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Stocks
by Mjco
The companies I chose in this project were GameStop, Target, and Coca-cola. I chose GameStop because I like GameStop and I thought they would do really good around Christmas and they did. I chose Target because I’ve never gone to Target and I love the little doggy with the circle around his eye. Unfortunately they did really poorly and I lost $184.45. I chose Coca-cola because I like PepsiCo better and because I do like 1 of their products. Unfortunately they to did poorly. I lost $199.29.
If I had to change what I did I would have bought more GameStop stocks because they did the best and I gained $216.00. I also would have chosen Apple because they are doing the best out of Dell and other electronic industries. I also would have picked Google because Google is probably the #1 search engine in the world and they are doing really good.
The advice I give to other people is don’t buy penny stocks, they are most likely go out of business. Also don’t buy food companies because most of the biggest industries like Kellogg, Coca-cola, and PepsiCo are all doing poorly. Last thing buy stocks from electronic industries (only electronics, don’t buy Wal-Mart or State Street) like GameStop, RadioShack, Best buy, and Apple. They all did outstanding.
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My Successful Stocks
The stocks that I chose were successful for the most part. The stocks I chose were McDonalds, Wal-mart, and Apple. The reason I chose McDonalds was because they’re very successful throughout the world, the even have McDonalds in China! I know McDonalds is successful because there are four McDonalds’ restaurants in my area. I chose Wal-mart because they’ve started to get really successful; they’ve opened a super-center near me and took down a “Jokers” building for their parking lot. My last stock is Apple; I invested in Apple because a lot of people in my class invested in it. The other reason is because they have so many expensive products that everyone buys!
There are not many changes I would want to make to my stocks, however, there are two. The first is I wish I hadn’t gone with Wal-mart because I got a loss of money from them, bringing down my total profit, it was a good choice it just didn’t end well. The second is I wish I had gone with Google because a bunch of my friends went with Google and they got a big profit from it. If I had replaced Wal-mart with Google, I would’ve had around one thousand dollars.
I don’t have much advice to give to people. My advice is to go with your gut, if you think a company is successful and it will get you money, then you should go for it. If you have even the slightest doubt about a company, don’t go with it, I had a doubt about Wal-mart and it lost me a lot of money. My second word of advice is to not sell your stocks right when things start to go wrong because that’s what happened at the beginning of my investments and then the prices went up again. If you sell your stocks, it will only further hurt the economy.
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Stock market
In math class we had to make a stock portfolio and choose three stocks to track for fourteen weeks. I chose Google, Boeing co and Diamond trust series 1. I chose Google because it was a well known company; it had a high buy price and the stock was going up. I made fifty dollars per share on Google and I bought sixteen shares so I made seven hundred dollars on that. Another company that I invested in was Boeing and it was a horrible decision because by the end of our project I lost a few hundred dollars. I thought that it would be a good idea because it was a stock that was going up and I thought that people might be using it as an airline for vacations because it was also well known but I didn’t realize that people wouldn’t be flying while the economy was down. The last stock that I invested in was Diamond trust series 1 because I needed a filler company that didn’t cost a lot but was going up. In all I only lost a few pennies over that company, but with the loss of money from Boeing and the gain from Google I actually made 197 dollars.
If I could have changed a few things on my portfolio these are what they would be. The biggest change that I would have made would be to put less money into the Diamond trust series 1 and Boeing and put more money into Google because I lost money on both of them and made fifty dollars per share on Google. Another big change that I would have made was to not even invest in the diamond trust series 1 and switch it with a wind power company because I thought that an alternative energy company would be making a lot of money because of the oil prices being so high. If I had made these changes I would have made more money on Google and maybe had a boost with the wind company.
There is some good advice that I thought of during this process that others might be interested in. The first bit of information I would give would be, be careful on which stocks that you invest in and look at all of the information and graphs before you do invest. Be sure that you invest in big well known companies that are going up because the smaller companies might not have as many investors so check the volume of the stock too. A last bit of information I would give would be not to invest while the economy is in a rescission. All in all I think I did well on my portfolio.
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Dear Mom and Dad,
We have a project in math class were in which we have to write a note home to our parents about what we learned in module 1. A module is like a chapter in our book. One of the main things that we worked on in the first module was using frequency tables and graphing. We learned how to make and use frequency tables and we did a project on it. A frequency table is a table that has three columns. The columns are labeled, the subject, tallies, and total.The project was on probability my partner Taylor and I got a big bag of sour patch kids filled with 145 kids and put them into a bag. We picked out 1 sour patch kid at a time 145 times and recorded our data on a frequency table. It was a lot of fun.
