I have to create the below in Excel and despite completing the rest of the course, I am stuck on how to start. I need some guidance and direction. I do not want to use a tutor's work as my own. I am just looking for advice on how to get started and a basic outline for the project. I plan to do the work myself.

Project Overview

Wallstreet Investments Ltd. is a stockbroker specialising in investments for wealthy private clients. Clients expect regular reports on how their portfolio of investments is performing and updates on the profits or losses they have made. As a new recruit to the company I am required to develop a flexible spreadsheet to assist in the real-time tracking of the value of a portfolio of shares held by clients of Wallstreet Investments.

Project Requirements:

Upon opening an account with my firm clients provide an initial payment of at least $100,000 which will be split between cash and the recommended portfolio of shares. My spreadsheet should contain a list of shares held by the client, the number purchased and the original purchase price. As an environmentally focused investment firm - Wallstreet Investments splits investments in the portfolio into Green and non-Green stocks (e.g. petro chemical vs. windfarm) and ensures clients that at least 40% of their portfolio will be invested in Green stock at any one time. Stocks when chosen for addition to the portfolio are deemed "Green" or "non-Green" by the user. Multiple shares may be purchased in a given stock at different times and for different prices. The current valuation of all the shares owned in that particular company should be represented by the spreadsheet. Current valuations should be sourced from a suitable website (MSN, Bloomberg, NASDAQ etc.) It should be easy for users of the spreadsheet to indicate that a stock has been purchased and the purchase price. Similarly, it should be easy to sell all or part of a portfolio at the current market price. The spreadsheet should track transactions and the current portfolio and its valuation.

The spreadsheet should present a dashboard summarising the portfolio of shares that the client has invested in. It should show the performance of the portfolio against standard market indices (FTSE 100 and the NASDAQ for example) for the period in which the fund was invested. The dashboard should show the proportion of Green and non-Green assets in the portfolio. Please give me a place to start.