finance

1) Utilizing reports posted on US sectors, Please COMPLETE THE SECTOR SCREENING TABLE, and Present it Next Week with your slides.

2) Reviewing reports of US sector valuations and other sources, write ½ page analysis on your sector.

3) For US sectors provide your recommendation on overweighting, underweighting or index-weighting your sectors. Justify your analysis with numbers and known relationships. We will discuss your findings and make suggestions for further work on them. You can also find additional information using other source (studies, government or private entity reports, business newspapers and magazines, etc. as sources of information). First use the reports that are provided in Week 2 Folder.

4) Please have overall 8-10 slides for your US sector analysis and rating. Each team will present them in class. Each team will have about 5 minutes for presentation.

5) Conduct research and provide your opinion on the most likely direction of overall US stock market (S&P 500 index) for the horizon of next 3 months. Please consider factors listed below. Everyone should review these to discuss overall conditions of the US market so we can decide how aggressive we should be on the US market.