Assignment: Web Sites Search

Resource:Ch. 3 of Understanding Financial Statements

Research Web sites that contain examples of stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits. Yahoo! Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com is a helpful starting point for locating these Web sites.

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper based on your findings. Include the following in your paper:

• A description of the Web site examples you found, including the location, or URL, of the Web sites
• Definitions of stock dividends, stock splits, reverse splits, and effects on per-share calculations
• An analysis of the reasons for stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits
• An explanation of how stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits affect the firm and the investor

Format your paper according to APA standards.

Post your paper as an attachment.