Well, the project info did recommend a large publicly traded company, so I opened the Wall Street Journal's Money and Investing section and started browsing stock symbols in the New York Stock Exchange listings. I chose one that I don't feel I have too much bias for or against already as far as personal loyalty as a consumer, or from positive/negative images from news articles I can recall.
A couple of basics for reference...
web address for Investor Relations: http://www.fedex.com/us/investorrelations/
NYSE listing: FDX
There is a book about management that was written by a former UPS CEO that I picked up at the dollar tree locally that seems good. I didn't even think of following them!!
ReplyDeleteI went with a pharmaceutical since I work for a hospital!