Ford Motor Company

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This paper is a security analysis project designed to apply the various techniques of evaluating the desirability of a firm's common stock. The project demonstrates a familiarization with the tools and techniques of using financial information pertinent to a security's valuation. The report encompasses readily available data to implement the various techniques of the analysis. The report focuses on the Ford Motor Company and its resurgence in the highly competitive automobile manufacturing industry. Trends in the automobile industry have forced companies such as the Ford Motor Company to completely reevaluate the way they have and will do things. The process of manufacturing automobiles has become a global business that is driven by cheap labor and new emerging markets in developing countries. The Ford Motor Company has had to reinvent its business and marketing strategy so as to grow and prosper in the 21st century and beyond. This report evaluates the industry, economic and market trends, and the company itself to demonstrate whether or not it seems as though it is a viable investment for investors.

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Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Economic and Market Analysis
Industry Analysis
Company Analysis
Qualitative Factors
Valuation
Charts
Recommendations
References

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"Although the media has been touting an economic recovery of the United States economic spectrum, there are dome ghosts in the closet. One potentially troubling sign for the economy and the market revolves around the Bush administration's announcement that they will require the debt ceiling to be raised in order to meet future government financial obligations. The current governmental debt ceiling is just over seven trillion dollars and that was reached around October of this year. Obviously this type of information was squelched during the recent Presidential elections for fear of alienating voters. The request to raise the debt ceiling is obviously a repercussion of the record budget deficits caused by natural disaster, the War in Iraq and recent tax changes."

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