains the inclusion of specific asset classes for the portfolio, considering the portfolio’s risk/return trade-offs and the company’s investment objectives

Portfolio: Assets: Allocation Weightings	Applies the asset allocation weightings across asset classes, sectors, and industries
Portfolio: Securities: Historical	Analyzes the company’s historical revenue and earnings growth in order to demonstrate a comparison to that of peers in the industry
Portfolio: Securities: Intrinsic Value	Determines the intrinsic value of assets utilizing the asset valuation models
Portfolio: Rates of Return: Historical	Analyzes the assets’ historical risk and rates of return utilizing a comparison of the assets’ rates of return to similar securities or benchmarks for support
Portfolio: Rates of Return: Calculate	Calculates required rates of return utilizing various asset valuation models
Articulation of Response	Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

The milestone should be submitted as a Word document, 2–3 pages in length in APA style. To complete this assignment, review the rubric document.

I also posted the milestone one as the reference and the data. Please check them.