STOCK MARKET CHALLENGE

This exercise is an exciting assignment geared towards giving students a taste of real investing in the
financial markets. It is composed of 3 parts:
1) Part one is described at the end of Chapter 1, under The Financial Advisor’s Investment Case,
Investment Assignment Part 1
2) Part two is described at the end of Chapter 5 under Investment Assignment Part 2. (EVEN
THOUGH WE DO NOT COVER CHAPTER 5)
3) Part three is described at the end of Chapter 8 of your text, under Investment Assignment,
Part 3.
Your report should be designed in a way to answer all questions in the three parts as described in the text.
It should be broken into three separate parts, typed up, and written legibly. It should be well organized
and well presented. I will deduct points for ill organized reports.
The three parts are to be done in sequence. In Part one, you selected your portfolio. You are to
complete Part (1) before Part (2). In Part I, it is my experience that www.google.com/finance is
the best site to setup your portfolio. Go to that site, click on “Portfolios” on the right hand side,
then click on “Create new portfolio” on top left and set up your portfolio there. In Part two, you
are required to perform some calculation (like obtaining Beta and checking the performance of
your portfolio). You are to complete Part (2) before Part (3). In Part 3, and when we cover
Chapter entitled Stock, you can complete Part (3) anytime you want and turn in your report. You
will have till the end of the semester to do so, unless you want to complete and get it over with
before the end of the semester and turn it in.