EDG DAO Financial Bulletin: First Fortnight of December

(** the figures mentioned in this report are our personal opinions, so please don’t consider this as an investment advice)

Part 1: EDG Performance

Source: Coingecko

• Throughout the period the price was on a downward trend, which was in alignment with the global market movement.
• The trading volume was substantially high between 4/12/21 and 6/12/21, and during this period the price moved downwards with the market movement.
• From 7/12/21 onwards, the price moved downwards with a couple of peaks over the next few days.
• Based on the financial models, we can find that the return are expected to be around 6-8% over the next period, but caution is advised.
  

Part 2: Comparative Analysis

• Period = 2 weeks (1/12/2021 to 12/12/2021)
• Beta = Volatility Factor
• Rf = Risk-free return (Approximately 4%) (Government Bonds)
• Rm = Return from Equity market (Approximately 10%)

• Beta = 0.86 (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to BTC over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from BTC was about -13.627%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 9.165% Approximately over the next periods.

• Beta = 0.76  (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to DOT over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from DOT was about -27%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 8.53% Approximately over the next periods.
  

• Beta = 0.96 (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to KSM over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from KSM was about -24.73%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 9.73% Approximately over the next periods.
  

• Beta = 1.14 (Beta is greater than 1 which shows EDG was more volatile as compared to ETH over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from ETH was about -12.73%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 10.85% Approximately over the next periods.
  

• Beta = 0.77 (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to SOL over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from SOL was about -17.67%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 8.65% Approximately over the next periods.
  

• Beta = 0.31 (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to ALGO over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from ALGO was about -16.02%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 5.91% Approximately over the next periods.
  

• Beta = 0.23 (Beta is less than 1 which shows EDG was less volatile as compared to AVAX over the considered Period)
• The approximate Return over this period from EDG was about -33.98%
• The approximate Return over this period from AVAX was about -28.79%
• **Considering the above data, the expected returns from EDG can be expected to be about 5.41% Approximately over the next periods.
  

Conclusion:
Over the period considered for analysis, the EDG token was less volatile as compared to DOT, KSM, BTC, SOL, ALGO, AVAX (considering external factors) and more volatile as compared to ETH. Also, the returns in this period were negative as expected, but from a realistic point of view and based on the financial models, **the returns over the next period can be expected to be positive and  more than 4% **

Part 3: Treasury Spendings

Treasury Proposals

• Treasury Proposal #42 - High Performance Public Infrastructure (Q3 2021)  - 326,663 EDG