Assignment Topic Assignment 2 (Case Study): 2007-8 experienced a major global financial crisis that has been compared close to the Great Depression of 1930s. Understanding the financial crisis - causes and consequences - have become critical in the context of financial markets and institutions. In this assignment, you will be focusing on the crisis from investment analysis and portfolio management perspective. For this case study, do the following as outlined below. Note: Except if you are quoting something with specific reference, remember to write in your answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Copy/paste from any source, including your peers in the class that is identifiable by SIMILAR narrative, will earn zero mark and may lead to some additional penalty. In answering the questions, for better marks, incorporate ideas/concepts you have learnt in the textbook we are using for this course. Instruction: LIBRARY RESOURCE UTILIZATION Through your Moodle account, access GU library's e-collection and search for resources (newspaper articles, books, journals to identify five relevant resources on this topic). Based on those five resources (and combining with what you have learnt in this course, especially from the textbook), answer the following questions. Whether those resources are available through GU library's e-collection will be randomly checked. If not available, then the assignment can be rejected. On the date(s) of you access to GU e-collection through Moodle, take a screenshot of AFTER you have accessed your account; it should show your Moodle account name on the upper right corner. Include that screenshot as part of the assignment. The answers do not need to be long; couple of paragraph will be sufficient, if the content is right. Avoid listing in bulleted points, unless necessary. You should write in sentence/paragraph form. Q1. Did the Wall Street have any role in 2007-8 global financial crisis? Explain. Also, list if there were others having role in this crisis. [5 marks] Q2. Rating agencies are an integral part of the financial markets. What are these rating agencies? What role do such ratings play in portfolio management and how the rating agencies may have contributed to the financial crisis? [5 marks] Q3: What are some of the lessons from the crisis for the portfolio managers? [5 marks] Q4: What specific concepts and theories you are learning in this course, with special reference to the textbook and lectures, that will help you to become an effective and ethical portfolio manager? [5 marks]
