Virtual Stock Exchange Paper

A detailed write-up (minimum 10 pages, maximum 15 pages, Times New Roman Front, Size12, 1 inch margins, introduction and conclusion needed) about your Virtual Stock Exchange experience. Please address the following:

• Please explain in detail the research or the trading strategies you used for your trades.
• Which positions exceeded your expectations?What conditions caused this?
• Which positions underperformed for you?What factors created the performance gap?
• Portfolio Performance Evaluation: Compute risk adjusted rates of return and loadings on different risk factors such as the market and use them to evaluate your investment performance.

Ps: Paper instruction is attached (I willattachmy stock portfolio and transactions because you have to use those info and data to address those questions)

Thank you!

Investment Analysis Spring 2017 Virtual Stock Exchange Portfolio Management Project Purpose The purpose of using Virtual Stock Exchange is to give you a better understanding of trading strategies and portfolio management. You will also learn a variety of financial instruments and their risks and rewards as they apply to asset management. Project Overview and Goals Acting as a prospective portfolio manager, your potential clients have entrusted you with $1,000,000 to invest at your discretion for a period of 10 weeks. They are expecting you to invest their money wisely and profitably. While your clients desire a high rate of return, their tolerance for risk is not very high. Additionally, your prospective clients are considering other asset managers (your classmates) and will be ranking each according to the success of their portfolio management. You will be able to track how you are measuring up throughout this exercise. At the end of the trading period, if your clients are satisfied with your performance managing their portfolio, they may extend their relationship with you. Specifically, they are concerned about the following criteria: Returns o Absolute return: The total dollar increase in the portfolio over the trading period o Risk-adjusted return: The return on the portfolio taking into account the level of risk assumed by you. Registration To register your account, go to http://www.marketwatch.com/game/rbsinvestments-spring2017 Password: bullorbear2017 Registration is free. Enter the password above. Please use your full name for registration. Page 1 of 3 4/21/2017 Schedule Date Event January 30 Virtual Stock Exchange trading Starts April 14 Virtual Stock Exchange trading Ends May 1 Final Portfolio Management Paper due Portfolio Management Constraints You can invest in US Stocks, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Mutual Funds. Each position you take in an asset must be a minimum of 2% of your assets and a maximum of 10% of your assets. Cash must not exceed 20% of your portfolio at any time. We want you invested, not sitting on the sidelines. Starting balance for players: $1,000,000.00 $10.00 per trade Commission level: Credit interest rate: 3.00% 6.00% Debt interest rate for leverage: Minimum stock price: $1.00 5.00% of shares outstanding Trade volume Limitation: Short Selling Enabled Enabled Margin Selling: Limit Orders: Enabled Enabled Stop Loss: Partial Shares Enabled Sources of Information for Portfolio Managers You can use the following Portfolio Tool to calculate the optimal mix of stocks, mutual funds, ETFs based on the Modern Portfolio Theory: http://www.investorcraft.com/PortfolioTools/EfficientFrontier.aspx Page 2 of 3 4/21/2017 Other sources that you may find to be particularly valuable for your research include: MarketWatch: http://www.marketwatch.com/ Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com Yahoo Finance: finance.yahoo.com Morningstar: www.morningstar.com Barrons: www.barrons.com CNBC: www.cnbc.com Seeking Alpha: http://seekingalpha.com/ Portfolio Management Tool based on Portfolio Theory http://www.investorcraft.com/PortfolioTools/EfficientFrontier.aspx Final Virtual Stock Exchange Paper A detailed write-up (minimum 10 pages, maximum 15 pages, Times New Roman Front, Size12, 1 inch margins, introduction and conclusion needed) about your Virtual Stock Exchange experience will be due at the end of the semester. Please address the following: Please explain in detail the research or the trading strategies you used for your trades. Which positions exceeded your expectations? What conditions caused this? Which positions underperformed for you? What factors created the performance gap? Portfolio Performance Evaluation: Compute risk adjusted rates of return and loadings on different risk factors such as the market and use them to evaluate your investment performance. Page 3 of 3 4/21/2017