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Now that you have selected a market/asset class; updated the monthly index values for 2016 as well as verified and corrected (if necessary) the historical data on your market’s index

(Assignment 1); learned and shared knowledge of the index designed to track your market/asset class (Assignment 2) the next steps are to start the analysis, assessment and evaluation of the market/asset class itself

Measuring your market/asset class’s performance over the lengthy history of the data base is a critical first step in the analysis.

With a few exceptions, the statistical measures we will be using are ones you have learned and used in classes such as Math 152, Fin 319, and Bus 311. They are all easily computed via the Excel Statistic

Formula Function.

However, great care must be taken to ensure you are properly computing the measures of performance. This is not a mechanical exercise! Attention to detail is critically important.

In particular, compute the following measures of return and risk for your market/asset class. The Excel spreadsheet entitled Return and Risk Example should be most helpful here.

I.Return Measures:

1.First, calculate monthly returns for January, 1996 – December, 2018 (23 years, 296 months).

2. Second, calculate monthly average returns (arithmetic and geometric mean returns) for 1996 – 2018.

3.Third, calculate annual returns for 1996 – 2018.

4.Calculate average returns (arithmetic and geometric means for the annual returns).

5.Compound Growth Rate. If $1,000 was invested in your market on December 31, 1995

what would have been its value on December 31, 2018? Show its value for every month

from January, 1996 through December, 2018.

6.Line graphs of monthly returns, annual returns, and item 5 above.

7.Histogram of monthly returns.

2 II.Risk Measures: Standard Risk Measures.

Calculate for monthly and annual time period frequencies. Easily done via Excel Statistic Formula Functions.

1. Maximum and minimum returns.

2. Range of returns (sum of absolute values of maximum and minimum returns).

3. Mean absolute deviation.

4. Variance of returns.

5. Standard deviation of returns.

III. Risk Measures: Lower Partial Moments/Downside Risk Measures.

Use Excel commands to develop formula from Class Discussions and Chapter 5

1. Semi-Variance.

2. Semi-Standard Deviation.

IV.Distribution Measures:

Use Excel commands.

1. Skewness.

2. Kurtosis.

V. Overall Return –Risk Measures:

Calculate after class discussion.

1. Sharpe Ratio.

2. Sortino Ratio

Present the data as follows:

(1) Excel spreadsheet for monthly returns.

(2) Separate Excel spreadsheet for annual returns.

(3) Separate Graphs per items I5 and I6. Three line graphs per I5 above with time on the abscissa and monthly return on the ordinate, plus a separate histogram of monthly returns per I6. One graph per sheet/page.

(4) Excel spreadsheet showing formula and data for items II, III, IV, V.

(5) Summary table showing: (a) monthly measures of arithmetic and geometric

returns, risks, downside risks, distribution measures, overall return/risk measures; (b) annual measures of same statistics as monthly ones above. See Table below.

After calculating the above measures and plotting the graphs discuss the

characteristics of your market; be prepared to discuss them with your

classmates; and be prepared to submit your data in a format that allows for it to

be part of a class data base on comparative returns and risks across the various

asset classes.

What do the data and graphs tell you about your market? This is an intentionally

open-ended question.

The only directed question is whether or not you consider the returns in your

market to be normally distributed? Why is this question important?

You have been hired as part of the networking team at UMUC. After completing orientation and training, your manager calls you into a meeting to discuss your first project.

The university has recently leased a single building in Adelphi, Maryland. The building will house faculty and administrative offices, classrooms, a library, and computer labs. Security is important at UMUC, as the university has a responsibility to protect student and employee data as well as any intellectual property that UMUC maintains on its servers and computers.

IT management would like to review multiple proposals to determine how best to address the university’s specific security issues. As a junior network engineer, you are asked to prepare a network proposal that addresses how best to establish a secure network infrastructure to support university operations in the newly-leased building. The proposal requires three submissions covering network design, network addressing and security, and network customization and optimization.

