Invest a fictitious $600,000 in two stocks-$300,000 in each stock-by referring to the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal in a public library or at www.Bloomberg.com.
Build a stock portfolio.
Use your knowledge of the Black-Scholes formula to modify this portfolio
Explain variance, standard deviation, and beta in the selection of stocks.
Apply the CAPM methodology and the Efficiency Frontier (EF) methodology to further revise the portfolio.
Explain how you used covariance in the stock selection process.
Calculate return and risk measures as formulated by Markowitz.
Write a short paragraph of 200 words on each stock. The paragraph should explain the kind of qualitative performance you expect from the portfolio-aggressive, defensive, or benchmark-linked.
Justify the measure you will recommend to analyze the performance of your portfolio.
Summarize in the form of a table the portfolio performance for six weeks. Include the identity of the biggest gainer and the biggest loser for the period.
Include evaluation of the performance of the last period in terms of expectations, for example the performance occurred as expected or the performance deviated from expectations. Provide reasons for the performance.
Project expectations for the upcoming period. Include thoughts on general economic conditions and the effect of those conditions on your investments.