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Financial Modeling Fundamentals Data Collection Graphing Rates of Return Regression CAPM
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Candlestick
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Candlestick Candlestick Lines from low to high Solid bar from open to close down Open bar from open to close up high low close open
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Candlestick Candlestick You can also use green = up red = down high low close open
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Candlestick The candlestick is a standard chart in Excel Data must be in the form Date Open High Low Close Data must be split adjusted
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Charts – High Low Close If we chart directly from raw data we get 50:1 split January 21, 2010
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Split Adjust Open, High, Low, Close, & Volume numbers need to be adjusted for splits. NEVER mess with the raw data; relay it to where you can make adjustments.
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Split Adjust New Worksheet Label it Candlestick Relay titles A1 = Data!A1 F1 = Data!J1 Rule #1: Never enter the same information more than once.
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Open and High need to be divided by 50 Low and Close need to be divided by 1 Split Adjust The closing price of $3,353.00 represents 50 shares, not 1
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Split Adjust Relay data Date: A3 = Data!A3 Open:B3 = Data!C3/Data!$I3 High:C3 = Data!D3/Data!$I3 Low:D3 = Data!E3/Data!$I2 Close:E3 = Data!F3/Data!$I2 Volume:F3 = Data!G3*Data!$I3 Split factor Post split factor
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Split Adjust Verify that adjusted data makes sense
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Charting Highlight the date, high, low, close data. Select [Other Charts] [Stock] [Candlestick]
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Charting Excel default candlestick
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Format Select chart Chart Tools [Design][Layout][Format] Under [Layout] select each element of the chart from the dropdown list and [Format Selection]
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Format Stock Charts are Line charts Format horizontal axis to reflect dates Base units of months when data is monthly etc.
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Format The vertical axis should be left on automatic so that it adjusts to new data. Set [Number] to 0 decimal places
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Financial Markets: A Practicum Format © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Same graph but with the base units in days rather than months. Excel forces the bar width to May 1, 2008 instead of May 2008
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Financial Markets: A Practicum Format Adjust the gap for any of the series You cannot adjust the gap in excel 2007 © Oltheten & Waspi 2012
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Financial Markets: A Practicum Format Format Up and Down bars to your selected colors © Oltheten & Waspi 2012
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Format The vertical axis can be left on automatic so that it adjusts to new data or fixed to optimize the current chart.
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Format Add dynamic Chart Title [Layout][Chart Title][Center Overlay Title] Click inside the title box, click inside the function bar, enter =, click in cell A1, [Enter] Format to match font and size © Oltheten & Waspi 2012
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Financial Markets: A Practicum Format © Oltheten & Waspi 2012
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Best Practice Place charts under a Titlebar. Placed for easy viewing, under the Titlebar so that it prints properly
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Best Practice Format charts to fit the model Use the same font and font size as the model This looks unprofessional
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Financial Markets: A Practicum © Oltheten & Waspi 2012 Best Practice Always submit a model open to the top sheet focus in A1 in each sheet View size at 100% Professional Save
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