Publication Date

1-1-1988

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Norton, Curtis L.

Degree Name

B.S. (Bachelor of Science)

Legacy Department

Department of Accountancy

Abstract

My thesis of "Investment Choices: Which to Choose?" dealt with my internship experience at Arthur Anderson & Co. My experience led me to be exposed to many financial instruments. Therefore, to expand my knowledge on these instruments my capstone discusses the accounting for options contracts and futures contract. Also, it explains why there is an interest in these instruments by investors. In addition, among the financial issues discussed were when investors should use futures/options to increase return or reduce risk. Another issue explained was how the financial instruments can be used as hedges. Other accounting issues explored were the concepts of cost or market values and whether gains or losses should be recorded or unrecorded in relation to options and futures.

Extent

15 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

Rights Statement 2

NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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