The essay will be in APA format and be 500-1,000 words in length (this range includes
everything in the assignment including your name, title, and citations).
Turnitin.com
software will be used to ensure that submitted assignments are original works.
Hint: One way to find information for this assignment is to use the library’s database for the Wall Street Journal or Barron’s and search for a recent article with the words “value investor” or “growth investor” in the text of the article.
Textbook reference:
Berk, J. & DeMarzo, P. (2017). Corporate Finance: The Core (Fourth Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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Assignment
Instructions:
This writing assignment should be in an essay format. It should use two or more published
news or academic articles which are less than a year old as cited references. In your essay,
you should answer the following questions:
· What are value stocks?
· What are growth stocks?
· What is the reasoning that investors use for purchasing value or growth stocks?
· Has value or growth investing worked best over the long term?
· Do you prefer one of these investment methods? Justify your response.
· Find recent examples of news articles in which someone is described as a value or
· growth investor. How successful have they been with this method?