1) InvRisk Analysis:
A study of volatility of 40 country's stock market returns was conducted by the considering the standard deviation of such returns, the country's credit rating, and whether or not the country is developing or emerging country. Examine this data below and summarize your results. What are the relationships between the data above? Examine with charts/graphs/tables and discussion.
| Country |
StdDev |
Rating |
Dev/Emrg |
| Afghanistan |
55.7 |
8.3 |
E |
| Australia |
23.9 |
71.2 |
D |
| China |
27.2 |
57.0 |
E |
| Cuba |
55.0 |
8.7 |
E |
| Germany |
20.3 |
90.9 |
D |
| France |
20.6 |
89.1 |
D |
| India |
30.3 |
46.1 |
E |
| Belgium |
22.3 |
79.2 |
D |
| Canada |
22.1 |
80.3 |
D |
| Ethiopia |
47.9 |
14.1 |
E |
| Haiti |
54.9 |
8.8 |
E |
| Japan |
20.2 |
91.6 |
D |
| Libya |
36.7 |
30.0 |
E |
| Malaysia |
24.3 |
69.1 |
E |
| Mexico |
31.8 |
41.8 |
E |
| New Zealand |
24.3 |
69.4 |
D |
| Nigeria |
46.2 |
15.8 |
E |
| Oman |
28.6 |
51.8 |
D |
| Panama |
38.6 |
26.4 |
E |
| Spain |
23.4 |
73.7 |
D |
| Sudan |
60.5 |
6.0 |
E |
| Taiwan |
22.2 |
79.9 |
D |
| Norway |
21.4 |
84.6 |
D |
| Sweden |
23.3 |
74.1 |
D |
| Togo |
45.1 |
17.0 |
E |
| Ukraine |
46.3 |
15.7 |
E |
| UK |
20.8 |
87.8 |
D |
| US |
20.3 |
90.7 |
D |
| Vietnam |
36.9 |
29.5 |
E |
| Zimbabwe |
36.2 |
31.0 |
E |