) Using the Ashford University Library as a resource, find two articles that discuss financial ratio analysis. Identify two advantages and two disadvantages to using ratios in financial analysis. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Guided Response:
Review at least two of your classmate’s posts. Respond to at least two classmates by commenting on how the articles they found were similar or dissimilar from your own. What can you add in regard their advantages and disadvantages?
Applying Ratios to a Business

Review the following Evaluating Business Performance: Small Business Case Studies video:
The video focuses on profitability, liquidity, efficiency, and stability of business. Given what you have learned about ratio analysis, choose one of the businesses from the video (Rose Chong Costumes, Anro’s Floor Maintenance, or John Osborne’s Gym and Squash Center) and identify two ratios that would be helpful for the owner of the business to monitor. Be sure to explain what the ratio would tell the owner, and how it can be improved for the business.
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts. Respond to at least two classmates who have chosen a different business owner and explain whether you would have identified the same ratios as your classmate. What other ratios may be helpful? Do you agree or disagree with their use of the ratio? Explain.

120) Yezierska, Anzia. Bread Givers. (New York: Persea Books, 1925). ISBN: 0-89255-014-7.

1. Analyze two different and general hardships the Smolinsky family encountered as immigrants.
(Explain why Smolinsky’s troubles were problems arising from their immigrant experiences rather than family experiences. Use your textbook to understand how white, working-class American experiences and immigrant experiences differ. For example, state a general hardship the Smolinsky family experienced, provide a couple examples relevant to that particular hardship, and explain how a typical working-class, white American would experience it in a different way. I do not want a list of family hardships. Be clear and specific in your explanations. Do some analysis!
2. Explain two different and general obstacles that Sara encountered in her struggle for personal independence and self-fulfillment. Explain how she overcame them.
(I do not want a list of Sara's experiences. For example, state your general idea and provide a couple examples relevant to your idea. If you just provide examples without stating your point, I will not be able to understand what point you are trying to make. Be clear and specific in your explanations. Do some analysis!