Introduction

= Introduction =

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====You are part of the financial advising team at Success Company. Success Company’s goal is to advise other companies on investing their money and optimize their profit. Essential Company is looking to hire a group of people/a company to help get the most benefits from their investments. Companies are invited to show a presentation about their proposals in front of the Essential Company’s financial committee. The company that offers the best profit would be hired as part of the Essential Company to advice on future investments.====

In our economy today, companies are becoming more and more careful where they invest and in what they invest. Even though there are companies that are going bankrupt, people that are losing their jobs and their homes, some companies are trying to stay in business and benefit somehow in this financial crisis.

====There are multiple ways to invest your money. You can invest in stocks such as DOW, NASDAQ, S & P 500, international currencies and/or precious metals. Some economists might add bonds and CDs but we are not going to explore them in this project. Your goal is to research the stock market investments against precious metals investments and present the conclusions to the Essential Company’s financial committee. Taking advantage of the specialists in your team, the information/conclusion you include in your presentation will help you be part of the Essential Company for future investments.====