Stock Market

Google Inc. (GOOG) was purchased on September 8th, 2011 and sold on December 6th , 2011 with quantity of 5 shares. The purchase price was $534.96 and the closing price was $625.25, which gave me a total return of $431.45 after deducting commissions.

These decisions may include selling and buying of stocks, bonds, futures, currencies and so on. Stocktrak.com helps to implement the investment decision process as it includes evaluation tools for securities being traded at stock market. The website provides graphical historical performance of stock prices and this graphical performance can be analyzed for making different investment decisions related to those stocks. This project will be investing the given specified amount in a portfolio. The portfolio investment will help to reduce the level of risk associated with investment. With the reduction in level of risk, the average return of portfolio investment will increase as compare to individual investments. Thus, portfolio investment is better option for investment as compare to individual

In the beginning of the stock market game I bought only stocks in only 5 different companies, those companies were all companies that I was familiar with. The five companies were Apple, American Eagle, Costco, Disney and Hershey. I bought Apple stock because who doesn’t think of Apple when they think of big companies with a lot of money.

I was not prepared to deal with dramatic and rapid changes, as a long-term investor. In 2003 and 04 I decided that it

Starbucks shares have gone up and down during the past 3 weeks. “The results, announced after markets closed, sent Starbucks shares down 3.5% in after-hours trading.”(Weise,E) I bought 100 stocks from Starbucks; it first started off at 55.37 and increased to 56.31. I expected for Starbucks performance to be the best, but its stocks are unreliable. Their percentage week change fluctuates. When I initially started doing research on Starbucks the week percentage was at -1.02% and has reach to 2.41%, but later went down to .66%. Their stocks have been unsteady and their weakness is that the prices of their coffee is expensive. “By contrast, a year of drinking at Starbucks, based on two $2 cups a day, will run more than $1,400--not including any snacks

A company that did not perform as I expected was Starbucks. Initially, I bought stock on 10/19/16 priced at $53.28. On 11/10/16, I decided to sell the stock while I was still able to break even. The stock was priced at $53.57. Starbucks Corp manufactures and sells coffee and tea all over the world. If I would have endured throughout the last few weeks, stock price for Starbucks would only have increased $5.00 or

The stock I chose was Macy’s Inc., since during the month of July they were doing great and each stock was worth $24.20, highest it’s been for the past 3 months. While having to look at the changes on the stock for almost a month, I noticed that the price per stock was lowered each day after I chose to “buy” part of the stocks. The lows aren’t too low while the highs were always above 1%.

First thing I would change would be to find more information. Throughout the game I made quick decisions without really doing any reseraching. If I saw that the company was down I often quickly invested, which in some cases really helped, but in more cases it really hurt me financially. The second thing that I would do differently would be to not invest most of my money in one company. The very first day of the stock game I invested $93,000 dollars into one company. Although I ended up making money on that investment, there were many times that I lost money from my “all in” method.

website of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE.com) and providing a brief summary of each

Portfolio management is a tactic used by not only those in the financial sector of the business world, but also by individual’s managing their own personal finances. Therefore, it important to develop and implement investment strategies in order to gain the most on a portfolio – be it as a mutual fund manager or an individual planning for retirement. Tools such as Stock-Trak, an online portfolio simulation, allow students to gain hands on experience testing different investment strategies in a risk-free, yet realistic environment. From February 1 to April 30, 2010 I took part in one such simulation by managing an online Stock-Trak portfolio. After being given $1,000,000 with which to invest, all monetary

The stocks I brought were growth stocks, values stocks, and income stock. Investing in growth stock will allow my share within the company to be more profitable, because the companies’ profits are reinvested creating a substantial amount of cash flow within the company. I brought value stock, because there are companies that I believe will be worth investing in for their long-term growth. I could diversify between different companies ranging from most popular to unpopular. Finally yet importantly income stock, which will gradually grow during my time horizon to offset inflations within my stocks. Purchasing these three types of stocks will allow me to split up my initial $100,000 fund into the industries I am going to invest in.

For the month of December, I was given an assignment consisting of $100,000 and four stocks to invest in. My four stocks were The Ralph Lauren Corp., Visa Inc., Master card Inc. and The Chevron Corp. As stated I was given a month to record my data and I ended up with a total capital gain of $5,518.36 for the one month period for my investments. I have to thank you Mr. Acker, this project was not difficult, but it did confuse me. Receiving this assignment scared me in a way, because I didn’t know what I was getting into. The finance world is scary and tricky, one minute the market is doing good and other days it would be low. While calculating my capital gains or losses I thought I would lose a larger

The Stock Market is a vast and confusing setting. It has influence on many aspects of the economy like pensions, bond markets, and even retirement accounts. However, many aren 't educated about how the Stock market works, how it affects the economy, the difference between stocks versus bond and mutual funds, nor the amount of illegal activities taking part within the stock market.

In this assignment, a savvy financial analyst researching companies in which to invest a U.S. publically-traded company that would be a good investment was chosen. After a lengthy search, a company that my family is unduly familiar with, Starbucks, was chosen and in the following pages a financial analysis will be described.

The coffee company has capitalized on the new found popularity of specialty coffee with its addition of coffee bars globally. Starbucks Common Stock increased from $3.31 per share in 1994 to $10.00 per share by the mid 1990’s. Despite the success of Starbucks, the company is