RULES AND GUIDELINES
Markets | Capital | Portfolio
| Trading Volume | Reporting | Prices
| Record Keeping | Performance Monitoring and Reporting
| Asset Allocation | Trading Teams | Trading
Team CEO/Advisors |
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| Markets - | New York Stock Exchanges & Bahrain
Stock Exchange (Equities traded must be NYSE, NASDAQ or
BSE listed) |
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| Capital - . | Each team capitalized with $4,000,000 Each student assigned control of $500,000 for participation |
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| Portfolio - | Maximum stocks in portfolio at any point
in time: 30 Minimum 10 trades per month Maximum 200 trades during entire program Each Portfolio Must contain at least 1 position in a Bahrain Stock Exchange listed company |
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| Trading Volume - | Maximum trades per day: 5 (after first
trading week) |
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| Reporting - | Details of trades must be maintained as hard copy (from internet) Trades & Portfolio must be registered on official Tradequest website Copy of price source must be kept on file to support trades |
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| Prices - | From Virtual Stock Exchange site as recorded No interday prices/trading |
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| Record Keeping - | Deal tickets must be produced and
maintained for each trade.. Should summarize analysis, stategy expectation and reason for decision (buy or sell) Initiated by analyst, approved by Team Leader. Each deal ticket should be supported by print/copy from price source Deal tickets and support must be kept for SEC confirmation and cross check. Transaction Process Cost - $5.00 per deal ticket Team Leader or designate must record each trade in Team portfolio on website |
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| Performance Monitoring and Reporting |
Teams will develop and present initial
strategy to IRC (max 20 minutes) Each team will present monthly Performance Report to IRC (max 20 minutes) Standard outline guides will be provided Performance will be evaluated and rewarded based on: * Analysis * Strategy & Execution * Financial Performance * Adherence to limits and guidelines * Teamwork * Presentation Bonuses will be "paid" based on overall assessment IRC and economist will provide feedback on performance and compliance with strategy |
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| Asset Allocation | Each portfolio must contain an allocated
mix of Cash, Bonds and Equities Minimum of 5% in combination of Cash and/or Bonds Minimum of 60% equities No single stock > than 20% of portfolio value Cash will earn interest at a fixed rate, set each month by the economist Equities performance will be at market. (NYSE/BSE)(Virtual Stock Exchange) |
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| Trading Teams. | Eight students each, Team Leader
designated by academic advisor Teamwork is critical and must be fostered. Competition is important, but learning is more important. |
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| Trading Team CEO/Advisors | Assigned to each team. Should try to meet with team at least once every. Minimum one hour |
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