Another thing that we worked on was order of operations. I thought that this was very interesting and important because we will use it a lot in our future. A way to help you remember what the order if operations is, you can think of pemdas. Pemdas is mnemonic device. The p stands for parenthesis the e stands for exponents the m stands for multiplication the d stands for division the a stands for addition and the s stands for subtraction. So if you have a problem that is like ten times fifteen divided by nine times three minus forty seven, you would know how to solve it. We also had some quizzes that had many questions on the order of operations.
Overall I like math class. We do a lot of fun things and interesting things that will help us in our future and we do some fun games and experiments. I liked learning about experimental and theoretical probability. I didn’t like doing long homework assignments though because then I would sometimes have to get up in the morning to finish or work late at night to finish. I liked learning about frequency tables but I didn’t like filling big frequency tables up. Overall I think that math is interesting fun. I think that we are doing a lot of good stuff in math class, some of it is challenging and pushes me some isn’t.
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$ THE STOCK REPORT IS IN! $
$ A recap of the stock experience! $
Choosing stocks is a very hard choice when you’re investing. You have to decide how you are going to chose them, by how they’re doing, how you’re estimating they’ll do in the future, and all those other factors. I invested in my stocks based on a lot of things. I invested in Google because I thought it was a good stable company. It is an internet search engine and honestly I don’t think people are going to stop searching the web. Google is a very good stock and stable too but, it is expensive so the next stock I picked wouldn’t be too high or too low. The next stock I picked was Apple. Apple is a very good company and much of their products are popular now. I myself use a lot of Apple stuff so that played a big part in picking it.The last stock I picked was Federated Investors. Federated is a company that I probably would never have heard of unless I had family ties to it. My grandfather was very good friends with the owner and founder of Federated, he gave a large amount of money to help his friend start a company. Federated is not doing the best in the market but they are doing okay. All of these stocks had a special reason I picked them and it turns out I picked good ones because I made a lot of money.
I think overall I did very well in my stocks. I picked great stocks and made a lot of money. Because I did so well and made a lot of money, I don’t think I would change much. If I could change some things I would change the types of stock I bought. When I was looking at the stocks I found very good ones very quickly, next time I would look around more deeply into my choices and look and explore other companies.
Even though I have only been in the stock business for I little while, I still have some words of advice for those wanting to invest in the market. When choosing you stocks you must be very careful. Pick stocks that are stable and can provide a good amount of money without losing to much. Stability is everything. My next piece of advice would be always keep checking your stocks and keep updated. If you do not check your stocks enough you could miss out on a really good sell deal or miss out on the biggest plunge in the stocks and you have no idea you’re losing thousands of money. My last bit of advice would be to keep investing. If you made money the first time, you could do it again! When you see an opportunity take it but, make sure you are smart about it. Who knows maybe you could me the next million dollar investor!
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Stock Good and Bad
In math we did a stock project and we got 10,000$ to invest in stocks. I decided to pick four stocks. I picked Johnson and Johnson because I look at the history graph and it was going up so I decided to pick it and see if I could make money. Another stock is Campbell’s soup, I decided to pick this because I have heard of this company and I wanted to see if it was doing well. Also I chose chevron corp. I chose this because at the time it was going up and it look good and worth trying. The last company is Sunpower. I did this because I know that people are trying to go green and trying to make their own energy instead of buying it. So I thought that people would be buying solar panels which sunpower sells.
Now that I am an expert in stocks. I think that I would delete Campbell’s because I think that is has been going down and not making profit. Also I would add Home Depot because I think that a lot of people are doing more projects by them selves instead if hiring people to do them. Also I would delete chevron because people are not buying cars with the economy down.
Now that I know a lot about stocks I would say don’t buy when the market is down because you don’t know what will happen it may go up or down. Also you should look for a stock that is low and is going up because then you have a better chance to make money.
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Ellie’s Stock Market
What would you do if someone handed you 10,000 dollars? Well if you were a 7th grade student in Mrs. Hearte’s math class you would buy stocks! I chose to invest Walt Disney because I love Disney World and their movies. I also chose to invest in McDonald’s because if the economy isn’t doing so great people would want to spend the smallest amount of money as possible and McDonalds is cheap. The last stock I chose to do is Verizon Communications because my cell phone is Verizon. Verizon is popular so a lot of people would have it.
