Benchmark

Select a corporate bond benchmark to understand the risk and expected return of corporate bonds.

You will need to use the benchmark to compare the bonds you will analyze in the next part of the

course project. Download the necessary historical data when you select your stock benchmark so

you can calculate the Expected return and risk of the bond benchmark.

Bond Benchmark:

$1.$ Calculate the expected return.

$2.$ Calculate the standard deviation..

$3.$ Calculate the Sharpe ratio.

$4.$ Briefly explain what the index is and how it is comprised