Always include the name of your company in the subject line and the link to the SEC 10-K in your posting!
Select a publicly traded U.S. corporation you would like to study this semester by posting a response here. (I chose Wal-Mart)
Your corporation must:
1) have a SEC 10-K report for the current or most recent prior year
2) be among the Fortune 100 companies. To identify Fortune 500 companies
Your corporation may NOT
1) be the same corporation a classmate selected
2) be a bank or any other type of financial institution
Requirements:
1. Write the name of the corporation, the stock market where it is traded, and its ticker symbol in the Subject line when you respond to this posting and all other postings related to this project.
For example:
Under Armour; NYSE: UA
Apple; NASDAQ: APPL
Exxon Mobile; NYSE: XOM
2. State why you want to study and prepare a financial analysis of your corporation.
3. Provide a direct link to your corporation's SEC 10K report for the most recent year. A direct link is a hyper link that takes you directly to a Website where the SEC 10K report is located. For example, this is the direct link to the 2013 SEC 10K report for Apple, Inc.
The most direct route to finding the direct link is to use the SEC EDGAR System and search by Company name.
The following link is a good place to start your search:
4. Write a brief introduction for your company (a short paragraph or two). This introduction should be written as if you were writing it as part of your SEC 10-K paper (using APA format and including appropriate citations and references).