If I could change or pick a new stock to invest in I probably would. I wouldn’t have chosen to invest in Walt Disney or Verizon because I didn’t make any money I actually lost some. I lost 510.51 dollars from Walt Disney and I lost 115.90 dollars from Verizon. If I could pick another stock I would have invested in Google because it made 750.00 dollars with only 16 shares! I should have taken more time to choose my stocks.
Some advice to people who are interested in investing in the stock market is that don’t choose a risky stock. If it’s a company you really like but seems to have its ups and downs don’t invest in it! Investing in a steady stock is a better idea. If you invest in a stock that is good and doesn’t seem to be going down then that’s probably a good choice. Some other advice is to not choose a low stock. Even if you think it will come back up that could be a very risky move. Spending 10000 dollars in the stock market was a lot of fun!!
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Stock Market Final Report
In math class we were a fake 10,000 dollars to invest in stocks. I Picked Apple because it was something I knew and I thought that sense it was big it would do well. I also picked it because it was a good price. Another reason is because I have heard from different sources that Apple does well in the market. Another stock that I invested in is Sterlite Industries. I had never heard of the company but I picked it because it was really cheap and I wanted something that I could buy a lot of. I also picked it because when I looked at it on the first day it looked like it had been doing ok in the past. The last stock I Invested in was McDonalds. I invested in McDonalds because was a company that I knew and because it was going up when I looked at it.
I wouldn’t change anything with Apple because I believe that as the market gets better it will do very well with the market. I think the only thing I would change with Sterlite Industries is to buy more shares of the company because it was so cheap and because it hadn’t done badly during the time that I invested in the stock. The last thing I would changes is to lose McDonalds because it had done so bad. It had made much less than the other two stocks I had invested in, it only made 15 dollars out of 800 which the other two companies had made most of the money for.
If I were to give someone advice on investing in the market the first thing I would tell them is to check how the stock that they want to invest in has done in the past. If it has done very well in the past then there is a good chance that is will keep doing well into the future, if not then I think unless you want to take a risk then don’t invest in the stock. The second thing I would tell them is to find a stock that is really cheap and buy a lot of shares of that stock which something that I did when I was investing in my stocks. The last thing I would tell them is to invest in a company that they think would do good, or pick a big company because they can sometimes do very well. Like with me I picked apple because I thought to myself that it was a big company, it was well known and I thought it might to well. This is all the advice that I would give someone that was investing in the market.
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The Stock Market
Every stock I chose I had a reason for it. The first stock I bought was Apple because for Christmas last year our family cot a Mac laptop and it is the coolest computer ever. The second reason I bought it was because it was a good growing company and I thought it would do good and I was right. The second stock I chose was Exxon because I thought it was the most successful gas company and because it is rare that is will go down because people need gas to drive their cars to places they need to go. The third company I bought in was Wal-Mart. I thought this stock would go up because Christmas season was in the air.
After watching and reviewing the stock market for 14 weeks I would change many things starting with Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart lost a lot of money which brought my over all total down into the negatives. It lost $5 per share and I bought 74 shares. So if I switched it I would have made money instead of lost money. The second thing I would change is I would have bought more stocks in Apple because it did very good for this economy it went up $8 so if I had bought more it would have got my total into the positives. The next thing I would change is I would have bought more in Exxon because it cost less than apple and it made money.
I would give lots of advice to people after watching the stocks for 14 weeks. T he first thing I would tell them is to buy low and sell high because that way you would make a lot of money. The second thing I would tell them is to stay way from penny stocks because they usually go down. The last thing I would tell them is gas companies are good to invest in because people need gas to drive their cars and if they don’t drive they will not be able to go any were so gas companies will almost all ways go up. So as you can see, the stock market is very unpredictable so be carful if you ever are considering investing, and remember stay away from penny stocks!
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Our project in math was the stock market and to start it off we were given 10 000 (fake) dollars to spend on three or four stocks of our choice.
After the end of about an hour of browsing stocks decided on three stocks Nike, Dell and SunTrust Banks. I was certain about Nike because I love their running shoe and their store was always busy so I thought it would be popular meaning that it would do well in the stock market. I chose Dell because on ‘historical prices’ it looked like the stocks were stable as they stayed about the same price and also I wanted one of their laptops! I was less sure about SunTrust because I found it when I was browsing through random ticker symbols, it seemed to have the perfect price, high enough to do well but affordable at the same time. At the end of math class that day I felt pretty comfortable about my stock choices.
