This introductory investment analysis course is designed to teach students how to craft a stock rating (buy or sell) for a restaurant, hotel, gaming, cruise or other leisure/hospitality publicly traded company. The emphasis will be on (1) combining your own experiences with these service providers (2) using financial statement analysis, modeling, valuation techniques to put some numbers behind the ultimate proposed investment rating and (3) combing through financial press, annual reports, quarterly earnings call transcripts and research reports to come up with a differentiated view. 2 cr. Offered Spring Semester.