Recent spread of coronavirus has been affecting stock markets around the world. CHOOSE ONE of the following topics. Each student should analyze financial data after collecting them through, for example, Yahoo! Finance. (Spaces between each topic)

How does the effects of the spread differ for different firms? Stock prices of most firms have declined significantly in recent days. However, stock prices of some firms may have risen following an increase in the demand for their products. You can compare how the effects differ for different firms/firms by analyzing their stock prices and explain why?

Also, the spread of coronavirus has impacted the expected return, standard deviation, and beta. You can compute these statistics before and after the coronavirus crisis for some firms and compare them.

You can also conduct a cross-country study by comparing the performance of stock indices across different countries by calculating portfolio statistics (i.e., expected return, and standard deviation). Is the stock index performance associated with some coronavirus statistics?

What is the relation between the value of betas and the stock price reactions to the crisis?

During the corona crisis, governments and/or central banks have made some announcements about anti-coronavirus measures and policies. You can examine the effects of these announcements on stock prices of different firms.

Firms have also made some announcements about their anti-coronavirus measures or released new products during the crisis. You can examine the effects of these announcements on stock prices.

It is known that, during the financial crisis, the correlation of stock indices across different countries tend to rise. You can measure the correlation coefficient across some different countries before and after the corona crisis and argue the implication of your findings for portfolio diversification.

Writing Guidelines

Final Report:
Each student will be required to submit a report of about 6-10 pages by analyzing financial
data. The report should consist of Front page, Introduction, Data description, Results, Conclusion,
Tables and/or Figures, and References (A4 format, single spaced line). The front page should include
the project title, your name, and ID number.
The spread of coronavirus and stock markets
Recent spreads of coronavirus have been affecting stock markets around the world. Choose
one of the following topics. Each student should analyze financial data after collecting them through,
for example, Yahoo!Finance.

• How do the effects of the spread differ for different firms? Stock prices of most firms have
  declined significantly in these days. However, stock prices of some firms may have risen
  following an increase in the demand for their products. You can compare how the effects
  differ for different firms/firms by analyzing their stock prices and explain why?
• Also, the spread of coronavirus has impacted the expected return, standard deviation, and
  beta. You can compute theses statistics before and after the coronavirus crisis for some firms
  and compare them.
• You can also conduct a cross-country study by comparing the performance of stock indeces
  across different countries by calculating portfolio statistics (i.e., expected return, and
  standard deviation). Is the stock index performance associated with some coronavirus
  statistics?
• What is the relation between the value of betas and the stock price reactions to the crisis?
• During the coronacrisis, governments and/or central banks have made some announcements
  about anti-coronavirus measures and policies. You can examine the effects of these
  announcements on stock prices of different firms.
• Firms have also made some announcements about their anti-coronavirus measures or
  released new products during the crisis. You can examine the effects of these
  announcements on stock prices.
• It is known that, during the financial crisis, the correlation of stock indeces across different
  countries tend to rise. You can measure the correlation coefficient across some different
  countries before and after the coronacrisis and argue the implication of your findincs for
  portfolio diversification.
• You can, of course, come up with your own topic. If you want to address your own topic,
  please consult with me. The research topic can be unrelated to the coronavirus crisis as long
  as it is interesting!