You will take on the role of a portfolio manager competing against one another. Acting as a prospective portfolio management firm for clients, your potential clients have entrusted you with $10,000 to invest at your discretion for a period of 10 weeks. The simulation trading window closes on Friday Nov. 13, 2020, and your written report and supporting PowerPoint slide deck are due no later than Nov 21, 2020 by 11:59PM. Your clients are expecting you to invest their money wisely and profitably. While your clients desire a high rate of return, their tolerance for risk is considered low. 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. Specifically, they are concerned about the following criteria: Returns Absolute return: The total dollar increase in the portfolio over the trading period Relative return: The total percentage gain/loss of the portfolio as compared with the percentage gain/loss of the S&P 400 index.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

You will complete and submit a written report and supporting PowerPoint slide deck about the MarketWatch portfolio management simulation assignment. You will not present your analysis in front of the class, so if you want to add commentary for any slide, please do so in the notes section. Both documents (written report and PowerPoint Presentation) must be uploaded to canvas no later than the due date . After that time, no more transactions will be allowed, and your access to the simulator will cease. It is important that you track your weekly progress throughout the semester, so you are able to use that information to generate your written report and PowerPoint. Waiting until the end of the course to try and complete this assignment is ill advised. It is important for you to work on this assignment each week of the course. While trading the stock market may be new to you, and you may be unsure of what to do, you are still required to conduct transactions each week. The best way to learn about investing is to engage in it. It does not matter how you perform (this is an educational simulation). Your grade will not be influenced by your overall performance. Rather, your grade will be determined on your ability to demonstrate what you learn through engaging in in this activity.