Question Description
Scenario:You work for an investment firm. One of your responsibilities is to track an equity portfolio and recommendactions that the firm should take concerning the stocks that make up that portfolio. You believe the firm (Costco)shouldsell a particular stock, and have been tasked with giving a 4-5 minute presentation explaining yourrecommendation.
Step 1: Gather the information necessary to explain your recommendationYou may want to include some of the same types of information that you did for your Round 3 presentation:
? Overview of the company and its competitive position
? Industry analysis (for example number of competitors, growth of market)
? Future prospects (for example drivers of growth, ability to create products to meet future customerneeds, earnings growth)? Investment risks (for example sensitivity to macroeconomic conditions, management selection,regulatory changes)
? Recent financial performance (for example ups and downs based on analysts expectations,earnings/sales growth)
? Financial valuation (for example P/E, EBITDA)
Step 2: Design your presentation using an outline
? The purpose of the outline is to help you develop your presentation. Now that you have the informationnecessary to explain your recommendation, you will create an outline to put your thoughts into a logicalorder.
? Remember that on the day of your presentation, you will be allowed to use speaking notes. You may eitheruse your outline or create an abridged version, but DO NOT write a word-for-word script of yourpresentation.Step 3: Design your PowerPoint slide deck
? It is tempting to start building charts and preparing a slide deck as the first step in creating a presentation thatincludes visual aids. However, this is Step 3 because it is important to know what youre going to say andhave a well-structured, logical presentation in place before you begin to create visual aids.
? Utilizing the principles highlighted by Gene Zelazny and those we discussed in class, design a PowerPointslide deck (15 slides maximum) that helps you communicate your recommendation effectively.
Please write a new presentation and speech about Costco in this topic.