Need assistance in developing the following paper.
Class, as one of the central pieces of this class, you are asked to do a research of the bank of your choice, and develop a comprehensive paper, discussing the financial standing of your bank.
During Week 1 of the course, you will be selecting the bank of your choice in a non-graded discussion topic. The selections are on a first-come, first-served basis, so until you have signed up for your bank, and are sure that no one has chosen the same bank, do not start working on this course project! From there, you will
access the financial actuals. That is, historical financial data for the past five years for the bank of your choice, as well as your bank's competitor.
This may be taken from the commercial bank's web site, or from the SEC web site.
develop a Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet model using data given in the Statement of Financial Position. This should include
the balance sheet;
income statement; and
five to 10 common industry-specific financial ratios for both your selected commercial bank and its competitor.
given your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and the information it yields, write a report which discusses your commercial bank's strengths and weaknesses.
This report must be written using the Microsoft Word 2007.
access the prevailing rates set by the Federal Reserve Board.
Prepare a chart and analyze your selected commercial bank's historical profitability with the Federal Reserve interest rates over the past five years.
Discuss how these rates affected your bank's profitability.
read the Annual Report of your selected commercial bank. Answer and discuss the following:
What is the announced mission, and future direction, as stated by the bank's Chief Executive Officer?
Is your commercial bank in a good financial position to achieve those objectives?
prepare a forecast of your selected bank's projected profitability (You forecast this!).
Assume that the Federal Reserve Board holds the interest rates "as is" or constant.
Discuss the impact this constant interest rate would have on three years of your bank's profitability.
submit both the Microsoft Word 2007 document, as well as a Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet files, in Week 7 to your dropbox. All the work should be properly cited in your paper per Keller policy, and a reference page should be included at the end of your Word document.
Dropbox
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step instructions or watch this Dropbox Tutorial.
See the Syllabus section "Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due date information.
Grading Rubrics
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Category Points % Description
Documentation and Formatting 10 6.7 A quality paper will include a title page, an abstract, proper citations, and a bibliography.
Organization and Cohesiveness 20 13.3 A quality paper will include an introduction based upon a well formed thesis statement. The logical order of the content will be derived from the thesis statement. The content will be properly subdivided into sections derived from the outline. In a quality paper, the conclusion will summarize the previously presented content, and will complement the thesis statement from the introduction.
Editing 10 6.7 A quality paper will be free of any spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. Sentences and paragraphs will be clear, concise, and factually correct.
Content 110 73.3 A quality paper will have significant scope and depth of research to support any statements. Relevant illustration or examples are encouraged. A quality paper will employ sound use of reasoning and logic to reinforce conclusions.
Total 150 100 A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.