Calculate the correlation coefficients for these variables

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Problem 1

Compute and interpret the correlation coefficient for the following variables for the past 24, 12, 6 months:
i. Gold prices and Dollar against euro (1 euro in US dollar)
ii. Crude Oil Prices and Dollar against euro (1 euro in US dollar)
iii. Gold Price and Crude Oil Price
iv. Gold prices and Swiss franc (1 Swiss franc in euro)
v. Crude Oil Prices and Swiss franc (1 Swiss franc in euro)
vi. Gold price and Closing Price of S&P 500 Index
vii. Gold price and DAX Index
viii. DAX Index return and S&P 500 Index

Calculate the correlation coefficients for these variables for the past 12 and 36 months and critically discuss your findings. Please summarize your findings in a table which you can create below or first do in an Excel spreadsheet and then paste below.

Problem 2

Choose one article from a top ranked journal in the field of Digitalization in financial markets and/or banking industry that used quantitative methods. Explain and discuss the methodology used in the article by which the authors arrive at their conclusions, and explain the results of the analysis in the article in your answer below(approx. 1500 words).

Use Harvard Referencing style for both in-text citation and bibliography. Please structure your essay properly with (a) an introduction, (b) an evaluation of the article, (c) an analysis of the article's conclusions or results, and (d) a conclusion in which you summarize your own findings.

The article you choose must be freely available online, and you must provide the full reference and web-address of the article in your bibliography.

Problem 3

Choose one article from top ranked journals in the field of Data Analysis in the payment, banking and finance industries that uses quantitative methods to arrive at its research findings. Here you must answer the Problem by writing an essay which contains your own views and recommendations. To do so, critically discuss the methodology used and the results of the analysis in the article. Then, identify the opportunities and challenges of Big Data Analysis in the payment, banking and finance industries in any European country (ex. Germany)or in the USA.

Your essay should be structured suitably (as indicated in Problem 2 above) and include your own view on what you are arguing, as well as a conclusion with your own recommendations (approx.1500 words).You must write your answer below (in Word.doc format), and then upload this to Turnitin. Use Harvard Referencing style for both in-text citation and bibliography.

The article you choose must be freely available online, and you must provide the full reference and web-address of the article in your bibliography.

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3/13/2020 2:25:25 AM

You can find the data for question one from the Website of World Bank/IMF/Yahoo Finance/the Reuters/Bloomberg or any other reliable source that you know. You should use scientific articles and/or professional reports to answer question 2 and question 3. Answer all the questions in a Word document with a cover page and a proper structure. . Please bear in mind that you should upload this same document with your answers (Q.1 answers, Q.2 report, and Q.3 essay) on a Turn-it-in link on the Moodle assigned to you by administration or your professor. Q2 and Q3 around 2000 words and Q1 400 based on calculation and explanation.

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