It turned out that my stocks didn’t actually do too well so if I had to invest in the stock market again I would do a couple of things differently. As far as the choice for my stockswent I think I would have picked more well known stocks, I found out that the lesser known ones (especially SunTrust) were unstable, they obviously had never been heard of because nobody invested in them !
If I could have had the stock market project to do over again I would have picked better known stocks so that more people would have invested in them, they were very unstable. I would have also pulled out of the market sooner because at one point early on in the project my chosen stocks were actually doing well and gaining money.
If you ever decide to invest in the stock market here is some advice .Make sure you chose a stable well known stocks so that people invest in them and they do well. I would have followed my chosen stocks for a couple weeks before investing as to see how well they do and finally you should probably start out with only a couple different stocks, if they seem to be doing well you can invest insome more.
All in all although I lost a lot of money, investing in the stock market was a great idea as now, if I ever want to invest in the real stock market I will have some experience to base important decisions on.
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Final Report
1.) Apple: I invested in Apple because it is the most high-tech, expensive, and all-around cool technology company I could think of. So since it’s all those things I thought it’d be a great company to invest in. (Plus if it’s expensive it must make a lot of money.)
McDonalds: I invested in McDonalds because; this is going to sound awful but… Since America is the fattest country in the world and McDonalds is one of the most popular fast-food chains I thought it was a wise investment. (Besides that place is always raking in new dough)
Walt Disney: I invested in Disney because it’s the most popular company for making movies and other means of entertainment. And everyone loves movies! (Plus I personally love Disney movies)
2.) One change I would make to my portfolio is that I wouldn’t invest in a company that makes things that people only use as means to entertain themselves because in a recession people will most likely stop buying them. Because people give up things when money is usually the one of the first things to go are frivolous stuff like movies. So it’s not really wise to invest in a company that makes those things for a living like Disney. Another thing I would change is to put more stock in Apple. Since Apple was the company that gained me the most money despite the times. The last change I would make to my stock portfolio is to maybe next time invest in some kind of grocery store. I’d pick a grocery store because no matter how hard the times are or how much stuff you let go of people will always need food.
3.) Advise I would give to someone interested in the stock market is that in a recession don’t put stock in useless things. I think this because when there isn’t a lot of money going around people will stop spending it on stuff they don’t need. All you’ll be doing is losing money. Another thing is, when it’s not a recession you can put your stock in nearly anything! This is because anything goes in a time when people are flourishing. I’d suggest investing in something that’s very popular or well used. Lastly I would say to spend your money wisely. Don’t throw your money around. If I were you I would spend it on something I know is worth it. If you do that you’ll be just fine.
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In math we have been doing a project on the stock markets we pick 3 stocks and we invest in them.We were given 10,000 dollars we went online and found our own stocks. I invested in Oshkosh, Wal-mart, and IBM .I Chose to invest in Oshkosh because they sell cars and the way the economy is going people don’t really have money so people are not really buying things but people will always need cars so they keep investing in oshkosh.I invested in Wal-Mart because it is a good store that sells lots of things that people need so they always seem to be making lots of business’ invested in IBM because it is a business that holds lots of files so they always seem to be making money and not that much of a loss.
The thing that I would have changed would be investing in Wal-Mart because even though it is a very good company they are In debt so it is not a good company to be investing in right now. I might have invested less in Wal-Mart because they are a good company just not right now because of the economy. I would invest in companies that people don’t really know about because they are the companies that seem to be making money because they don’t have to ask the banks because they don’t make huge profits every day. Right now I would try and invest in lots of companies that are going up like IBM I had never heard of the company before until I saw it online and saw it was going up so I researched it and made a very good profit.
If I had to give some one advice on stocks I would say that you should be very careful with the stocks you invest in because you may think that they are going up but that can change . During your research , search for companies that don’t make too much money but have a good profit margin then research it again and make sure they are doing good, but be careful because any thing can happen in the economy.I would also say that you should not invest too much money because you never know when the stocks will decline. If you don’t invest that much money in then you won’t lose as much money. Try and stay away from the big car industries and the banks because those places are not doing very well right now and they owe lots of money to the banks so if you invest in them you will probably lose so be careful and chose wisley because any thing can happen in the stock market.