After speaking to your manager, you are excited about the project, but you realize you will have a busy schedule. As you are writing your proposal, you will also have to prepare for the CompTIA Network+ Certification exam. One of the conditions of your employment at this university is that you obtain this certification within 60 days of being hired.

The network proposal represents a great opportunity to document your expertise. It is also an opportunity for you to gain an integrated view of the different aspects of networking that you will be asked about in the certification exam.

HELLO, I HAVE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE

Please use the following steps to complete this assignment:

Step 1: Download the Word document version of the Unit 2 Articles, Set #2 (3 articles total), located in this module. Be sure to save this document to your computer, flash drive, or Google Drive. You can use the annotation tools in Microsoft Word or Google Docs, or you can print the articles and annotate by hand. It is your choice, so long as you upload your document.

Step 2: Annotate the articles, using at least one method, such as highlighting, underlining, bold, etc. If using more than one method, it is important that you indicate what the different methods mean. For example, Bold=Words I Need to Look Up and Highlighting=Important Ideas.

Step 3: Include some notes/comments/questions–either in the margins or in a different font/color on the article as well. Your task is to prove you read the article thoroughly.

I HAVE ATTACHED THE ARTICLE BELOW, PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND INCLUDE NOTES ON THE MARGIN

PART 2 OF THE DISCUSSION!

You need to integrate at least one of the sources (articles or videos) you have encountered so far in this unit. Be sure your paragraph includes at least one arguable claim. Most importantly, you will select a minimum of 2 of the 4 moves discussed in Chapter 2 ofRewriting: illustrating, authorizing, borrowing, and/or extending. You will label these moves in your writing using a highlighting method. * USE THE SAME ARTICLE YOU READ IN DISCUSSION ONE THE FIRST ONE (Solving the Problem of Fake News)

• Whatever claims that you made (your own opinion on the topic) will be highlighted using green.
• Whatever forwarding moves (illustrating, extending, borrowing, or authorizing) you made when integrating one of the videos or articles will be labeled however you see fit. For example, you can use blue highlighting for illustrating; or you could use underlining. It doesn’t matter, so long as you include a key somewhere in your document or submission comments that indicates what this pattern is.
• Paragraph is 250-500 words, and word count is included.
• At least one clear claim is provided and highlighted green.
• At least two different forwarding moves are made and annotated or highlighted. THIS WOULD BE ON THE POWERPOINT I HAVE ATTACHED
• Somewhere in the document or submission comment a key is included which indicates the highlighting or annotation pattern.

PART 3 OF THE DISCUSSION

Now that you have read the guidelines for Essay #2, which key question do you plan on choosing, and why? Also, which 2-3 articles are you leaning toward using in your upcoming essay, and why? It’s OK to change your mind later. This is just to get you thinking about things, initially.

* FOR KEY QUESTIONS I PICK NUMBER 1 AND THE TWO ARTICLES I PICKED ARE ATTACHED ON THE FOLDER THAT I HAVE ATTACHED FOR YOU

Solving the Problem of Fake News AND

A New Journalism for Democracy in a New Age

Previous assignments attached

This week you will submit your final project.

You are looking for additional funding for your cookie company and will prepare a presentation for investors. In a clear, professional and concise manner prepare a PowerPoint slide presentation to introduce your company to a group of investors.
Your presentation should cover at a minimum the following:

1. Your company name, vision, mission, goals, and strategies
2. A balanced scorecard

• Review the mission statement and strategies you developed and submitted for the Module 02 Course Project Assignment.
• Fit the strategy points into the 4 perspectives of the balanced scorecard (you may need to create more strategies or fine tune your Module 02 strategies).
• Develop performance measures for each strategy point.
• State which department(s) would be responsible for each performance measure.
• Comment on how the departments must work together as a team to execute the balanced scorecard and how diversity among team members would enhance the outcomes.

1. Cost information including contribution margin and break-even

When preparing your presentation, be mindful of the information in which an investor might be interested. Please include talking points on slide notes where appropriate.

Include in-text citations and a reference page where necessary.