ACC 230 Week 4 Assignment – Web Sites Search
Resource: Ch. 3 of Understanding Financial Statements
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum]
Research Web sites that contain examples of stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits. Yahoo Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com is a good starting point for locating these Web sites.
Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in APA format based on your findings. Include the following in your paper:
o A description of the Web site examples you found, including the location (URLs) of the Web sites
o Definitions of stock dividends, stock splits, reverse splits, and effects on per share calculations
o A discussion about the reasons for stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits
o An explanation of how stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse splits affect the firm and the investor
Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment.
