SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Department of Accounting and Finance

FINA 201-A – PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
Spring 2021
GROUP PROJECT

General Instructions:
1. Each group should consist of maximum 3 (three) students
2. You must submit the project online in the portal.
3. The project must be written in MS Word file.
4. Font size should be 12 pt.
5. You may submit the project in word file or in pdf file.
6. You are required to submit the softcopy of your MS Excel file along with the
project.
7. The number of companies for analysis is according to the size of group. Please
refer to the following table.
Group members One Two Three
No of companies 3 4 5

8. This assignment is a team work, so all members of the group must contribute in it.
If any group member is not contributing in preparing the project, the other group
member(s) must inform me by email.
9. You must use the attached format of the first page. Use ‘x of y’ format of page
numbering.
 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Department of Accounting and Finance
FINA 201-A – PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
Spring 2021
GROUP PROJECT

TASKS AND MARKS DISTRIBUTION

Max Marks
Tasks
Marks Scored

1. Download the monthly index of S&P 500 and share prices of

2
the selected securities from yahoo finance or any other website.

2. Calculation of average returns and total risks of the securities

3
and the market, and their interpretation

3. Correlation matrix and interpretation of results. 3

4. Calculate systematic risks of each securities, the market, and

4
interpretations

5. Estimate required rate of return of each security using CAPM

4
model.

6. Compare the estimated required rate of return with their

2
average returns and write your comments

7. Overall layout of the written project. 2

TOTAL MARKS 20
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Department of Accounting and Finance
FINA 201-A – PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
Spring 2021
GROUP PROJECT

Course Professor: Dr. Khaliquzzaman Khan

“I/We hereby abide by the AUD Honor Code Agreement and I acknowledge the
Academic Policies in the course syllabus provided by the instructor and uploaded on
Blackboard at the beginning of the course”

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Date of submission: