Reference no: EM132368267
You are an equity analyst in an investment bank.
• National Australia (NAB.AX) • BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.AX) • Wesfarmers Ltd (WES
Data sources
• Daily adjusted closing stock prices for companies:
Excel file containing the returns of above listed stocks are available in BAFN204 Individual Assignment Data file posted under Assessment in LEO.
Analysis period January 2, 2013-December
(a) Analysis of asset returns:
The analysis of asset returns includes the discussion on average return, maximum and minimum return and distribution of returns
(b) Portfolio Return and Risk:
You need a create a three-asset portfolio having the equal weighting for each stock above. After creating the portfolio, you need to analyse portfolio return and risk. 23.59 8 SEPTEMBER 2019 Cochlear (COH) Telstra (TLS) ANZ Bank (ANZ) 2 July 2014 - 28 June 2019 , 2019 references - References should be on a separate page.
(c) Risk Measure (Sharpe Ratio):
You need to calculate the Sharpe Ratio of each stock return, assuming the risk free return during the analysis period is 3% and choose the best stock on the basis of Sharpe Ratio. (d) Value at Risk (VaR): 30 marks You need to calculate the Value at Risk using a normal distribution at 95% confidence level for each stock listed above and choose the best stock on the basis ofVaR.