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Week 6 - Discussion Forum 2

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• Chapter 12: The Capital Budgeting Decision

• Chapter 13: Risk and Capital Budgeting

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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.