This assignment requires you to research data on net worth of households, chart the data and analyze the results.The analysis may require you to perform additional calculations on the data, or create comparisons of individual data series on the data, based on your objectives of your analysis.

Clearly state the objectives of the data analysis at the beginning of the paper.Do not stray away from your objectives and later present data in an unrelated fashion.

Analysis

This week's learning is on Equity markets, stock and mutual funds. In order to provide context for this learning, this assignment asks you to explore some of the following (or others that interest you):

Does a rising stock market / equity prices reflect the well- being of the overall economy?

What does trends in wealth and share of wealth (also, special categories of wealth) inform us about the state of inequality?

What does the changing trends in pension entitlements inform you about society's attitude towards pensions and pension funding?

Research the following data series to help you with the analysis.

1.Overall trends in wealth distribution of households and non-profit organizations,

2.Overall trends in wealth distribution of households and non-profit organizations by income percentiles

a.Top 1%; Top 90 -99%; Top 50 - 90% and Bottom 50%

3.Share of wealth by income percentiles

4.Trends in the share of wealth within income percentiles

5.Focus in on key components in financial assets by asset class:Corporate equities, Mutual Funds and Pension Entitlements.

6.Covid experience: Focus on the 2020 detailed data to see the behavior of rates in 2020, especially first and second quarter, versus the latest data?

7.Focus on the behavior of rates and spreads in 2007/2008 during the great recession?

Time Series

When analyzing trends, make sure to include the recession of 2007/08 and the current situation.Therefore, consider the range 2000 to present. Depending on your analysis you can consider monthly and quarterly data that helps you support the analysis.