Research and analyze current information (that is, within the past 2 months) on government securities. Research current information on the yields and maturity for U.S. Treasury securities municipal bonds and corporate bonds.

• Determine the components of stock valuation models and apply one of the models to evaluate a stock.
• Analyze what the unbiased expectations theory would imply about the yield curve for each security.
• Evaluate the yields and maturities for each of the securities.
• Justify which you would hold and why relative to interest rate risk