You are invited to work as a quantitative analyst at an investment firm, and you have been directed to prepare a report
Questions:
You are invited to work as a quantitative analyst at an investment firm, and you have been directed to prepare a report for an S&P/ASX 200 company’s performance.
Part A
(A.1) Download the daily adjust close S&P/ASX 200 index and daily adjust close price of your assigned company’s stock for the period of 1 November 2016 – 30 October 2018 (via Yahoo Finance).
(A.2) Write a brief overview of the S&P/ASX 200 index and of your assigned company.
(A.3) Calculate continuously compounded daily returns for both the S&P/ASX 200 index and your company’s stock.
(A.4) Obtain descriptive statistics for S&P/ASX 200 index and for your company’s stock prices, as well as their returns obtained in (A.3), respectively.
(A.5) Construct separate time series graphs for S&P/ASX 200 index and its return, also your company’s stock prices and its returns.
Hint
Accounting & FinanceIn broader sense, financial performance denotes the extent to which financial objectives necessitate attainment and is a crucial element of financial risk management as well. ...
In broader sense, financial performance denotes the extent to which financial objectives necessitate attainment and is a crucial element of financial risk management as well.
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