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Money Market and Certificate of Deposit Portfolio Michael DiNardi. Michael DiNardi. Education:. Bachelor of Arts, Economics University of Massachusetts at Lowell. GPA:. 3.45/4.0. Interests:. Economic Growth & Development Monetary Policy Financial Markets.
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Money Market and Certificate of Deposit Portfolio Michael DiNardi
Michael DiNardi Education: Bachelor of Arts, Economics University of Massachusetts at Lowell GPA: 3.45/4.0 Interests: • Economic Growth & Development • Monetary Policy • Financial Markets Extra-Curricular Activities: • College Federal Reserve Challenge: Forecasting macroeconomic conditions and recommending monetary policy. • Officer in Financial Markets Club • Member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, The International Economics Honor Society
Goals for the Portfolio Recoup the total $125,000 of withdrawals from the Money Market Account. Earn a total return greater than 10% after five years. Invest in safe and secure financial institutions with high interest rates.
The Process • Invest $200,000 into a 5 year, high-interest checking account. • Withdraw $25,000 per year from this account for extravagant vacations. • Invest $800,000 into a laddered Certificate of Deposit portfolio. Each CD will be re-invested into a five year CD when it matures.
The Process Find Jumbo MMA accounts and enter them into a database in Microsoft Access:
Money Market Query I created a query to return the institutions that offer interest rates greater than 2% and also offer the Money Market Account to function as a checking account. The query returns these results:
My Money Market Account I picked the Money Market account offered by Sovereign Bank for a few reasons: It offered a fairly high interest rate It offered the ability to function as a checking account It has local branches in case I need to make withdrawals in person. Video:Sovereign Bank Commercial
CD Query A query was created in Microsoft Access to return CDs with the following stipulations: Maturity greater than 9 months Interest rate greater than 2.5% Rating higher than 2
The CD Portfolio These CDs were picked with the help of the query because of their high interest rates and high security ratings.
Money Market Account Starting Balance: $200,000.00
Performance of Total Portfolio Ending Balance: $1,116,697.27 Starting Balance: $1,000,000.00
Goals Reached? $125,000 Recouped? Total greater than 10% of $1,000,000 portfolio? 3. Invested in safe and high interest accounts?
Thanks to Aunt Millie for the $1,000,000.00