Essay-Business- Managing Financial Resources Part II

Managing FinancialResources Part II

Assignment:

1.   Exchange-traded funds(ETFs) are a low-cost, flexible way to diversify a portfolio. To learn more, goto  and click on investing, thenon the ETFs tab.

a.What are the pros and cons of investing in ETFs?

b.What are the five most actively traded ETFs?

c.Which ETFs grew the most in the last three years?

d. Inwhich industry sectors or countries do these high-growth ETFs specialize?

2.   Go to the websitesof , ,or  and find two IPOs offered in thepast eighteen months. Track the performance of each from its introduction toits present market price. Report your observations and any conclusion.

3.   Imagine you are in yourmid-20s, single, have just inherited $50,000, and you want to invest it to meettwo financial goals: (a) to save for your wedding, which you plan to have intwo years, and (b) to save for your retirement a few decades from now. Howwould you invest the money? Explain your answer.

4.   Select two stocks foryour portfolio–one from the NYSE and one from the NASDAQ. Explore the changesover the last twelve months for your two stocks. Note any particularsignificant moves and see if it is possible to explain these moves in terms ofnews about the firm, about the markets, or about the world more broadly. Reportyour observations and explain any conclusions.