You may either do six cases and take the final, or nine cases and skip the final. Case grades will be based upon formal as well as analytical quality. The six group cases are due by date of the in-class discussion. The remaining three may be turned in anytime before the date of the final, if you choose this course of action. The cases are designed to be done using spreadsheet analysis and optimization software.
Some templates have programs, such as an optimizer or simulator.
Others have only data to be analyzed. All macros in the spreadsheets must be run in Lotus. You are strongly encouraged to learn and use the Ibbotson EnCorr Analyzer and Optimizer. Of tulips and trumpets and Franklin's will. January 22 Efficient frontiers in practice.