Financial Management

This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):

MT217M1-1: Explain how financial markets operate and are essential for a healthy economy and economic growth.

GEL-1.03: Demonstrate college-level communication through the oral delivery of original materials in Standard English.

GEL-6.05: Adapt research skills to discover and sort relevant sources to complete tasks.

Making effective financial decisions is determined by how much information one can gather on different markets and their conditions. By using effective research skills, you will be able to identify how a market operates, and you will be able to forecast the sustainability and strength of the economy.

Read through the whole assessment to understand the topics that must be covered in the selection of your article.

There are three parts to this assessment. Parts 1 and 2 will be written in a Microsoft Word document.In Part 1, you will look for a scholarly article(s) from the Purdue Global Library and write about the process you used in locating the article(s) to help with the assessment. For Part 2, you will be assessed on writing a 500-word informative essay of the article(s) focusing on the questions asked. For 

Part 1: Locate a High-Quality Library Article ****Needs to be Purdue Global******

You will need to locate one or more scholarly articles from the Purdue Global Library that explain how financial markets operate and are essential for a healthy economy and economic growth. The article(s) should provide you with information to answer Part 2 of your assessment. You will write about the process you went through to locate your article(s), thoroughly covering the topics below.

You must follow the following criteria for your research:

• Explain how your search terms were refined.
• Identify your choice of databases (for example: EBSCO, ProQuest, or ABI/Inform).
• Identify the range of dates used.
• Identify the experts.
• Identify how you sorted the relevant topics.

Locating scholarly articles: 

Scholarly articles must be current and of high quality. These include peer-reviewed academic articles, articles published in journals, and other library resources found in the Purdue Global Library.

How to access the ABI/Inform database, selecting peer-reviewed journal articles:

1. Locate the Library link from Academic Tools.
2. Scroll midway down the page and locate ProQuest ABI/Inform Collection.
3. Make sure Full text and Peer Reviewed are checked.
4. Enter your key word(s) in the search area and select the search button.
5. Under Source Type, select Scholarly Journals.

In Course Documents under Course Resources, you will find an interactive tutorial on How to Use ProQuests ABI/Inform database to learn more on how to access and search using the database along with additional resources.

Part 2: Research Financial Markets

Write a 500-word informative essay on the article(s), answering the following questions:

1. Why are financial markets essential for a healthy economy and economic growth?
2. What are financial institutions?
3. Describe each and give an example of who may use them:
   1. Investment banks
   2. Commercial banks
   3. Financial services corporations
   4. Pension funds
   5. Mutual funds

Note: You may use your textbook as an additional resource; however, the majority of your content must come from your article(s) 

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