Posted: February 10th, 2015
Finance
Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements
- Go to finance.yahoo.com to download the daily historical prices for S&P 500 index, from January 1st 2003 to December 31st 2013
2. Calculate the daily returns before and after the Thanksgivings holidays for all the years, using the closing prices.
3. Based on the sample results, provide a short anecdotal conclusion regarding the effect of the Thanksgiving holiday on the index return.
Please use Excel!