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In math class we invested $10,000 (in fake money) in the stock market. The first company I bought stock for was Verizon communications. I invested in Verizon because I knew about the company and it was at a low price at the time and it was beginning to rise in value. The second company I invested in was Progressive. I invested in progressive because I had heard of it before and it seemed like a good functioning company. My final investment was in Agilent Technologies. I didn’t really know much about this company so I just took a chance. After researching my stocks and watching the stock market there are a few changes I would make. The company I wouldn’t invest in after this experience is Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies’ stock did not perform well and I lost money at the end of the 14 week period. The value of the stock also dropped for the majority of the time. If I could choose something else to invest in I would invest in a well known company with a good history. The final thing I would do differently would be to buy more Verizon stock because it held its value the best out of all my stock and it even made money. If someone else was going to invest in the stock market I have some advice to give them. They should purchase stock when the think it’s at its low point, the advantage of this it that you can buy more of stock for less and the price will usually rise in value. Another tip is to research the companies you’re thinking about investing in before purchasing. My final advice is to look at the historical prices for the stocks, that way you can see if there were or are any trends in its value. This whole experience has taught me a lot about the stock market and it will help me if I ever want to invest later in life.
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I invested in 3 stock companies over the last 14 weeks. My first stock was Pain Therapeutics; I picked it because it was on the bull market and was rising on a steady pace. My second stock was Activision Inc. I picked it because it was on the bull market also and it was rising quickly and my last stock was Las Vegas sands. I picked that because my friend told me it was going up at about one dollar a day for about 2 weeks so it looked like a good choice.
If I could go back and change, delete, or add a stock I would defiantly go back and change them all. I would defiantly change Pain Therapeutics because I lost about two thousand dollars on that. Activision didn’t lose that much I only lost about five hundred on that and I would also change my last stock, Las Vegas Sands I would change that also because I lost about one thousand dollars.
I have a few strategies if you are looking to invest in a good stock. If you have no idea u could look in the bull market. The bull market has potential or uprising stocks. Another strategy u could use is search around for a good stock that has been rising for a while. If you cant find anything after try those two strategies then you could always ask a friend who is doing well in the stock market
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In my math class our teacher gave us each ten thousand dollars to spend on stock. Of course the money wasn’t real money. We had to spend the money on about three or four stocks. I spent mine on Apple Inc., Wal-Mart, and Transmeta Corp. I chose Apple because it was a big company and the stocks were doing really. I chose Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart sells everything and no matter how bad the economy is doing people will go there, or at least that is what I think. The last one I chose was Transmeta Corp. I chose it because the buy price was seventeen dollars so I could buy a lot of Stock in it and I also got right as we hit this economy crisis the company started to do very well.
If I had to change something about my stock investments I would have researched all of my companies more. I would have found out that the company I invested in was going to be taken over by another company. They had been deciding to merge for about half a year. I would have switched some of my stocks. For instance I would have invested in Exxon Mobile because all of my friends that invested in it got money.
Advice I would give to other people is invest in the larger companies. It is more likely for a smaller company to get taken over or to close than a bigger company like Wal-Mart and Apple Inc. I would also make sure that people would research there companies or look at the graph to find out how they have recently been acting. I didn’t do that and one of my stocks closed. I also suggest that you don’t buy stocks in car companies because right now they are all doing really badly. You may want to buy stock in the Old Navy and the Gap because even though we are in this economy crisis people will still be buying clothes and the clothes. I suggest you shouldn’t but in electronic companies because no one is spending their money on that stuff. Now, buy your stock wisely and hope for the best!
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When we started this stock market project, we needed to choose three or four companies to buy stock in. The four companies I chose were McDonalds, Chesapeake Energy, NRG Energy and Johnson & Johnson. There are many reasons why McDonalds was a good choice, but one of the main reasons is that in this economy, people want to buy low priced food, like the food that is sold at this restaurant. I decided to add Chesapeake Energy to my portfolio because there are more and more people choosing energy resources, like this natural gas company, and so I guessed that they would have a large increase in their income. The third choice is NRG Energy because this is another energy reducing company that engages in the use of power generation facilities. The final stock in my portfolio is Johnson & Johnson. In this tough economy people may be cutting down on the purchase of toys and unnecessary junk, but if you are sick and need the medication or pharmaceuticals Johnson & Johnson produces, well that is something that you cannot reduce. People won’t stop from making themselves healthy just because the economy is bad.
