BUS 655 Week 1 Assignment

Financial investment is continually changing. Without a solid understanding of the investment world, an investor will be ineffective. What are some of the general challenges in today’s investment environment, and what are the specific challenges that we didn’t see last year? What does an investor need to know in order to be effective? What are some of the tools a manager may use in helping an investor achieve his or her financial goals?

Beta is a securities term tossed around without much thought. How are investors impacted by beta? Go to Yahoo Finance. Type in the symbol for your stock in your portfolio and look at the beta. Give two plausible reasons why you think the beta is where it is relative to 1.0.