Year 11

Economics Assignment


Task/Assignment:

Students are to investigate where best to invest $10 000 over a long term. The investigation takes the form of collecting five newspaper or magazine articles that relate to investing money. A table is then constructed that analyses the main features of each of the 5 investment areas using evaluative criteria.
Finally using the results of the table, decide and justify which investment strategy would be best to invest $10 000 over a long term
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Library Search Guide:

 

Subject Headings
Reference Books
Online Journals
Online Databases
Internet Sites

 


Search the Library Catalogue for the following subject headings:

Subject Headings:

Investments - Australia

Reference Books:

 

Search the Online Reference Services on the Library Homepage
Online Journals:

The Far Eastern Economic Review - http://www.feer.com/
The Economist - http://www.economist.com/

Online Databases:

Electric Library - Provide on-line access to newspapers and journals - http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumarkau/
Australian and New Zealand Reference Service - http://www.library.uq.edu.au/schools/cyberdbases.html#anzrc

Internet Sites:
Dictionary of Investment Terms - http://www.invesco.com.au/web/webdict.nsf/pages/index
Personal Investor: Live Happily Ever After - http://personalinvestor.com.au/
Australian Ethical Investment Limited - http://personalinvestor.com.au/
The Ethical Investment Trust, Australia - http://www.caa.org.au/EIT/
Commonwealth Bank group - http://www.commbank.com.au/default.asp
Westpac Internet - http://www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/PB+HomePage
Advance Funds Management - http://www.advance.com.au/
Suncorp Metway - http://www.metway.com.au/
Bank of Queensland - http://www.boq.com.au/
National Bank - http://www.national.com.au/Personal_Finance/0,,2195,00.html

 


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