WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW

I am posting the directions below. Here is a summary of the key points.

1) This assignment is due on Saturday, November 9th.

2) You are to pick THREE of the 12 topics listed and choose a WSJ article on that topic.

3) For this week, you will write THREE two-page each (at least) report due on Saturday.

4) Notice for this article, you must include the four steps mentioned below.

For each article, complete the following steps:

1.    Include the title, author's name, and date of the publication

2.    Describe the author's purpose

3.    Provide a summary of the article

4.    Create 2 questions that arise when reading the article

Choose 3 different articles from the Wall Street Journal that cover the following areas during this course:

1.    Interest rates

2.    Bond market

3.    Stock market

4.    Federal Reserve's monetary policy

5.    Mortgage market

6.    Foreign exchange market

7.    Depository Institutions

8.    Insurance

9.    Pension plan

10.Mutual funds

11.Forwards, futures, and options

12.Swaps

Each article must be at least 2 pages in length and must include citations to show support for your statements.

You will turn in the three assignments in Module/Week 3

These assignments must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Saturday of the assigned module/week