Now that I have been following these specific stocks and their bulls and bears, I would make a few changes and keep a few stocks. One change that I would make would be to drop my two energy reducing companies: NRG Energy and Chesapeake Energy. Even though some people want to save our planet from global warming, others feel it is a waste of money because most reducing resources cost more than the regular brands. As much as many people would like to keep buying these energy resources, it is just too expensive for some. Another stock I would take away from my portfolio is Johnson & Johnson. Even though my previous assumption may be correct, over the last fourteen weeks the price of its stock has been decreasing and that has taken much money away from my portfolio. There is one stock that I would keep and that is MCDONALDS! Over the period of time I have been recording its stock price, McDonalds has increased and helped bring down the overall loss of money in my stock portfolio. It is a good company to have stock shares in because of the economy we are observing these days.
If someone were to invest in the stock market, there are some key points of advice that I would have for them. 1. You should buy stock in companies that sell necessities. If a store sells medical resources, then that is probably a stock that will have an increasing price. Food sellers will have good business and clothing stores will also be a good choice to have stock in because people still need to have food, clothing and medication. 2. Food companies and other stores that sell in reduced price will stay strong when people want to buy inexpensive goods. McDonalds was a very good stock company I invested in and another type of store that would probably get good business is a place like TJ Maxx or Marshalls. 3. An energy reducing company might also have a stock increase. Eco- friendly products are being used by many people who want to help stop global warming. The only bad component is that these products can get very expensive and someone might not want to waste the money investing in that type of company.
After doing this stock market research, I have learned much information about many different companies and what elements make a stock good to add to a portfolio, and what elements make it a bad stock to add. I was very interesting riding the roller coaster of today’s stock market!
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Final Report Stock Project
In November 2008, our math classes started working on a project called the Stock Market Project. In it we had to fake buy 3 companies and watch the company’s progress over the following of 14 weeks. I decided to invest in the companies First Solar, AT&T, and Google. I bought 34 shares for First Solar, 72 shares for AT&T, and 13 shares for Google. The total money spent on these stocks was 9991.58$. The reason I choose the stock First solar was because it had to with the selling and production of solar energy products. I thought with Obama coming into office he would try to find other resources that were good to our planet for energy. The company was also doing very well in the situation are economy is in. I picked the company AT&T to do because it was one of the largest phone producers in the world. Many people in business use AT&T because there coverage is more spread out than any other coverage. One of the minor reasons was because the blackberry storm was coming out and I thought that once it hit the stands it would raise AT&T stocks way up. The last but by far the biggest company in my list is Google. I choose Google because it is the largest search engine in the world. Also I choose it because I use it lot and I believe you can apply things from your house to help you in school.
I f I was to make any changes to my stocks there would only be about three. One of them would be to delete AT&T from my investments. AT&T never really went up and when it did go up it was only by a couple of cents. It also made me lose money which I do not like in the slightest. If I was to change anything about first Solar it would be to put more stocks on it. First solar got the most money and has the best chances of going up. Google is going solid and I would probably just add a couple more stocks on it. Just to do a little better, but I would not spend that much because Google’s stocks are very expensive. I liked what I did with the fake money I got and if it was my real money I feel it would turn out to the best.
My advice to other people is to invest maybe in some of the companies that will have a break through soon. The smaller companies tend to rise and when the rise you will be the one getting all that cash. Try all different types of stocks to the big the large the medium too. You never know which one will surprise you. Also I suggest that you buy some of the new solar energy or resourceful things that are healthy to the Earth. More and more people are become conscious of waste and things so garbage companies and stuff is not the best. Do things you feel are best and use a little knowledge but really just trust your instincts.
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This year in math class we were given 10,000 $ fake money to invest in three stocks. My first choice to invest in was McDonalds. I chose this because McDonalds sponsors many events and I thought ahead to see what events were coming up. McDonalds would also do well in selling fast food because it is a busy time in the country. McDonalds also has a lot of commercials and I thought the commercials would get more business. My second choice for a stock was Nike. I chose Nike because I thought of basketball season coming up and I was thinking that it would be the most popular shoe to buy in the world. Nike was also popular for soccer season and indoor soccer was starting. My last stock to invest in was Callaway because I thought of the winter coming up and the golf equipment cost less because it was winter.
