Order Instructions
Overview
Risk and return go together. You must understand this relationship to make informed financial decisions. This applies when you make personal investment decisions or when you’re investing excess cash for a business. In this journal assignment, you will explore the risk-return relationship when investing in stocks in both of these roles.
Directions
Write a journal discussing risk and return as it relates to investing in stocks.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Investment Risk: Explain key risks associated with investing in stocks.
Investment Return: Discuss events that can cause the price of a stock to increase or decrease.
Risk-Return Relationship: Explain the relationship between risk and return and how this relationship affects stock-investment decisions. Use examples to support your claims.
Reflection: Describe how you would make stock-investment decisions in your personal life. Also talk about how your decision-making process might change if you needed to make stock-investment decisions for a business.
What to Submit
Your submission should be a 4- to 5-paragraph Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Module Six Journal Rubric
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Complete (0%) Value
Investment Risk Explains key risks associated with investing in stocks Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining in more detail the key risks associated with investing in stocks Does not attempt criterion 21
Investment Return Discusses events that can cause the price of a stock to increase or decrease Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include discussing in more detail the events that can cause the price of a stock to increase or decrease Does not attempt criterion 21
Risk-Return Relationship Explains the relationship between risk and return and how this relationship affects stock-investment decisions, using examples to support claims Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining in more detail the relationship between risk and return and how this relationship affects stock-investment decisions, using examples to support claims Does not attempt criterion 22
Reflection Describes how personal stock-investment decisions would be made and talks about how the decision-making process would change if the decisions were being made for a business Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing in more detail how personal stock-investment decisions would be made and how the decision-making process would change if the decisions were being made for a business Does not attempt criterion 21
Articulation of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas 10
Citations and Attributions Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few to no minor errors Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution 5
Total: 100%
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