Make a selection of ten (10) investments (You can choose any stocks you want, but please include in your selection the stock for Donaldson Company Inc-ticker symbol is DCI) and track their weekly performance.

However, before this, you need to analyze the market over the week. What was driving the market? You can use any of the market indices for your analysis. For example, you can use the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its component stocks (http://www.dowjones.com). (You may find the component stocks from Yahoo Finance [http://finance.yahoo.com/]. Click on Dow and you will see the 30 component stocks.) Chart the closing prices for the week for the indices you use.

Preparing an Analysis of the Market

Create your portfolio. First, set out your investment objectives and decide how much risk you are willing to take. You may invest for yourself or for an imaginary client. If it is an imaginary client, you need to write the instructions he or she has given you with regard to the investment objectives and the risk tolerance level.

Construct a portfolio with a fictitious $1,000,000 using Yahoo finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/) Click My Portfolios and use the drop down menu to choose New Portfolios. Select 10 stocks that you think meet your investment objectives and decide how much to invest in each stock. The total should not exceed $1,000,000. You are to use the previous business day’s closing price as your purchase price.

Post the investment objectives and the composition of the portfolio, with a brief explanation of your selection of stocks.

In your market and portfolio analysis each week, include:

1. Summary of portfolio performance
2. Analysis of firm- and industry-specific causes of portfolio performance
3. Summary and analysis of market changes and their causes
4. Effect of market changes on the portfolio

Write your market and portfolio analysis as a 2-page report in a Word document formatted in the current APA style.