Week 6 – Discussion Forum 2
Required Resources
Text
Block, S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Danielson, B. R. (2019). Foundations of financial management (17th ed.). Retrieved from https://www.vitalsource.com/
• Chapter 12: The Capital Budgeting Decision
• Chapter 13: Risk and Capital Budgeting
Web Pages
Caterpillar. (n.d.). Investor information (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.caterpillar.com/en/investors.html
• This web page provides financial information about Caterpillar Inc. and will assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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John Deere. (n.d.). Investor relations (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://investor.deere.com
• This website provides financial information about Deere & Company and will assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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Recommended Resources
Article
Masson, D. J. (2018, March 3). 6 steps to financial statement analysis (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.afponline.org/trends-topics/topics/articles/Details/6-steps-to-an-effective-financial-statement-analysis
• This article provides information on conducting financial statement analyses and may assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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Multimedia
Blazer, E. [Eric Blazer]. (2013, August 2). Capital budgeting basics (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/lGrSdM9OODk
• This video provides details about capital budgeting and may assist you in your Ranking Capital Investment Proposals discussion forum this week. This video has closed captioning and a transcript.
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Nugent, M. [Michael Nugent]. (2016, April 8). Capital budgeting cash flow chapter 11 (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/D8IJKl8sGsM
• This video provides details about capital budgeting and may assist you in your Ranking Capital Investment Proposals discussion forum this week. This video has closed captioning and a transcript.
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Powell, G. [Gary Powell]. (2016, January 2). 11A basics of capital budgeting (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/vBbYtlIoT2E
• This video provides details about capital budgeting and may assist you in your Risk and Acquisitions discussion forum this week. This video has closed captioning and a transcript.
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Web Pages
Corporate Finance Institute. (n.d.). Analysis of financial statements: Guide to analyizing financial statements for financial analysts (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/finance/analysis-of-financial-statements/
• This web page provides information about financial statement analysis and may assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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Nasdaq. (n.d.). DE company financials (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/de/financials?query=ratios
• This web page provides financial information about Deere & Company (DE) and may assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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TheStreet. (n.d.). TheStreet ratings (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.thestreet.com/r/ratings/reports/analysis/CAT.html
• This web page provides financial information about Deere & Company and may assist you in your Final Project assignment this week.
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INSTRUCTION
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 13: Risk and Capital Budgeting in your textbook.
Acquisitions are often risky investments for a company. On December 1, 2017, Deere & Company decided to acquire the stock and certain assets of almost all of Wirtgen Group Holding’s operations. For this discussion, address the following:
• Describe the concept of risk as it pertains to investment decisions.
• Explain how companies measure the level of risk related to a given investment decision.
• Discuss risk factors companies should consider with acquisitions.
• Explain which of these risk factors you see at play in the Deere & Company acquisition.