Description:The Ensign Amendment was passed in 1997, as Pub. L. No. 104-208 sec. 614. The Act prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for the distribution of material that is sexually explicit or features nudity. Explain the impact of the Ensign Amendment on publications such as sports publications, educational publications, or entertainment publications.Assignment Guidelines:Using the course materials, and Web resources, research the Ensign Amendment and prisoners' rights with regard to the distribution of publications.In a Word document of 2–3 pages, address the following:Select 3 specific publications, and explain whether they would be acceptable under the Ensign Amendment.For each selected publication, answer the following:Do you believe that the publication can be distributed to prisoners using federal funds?Why or why not?Reference the Ensign Amendment to support your arguments.Do you agree with the provisions of the Ensign Amendment? Explain.Save your file when finished, and submit it to your instructor.Author: Palmer Publisher: Taylor & Francis Edition: 9 ISBN: 9781437755145 Class: CRJS435-01-1701BPlease submit your assignment.

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Part 1. Initial selection of stocks.Assume that you have $1,000,000. You will use this to form a hypothetical large-cap (large-caps are companies with at least $5 billion in Market Capitalization) stock portfolio by investing it in five stocks chosen from at least 2 different industries.Be sure to pick at least three companies that pay dividends.No short sales, fractional shares, or margin trades are permitted.To determine how much you have invested in any particular stock, multiply the stock price by the number of shares you buy.You must use at least $900,000.Any funds left over will be held as cash, earning interest at a market quoted yield on U.S. Treasury Securities for 1-Month maturity, quoted on an investment basis (see: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS1MO (Links to an external site.)).Dividends and other cash distributions will be added to cash, not reinvested, as paid.Trades are not permitted except in extraordinary situations, with my specific approval beforehand. Should I allow a trade, you need to notify me about the exact trade you make within 24 hours by e-mail.Deliverables for Part 1:Spreadsheet that includes (1) the name of each stock purchased and its ticker, (2) the number of shares you purchased for each stock, (3) the closing prices as of the end of the day, Friday, September 9, of your stocks; (4) Report the last dividend paid date for dividends paid prior to September 9, the amount of the dividend, and amount as well as the expected next ex-dividend and paid dates. (5) For each stock, calculate its weight in your portfolio at risk (see next), and its weight in total portfolio (including cash). Finally, spreadsheet should include your total investment portfolio, portfolio at risk, and the amount held in cash (zero risk.Note 1: To get stock price information, go to www.yahoo.com and click on “Finance.” Enter the ticker symbol of your stock and click on historical prices. Use the column that contains closing prices. The same data set will also contain date for dividend paid and the amount paid. Yahoo Finance has all the information required in the spreadsheet, though you have to find it using search function.Note 2: Portfolio at Risk is the portfolio of stocks you selected; Zero Risk Portfolio is your cash; and Total Portfolio is a portfolio that combines portfolio at risk and cash.2. In a separate file (docx will work or you can use a separate tab in the Excel file) conduct an analysis of the stocks you have selected, telling me (1) Why you chose these particular stocks? and (2) What factors (recent news about the stock and / or sector in which the company operates, past performance indicators, etc.) make you believe the stock will perform strongly in 3 months ahead. The analysis (3 to 6 pages) should include the following:A. Give a brief history of the companies and their products (200 words or so).B. Briefly discuss where the company is heading (new products, ventures, new markets, other important plans the company announced recently that you find indicative of the company stock prospects for the near-term future).C. Identify who each company’s competitors are (2-3 companies) and, briefly, how you see the company you chose positioned relative to these competitors.D. Find the reported betas of the companies (betas reported by the source of data you are using, e.g. Yahoo Finance or Bloomberg). Report your source of betas and describe how many years of data these betas are based on, as methods vary. (Hint: this information is contained in links to data sources). Explain what this beta tells you about each company.E. Discuss how your selected companies betas compare to each other? To the main peers of the companies you identified in (c) above?Submit:Excel file with data and calculations. Please, make sure your file shows all formulas used to make any calculations, wherever such calculations were made.A docx file (or a tab within Excel file) with discussion of the main results. Part 2 Deliverables:Using ‘Slope’ formula, calculate historical beta for each stock in your portfolio, your total portfolio (including cash) and your portfolio at-risk, based on returns data for 5 years, 3 years and 1 year prior to September 9, 2022.Use weekly returns frequency for 5 years, 3 years and 1 year betas.Calculate the same using monthly returns frequency for 5 years and 3 years betas.If any of your stocks do not have 5 years of data (e.g. newer vintage companies), note this fact and calculate 1 and 3 years betas for your portfolios (at risk and total). If any of your stocks do not have 3 years of data, calculate only 1 year beta for your portfolios.Using the stocks in your initial portfolio, prepare a valuation of each stock and the initial portfolio using zero and constant dividend growth models with a market return at 10% and at 15%.For constant growth formula, use 5 years average annual growth rate in dividends if such data exists, otherwise use 3 years average. When calculating average dividend growth rate, drop highest and lowest quarterly growth rates observations and