overview 1. choose one area in finance (banking, investment, corporate finance, international finance, personal finance, real estate, etc) 2. find at least five articles about recent issues on the topic chosen from academic journals, newspapers, magazines and so on. 3. read articles you found and think about problems and solutions. (if you can propose any quantitative solution, it will be a lot better. but, this is not required.) instructions 1. summarize your articles with key points (this is your summary paper). you should offer details about articles, author, date, title, etc. i expect that your summary will be around 3-5 pages long. 2. your final paper will be around 5-10 pages long. the final paper will consist of problems/solutions as well as your summary. in other words, you have only to add problems/solutions to your summary paper. 3. use ms word with double space. 4. use apa style format (in text reference as well as refrence page. reference page must be seperate- in a page by itself; not conituous from text of final paragraph. do not number sources; list sources in aplhabetical order by author''s last name) 5. please refer to the following format for your final paper. title (your own title should be here.) introduction (your summary should be here.) problems (problems you find or suggest should be here.) solutions (solutions you propose should be here.) references (articles should be here. please make sure to specify details about articles, author, date, title, volume number, etc) also, when listing references from an article on line, use retrieved date and complete url address so i can access the website by just clicking on it (e.g., retrieved april 27, 2007 from http://startribune.com/business/17692649.html).