1. Find an article in the newspaper, a business periodical, or the internet, and write an analysis of the article explaining its contents (no longer than a page).
2. Find a business article on a current finance topic in the newspaper, a business periodical, or an online business journal. Then, write an analysis of the article (no longer than a page)
3. As a risk manager, which of the various market data sources and associated default probability measures would you look to first in measuring credit risk. Why?