calculate average rate based on remaining growth rates.Note: the growth rate must be less than the required rate of return. This may or may not be the case in your stocks selection. If growth rate in dividends observed over 5 years (or 3 years, per above) is higher than the required rate of return, footnote this and use any fraction of the calculated growth rate you want, as long as it is below the required rate of return.Each firm’s required rate of return will depend on its beta.Next to the calculations, answer: “Is the stock of each of these companies over or undervalued? Do you agree with these conclusions and, briefly explain, why?”What is the expected return to each stock using the CAPM model?Map risk-return relationships for 1 year and 3 year returns to each stock, your portfolio at risk, your total portfolio, and the benchmark (S&P 500 or another one of your choice) returns.Hint: this requires creating a chart with x-axis showing STDEV of returns, and y-axis showing period returns (1- and 3- years)Project Part 3 (10% of the grade(1) Track your portfolio value (portfolio at-risk and total portfolio with cash) and individual stocks from September 9, 2022, through November 4, 2022 by:A. Calculating for each stock holding period return and annualized holding period return for the period from September 9 through November 4.B. Calculate and list all (if any) dividends paid on the stocks you hold over the same holding period.C. Calculate and summarize portfolio at-risk and total portfolio with cash performance by calculating holding period return and annualized holding period return for the period from September 9 through November 4 for both.D. Identify any events during the period that may have caused the stocks’ prices to increase or decrease, provide web links to information about these events and a brief (100-120 words description of these events). Provide explanation of how these events affect the stocks’ prices to-date and how they can, in your opinion, impact stock prices into the future (30 days forward) (100-150 words).(2) For each stock in your portfolio, prepare a ratio analysis (liquidity, debt, and profitability ratios), covering at least 3 years prior to 2022. Ratio analysis, for each stock, should involve:Summary, for each stock held, of the company own ratios;Summary, for at least 2 peers of each company (identified in Part 1 of the Project) of the same ratios, the average of each of these ratios across the peer companies.Comparative analysis of each ratio in which company 3-year average is compared against peers’ averages.Note: you can use data from Yahoo Finance or https://www.macrotrends.net/ (Links to an external site.)(3) In your opinion, what weaknesses and/or strengths in your companies does this ratio analysis expose?Submit: Excel file with your portfolio data (parts (1) and (2) above), and a docx file with your analysis for part (3). Alternatively, you can submit one Excel file with part (3) included in a separate tab.Project Part 4 (20% of the grade). For this Part, you will be making a report to your investment committee that discusses and summarizes the performance of your portfolio.Use closing prices as of Friday, November 25, 2022, for all calculations. Holding period for the portfolio is September 9, 2022 – November 25, 2022.Calculate and report holding period returns and annualized holding period returns for each stock in your portfolio, for the final market value of your portfolio (at-risk), for the final value of your total portfolio (including dividends received and added to non-interest earning cash). If the final market value of your portfolio is less than $1,000,000, your portfolio lost money.Calculate and report market benchmark holding period and annualized holding period returns based on S&P500 index.Calculate and report the value of the S&P 500 if $1,000,000 were invested in that initially. This is the normalized benchmark value. (By normalizing, you have scaled the S&P 500 closing prices so that its price on the first day ($1,000,000) is the same as the portfolio’s closing price on that first day.)In a single chart, graph your portfolio performance (value) based on daily data over the holding period and graph normalized benchmark value over the same period.Discuss how your at-risk and total portfolios performed during the holding period compared to the normalized benchmark. Use a graph showing your stocks, portfolio-at-risk, total portfolio and SS&P500 risk-return positions 1 year prior to September 9, 2022 (Part 2 of the Project) and the same for the holding period of portfolio. Compare the evolution of each stock, benchmark and each portfolio over time (1 year prior to your investment and since your investment). Did your portfolio under- or out-performed the benchmark on annualized returns basis? Did your portfolio under- or out-performed the benchmark on annualized risk-adjusted returns basis? Provide explanation of your under- or out-performance (brief, < 500 words).Discuss how your at-risk portfolio and selected stocks performed relative to your investment-day expectations as outlined in Part 1 of the project. Did your portfolio under- or out-performed your prior expectations? Provide explanation of your under- or out-performance (brief, < 500 words).In the final section of your report, recommend for or against the inclusion of each of the stocks you originally selected into your portfolio: can you defend your original selection and should this portfolio be held into the future (e.g. over the next 1 year)? Explain why? ( < 200 words per stock).Write-up: Assume that you are preparing a relatively short report (maximum of 12 pages double-spaced) for your investment committee. You will be graded on the quality of your writing as well as the quality of your analysis, not on the length of your report. Please, keep in mind, your report should be factually-anchored to your analysis above. Use data visualizations and reference specific calculated metrics in your analysis, including metrics from Parts 2 and 3 of the Project. Deliverables:Your report docx file, including necessary graphs.Spreadsheet of returns and calculations, and all plots – make it neat and readable.Note: please make sure your student name is posted on the front page of your Project submission.