Question: Using Excel, calculate: Index values given in local currency and adjust them into US values Calculate average monthly returns for both local currencies return and
Using Excel, calculate:
- Index values given in local currency and adjust them into US values
- Calculate average monthly returns for both local currencies return and USD adjusted returns identifying what can be observed from these calculations
- Calculate the volatility of returns both in local currency terms as well as USD adjusted returns identifying observations
- Calculate pairwise correlations (in Excel) using USD returns correlating each market return with every other market return individually showing how these markets related or were unrelated to each other and why some markets were correlated to each more than others
| Exchange Rate (Foreign per USD) | Index Values | ||||||||
| Australia | China | Japan | U.K. | Australia | China | Japan | U.K. | U.S. | |
| 12/30/94 | 1.2898 | 8.4662 | 99.6000 | 0.6384 | 1505.85 | 110.98 | 590.19 | 8599.66 | 953.04 |
| 01/31/95 | 1.3201 | 8.4584 | 99.4300 | 0.6323 | 1455.36 | 98.56 | 549.48 | 8375.34 | 980.01 |
| 02/28/95 | 1.3550 | 8.4511 | 96.6000 | 0.6313 | 1544.85 | 97.06 | 507.25 | 8410.73 | 1019.27 |
| 03/31/95 | 1.3652 | 8.4464 | 86.8500 | 0.6177 | 1539.75 | 113.69 | 496.49 | 8799.07 | 1047.99 |
| 04/28/95 | 1.3751 | 8.4274 | 84.0400 | 0.6215 | 1655.71 | 102.45 | 504.14 | 9036.2 | 1079.31 |
| 05/31/95 | 1.3908 | 8.3255 | 84.6500 | 0.6303 | 1640.28 | 118.88 | 476.07 | 9390.99 | 1119.75 |
| 06/30/95 | 1.4069 | 8.3211 | 84.7800 | 0.6287 | 1647 | 108.12 | 458.11 | 9390.91 | 1150.99 |
| 07/31/95 | 1.3537 | 8.3203 | 88.3400 | 0.6258 | 1726.84 | 122.97 | 510.14 | 9880.91 | 1193.44 |
| 08/31/95 | 1.3303 | 8.3298 | 97.7500 | 0.6445 | 1748.37 | 131.95 | 547.41 | 9956.58 | 1200.18 |
| 09/29/95 | 1.3236 | 8.3385 | 99.1000 | 0.6331 | 1750.68 | 134.03 | 554.45 | 10061.79 | 1253.11 |
| 10/31/95 | 1.3132 | 8.3349 | 102.2600 | 0.6326 | 1706.56 | 132.39 | 545.12 | 10055.92 | 1251.42 |
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