14 Apr ASSIGNMENT 3: BITCOIN AND PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
Drawing on your modules to date and the Presentations made during Finance Live lectures, you are
asked to complete the following individual project.
Project
“Given the returns bitcoin has offered in the past, and its correlations with other assets, the result
could be a rush of cash into bitcoin, as even sensible investors consider putting small slices of their
pension pots or portfolios into crypto for diversification”.
Why Bitcoin is up by almost 150% this year: Introducing the cockroach theory of crypto. The
Economist (Finance and Economics, Buttonwood), December 18th, 2023.
You must prepare a report which discusses the remarks made in the Economist magazine. Drawing on
your first semester modules, you are asked to provide a rigorous, evidence-based answer to whether
cryptocurrencies provide diversification benefits for equity investors.
Your answer must make use of cryptocurrency and equities data from the Bloomberg Terminal.
All quotations, ideas, etc. should be fully and properly referenced in line with the referencing section
of your module handbook (see section 7.3). Similarly, the data sources used in the report must be
included in the notes to the Tables / Figures that use the data.
The report should not exceed 1,500 words (excluding references and Tables / Figures). Reports should
include a title page with the following information:
Title of the Report; Student name and number; Abstract; Date of submission; word count.
An Abstract is a short (100-150 words) summary of the goal and main findings of the report.
Submission Instructions
You are required to submit your report on the FN626 Moodle page no later than 12 noon, April 18th,
2024. Late penalties will be applied as per the Programme Handbook.
Your submission should consist of a single pdf file containing the entire report. Any supporting Tables
and Figures should be included in this document. The report should be word processed with double line
spacing and 12pt font.
