You are an investor, with $100,000 to invest in stocks.

A. Create a portfolio of 5 10 stocks. Allocate equal amounts to each position. (Round off the number of shares to a whole number)

B. Assume that you buy each stock position on the last trading day of 2014. Show the purchase price of each, and number of shares bought.

C. Create a table showing the following (for each stock): Purchase price; closing price at the end of the next five Years (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019); the rate of return for each stock, year by year.

D. What is the annual return of the portfolio, year by year? What is the average annual return for the portfolio for the five-year period?