Now that this project is finished I realized the mistakes I did through the process this investment. In my mistakes I would change Nike’s investments to change it all. Nike dropped a lot of money in the time of the project. I would want to invest less in this stock and not sell it all. In Callaway I would of invested less. The reason I think this is because the golf season hasn’t even started and I invested a lot in it. If I had the chance I would have sold it and got another stock. Now my last stock was McDonalds. McDonalds did decent in time of this project. I would have invested a bit more stocks into it.
Some advice I think of when investing in stocks in to look ahead of time why it will be a good stock. Maybe that company is big with sponsors with big sporting events. Also another major part is the government and economy. If the economy is doing really bad don’t invest in that stock. Also another good time to invest is when the market doesn’t have that much trouble. Another good piece of good advice is not to invest to low. Invest to low can be a waste of your money.
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Companies I invested in.
Apple: I picked Apple because it is a successful company. Another reason I invested in apple was because I like the company Apple. Then I heard that the new Iphone and I knew it would make lots of money over the holidays. I also picked it because it was near the holidays and lots of people want apple products. Finally because lots of new, long anticipated IPods are coming out. MasterCard: One reason I picked MasterCard because lots of people want them and buy them. Another reason I picked MasterCard was because lots of people will use them for the holidays. The last reason I picked MasterCard is because it is a successful company. Chevron: One reason I picked Chevron was because it is a successful gas company. I didn’t know much about this company so I just took a wild guess. Another reason I picked it because many people like it.
What companies would I get rid of, keep or add?
I would get rid of Chevron because it was the only company that lost money for me. Another reason I would get rid of it is because it never made much money because it is not a popular company. Instead of buying Chevron I would have bought Google or Verizon Wireless. Another company I bought was MasterCard. I would keep MasterCard because it made me some money. Another reason why I would keep MasterCard is because if we kept on going with checking the stocks it would make me even more money. The last company I invested in was Apple. I would definite keep Apple because it made me tons of money. Another reason I would keep Apple is because many people like it and if we kept on checking the stocks I would probably make more money.
What advice would you give other people who are interested in investing in the stock market?
One piece of advice is “do not buy stocks that are all make the same type of product.” I would not do this because if that type of company suddenly goes out of business then you would lose almost all of your money. Another piece of advice is “only buy companies that when we go into a recession people will absolutely need. I would do this because if a certain type of company goes out of business or a product is in high demand you will make tons of money. The last piece of advice I have for you is “buy low, sell high.” This is a good piece of advice because if you do buy the company at a low price and then you sell it for more money than you bought it for you are getting a really good deal.
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In our math class each kid was given $ 10,000 to buy three stocks. This was new for me I have never done stocks or anything like this. So I picked Walt Disney because I thought I would be a good business to invest in because a lot of people go there. Next I picked Toyota and Honda, I could not think of a another business to invest in so when I went on yahoofinance.com I looked on their home page to see what companies were going up. Honda and Toyota were doing really good so I picked them.
After 14 weeks of looking at the stocks Walt Disney did not do so well I lost $425.25. I would have not picked Walt Disney because it went down a lot. Why I think this happened is because the economy is so bad. No one will want to go on vacation with the money they need to have. So Walt Disney has not been doing well. Toyota on the other hand has done really well. I would have invested more stocks in Toyota. One more thing I would change is I would have not invested in two car type industries, because they both compete against each other. So if one was doing really good that means the other company was losing money. I now know not to do that with any companies because one will probably increase while the other one decrease.
After doing all of this some good advice is be careful when you invest in a stock. One might decrease while the other one is increasing; make sure they don’t have big cometition. A good example is what I said in my paragraph before. Luckily for me the stocks I invested in both did really good for competing against each other. Another thing that will help you is DO NOT IVEST MONEY YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE! You do not know if your stock will do good or bad so be careful. One more important piece of information, always do a lot of researches before you buy a stock. See how they are doing, make sure the company you invested in is keeping a steady pace and are not decreasing in money. Also how the economy is going, make sure the economy is doing really well. Then you will have a better chance in gaining money than losing money.
