2. Word document: explaining your data analysis

Address the following elements by way of commentary/explanation

1. A brief description of the assets you have chosen, and why. Company/index/bond information is typically available from Yahoo. Finance or by searching directly for information about the assets. Specify the sources used.

2. Comment briefly on the risk/return characteristics of the assets individually, referring to the graphs/data in your Excel sheet and e.g., do returns seem stable, or do they vary noticeably at particular times?

3. Comment briefly on the pattern of correlation between returns on the assets you have selected, e.g., are the pattern to be expected, given the assets concerned, or is it surprising?

4. Explain how you calculated portfolio returns and variance/standard deviation (as in point 10 above).

5. Comment briefly on the portfolio returns opportunity set you have generated (Point 13 above) e.g., are some portfolios more desirable than others?