DISCUSSION

For our third and final Discussion we will cover topics from chapter 13 of our text - Risk and Return. Investing is not about avoiding risk. If we wanted to do that we would simple put our money in the bank of invest in short-term Treasuries earning a minimal interest rate.

On this Discussion your task is as follows:

1) For your initial post - Assume you have $10,000 to create a stock investment portfolio. With this money select anywhere one to ten stock to invest your money. You can split the money evenly amounts your stock or put more in some and less in others. For each stock state the name, price per share, dividend rate, and Beta of the stock. Yahoo!Finance provides Beta's for all stocks. See slide 32 of Chapter 13 for details on how to locate this information. With this information calculate the weighted average Beta of your portfolio. Lastly, state briefly why you selected the stocks you did. This post may take you a bit of time so don't wait until the last minute!

Again make sure to review the grading rubric Discussion Grading FIN  Make sure to post on two different days. The Discussion is worth 25 points

You will not be graded on the quality of portfolio that you create. You just need to create a portfolio. Have some fun with this!

Prof Lipan