The course objective is to investigate a public company and interpret their stock information; argue for why an issuer would decide to raise money through stocks vs. bonds and why an investor would decide to invest in stocks instead of bonds; explain the benefits of being a stockholder and how payment is administered; predict the impact of an increase in the federal funds interest rate on unemployment, inflation, other interest rates and secondary market bond prices; research a mutual fund's asset allocation, expense ratio, and portfolio turnover rate to inform determine whether the mutual fund is a good investment; and calculate the NVV for a stock fund, mixed stock fund, and bond fund.