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Stock Market Final Report
At the end of November in math class we were given 10,000 dollars to spend in any way in the stock market. We could buy any stocks we wanted as long as we did not spend more than 10,000. The stocks that I decided to invest in are Ford, Chevron, Sunpower, and Campbell’s Soup. I picked Ford because when we started this project I thought that if the government bailed them out then they would be able to get back on track and be successful. Another reason for picking Ford is because during the summer Ford came out with some new models and I thought that maybe these new cars would be doing very well and drive the stock up. When looking for companies to buy stock in Chevron popped out because it is a petroleum company. Today while many people are trying to cut back on their petroleum consumption it is still the leading fuel in the world and so I thought that Chevron would be profitable because they work in the petroleum department. I chose Campbell’s Soup as a company to invest in because in a recession like what we are in one thing that is a necessity in canned foods. People buy canned goods because they are cheap, easy to store, and they don’t spoil for at least a year. Campbell’s Soup is a company that only works with canned goods so that is why I chose to invest in them. The last company that I decided to invest in is Sunpower. I chose Sunpower because when I read the overview of what they do it said that they work mainly with solar panels. Today so many people are trying to be greener and use renewable energy like solar panels and wind turbines so I thought that this would be a great stock to invest in.
Now that we have ended our stock market project, I have seen the performance of my stocks and if we were to ever do this project again, I think that I would make some changes. First of all, I keep Chevron only until the end of the summer. In the summer, gasses prices usually rise and that means that the Chevron stock would go up. Around September I would get rid of this stock because by then it would be winter and there is less fuel consumption and hopefully by then there will be better ways to find reusable energy and our reliance on fossil fuels will be lessened. If I had to decide I would get rid of Ford because right now the American Auto Industry is not getting much help from the government and their new models of cars are not doing very well at all. During the three month span that we did this project Sunpower did the best of all my stocks. I would definitely keep this stock because it seems like it just keeps going up. Another reason to keep this stock is in the future there will hopefully be more and more solar panels and that is what Sunpower works with. I would definitely keep Campbell’s Soup because during this recession people need canned goods and they love the taste of Campbell’s. The stock did well and I think that it will continue to do well.
If anyone else would like to try to make some money in the stock market but has no experience, here is some advice. Try not to invest all your money in one company. If that companies stock goes down, you will lose a lot of money. In this recession, people are only buying things that they absolutely need, go for the companies that sell everyday necessities. Lastly, try to buy stock in companies that are environmentally friendly because there are always people that want to be green. That is my advice to anyone who wants to make some money in the stock market.
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In math class we studied the stock market. We were given an imaginary ten thousand dollars to invest in the stock market with, and we were to choose three companies to buy shares in. The first company I bought stock in was General Electric Co, and I lost money. I bought stock in this company because it is the company that my sister actually owns stock in, so I thought it would be neat to follow it and see how it was doing in the bear market, we looked on The Global 100, the world’s most sustainable companies, and GE was on the list, and General Electric makes a lot of things that I have in my house, like my telephone, and I thought it would be cool to find out more about the company. The second company I invest in was Phillip Morris, which I made a profit in. I bought stock in this company because I actually own stock in it, and I figured I should know how it was doing, it wasn’t super cheap, so I knew it probably wasn’t going to shut down, but it also wasn’t wicked expensive, so I could buy a lot of shares, and Phillip Morris owns Marlboro, Maxwell House, and Oreo, which are really big companies. The final company I invested in was Kraft Foods Inc, which lost a lot of money in. I invested in them because I also own stock in Kraft and much like Phillip Morris, it wasn’t too cheap, and it wasn’t too expensive. The final reason why I invested in Kraft is because it makes really good food, including my favorite, macaroni and cheese.
If I could do this investing over again, I would probably make a few changes. First, I would have looked in more of the special list in newspapers and on the internet because they supply good information such as what companies are least likely to shut down, what companies are doing really well, and other useful knowledge. Another thing I would have done differently is I would have done some more research on the companies I was planning to invest in. I would have looked at more graphs and summaries about patterns in the company in the recession. The final change I would have made was I wouldn’t have bought as many shares in GE and Kraft because they went down and I lost a lot of money ($1068.87). Well I guess you can’t exactly predict the future!
If I were helping people invest in the stock market there would be a few tips that I would give them. First, I would talk to someone who knows what he/she is doing, like a stock broker. They will be able to tell you what companies are worth investing in, and what companies you are probably going to make money in. They can also help you go about actually buying your shares. Second, don’t spend a fortune in the stock market, sometimes people don’t know what they’re doing, and they invest in the wrong companies. There fore, they lose a lot of money. Also, the stock market is unpredictable, so maybe while it’s really good, you might put your life savings into the stock market, and then, right before your eyes, your money disappears when the market plunges. My final tip is, don’t invest in cheap stocks. Penny stocks have a tendency to shut down, and then you lose all your money, and cheap stocks like GE ($11.68 per share) tend to just keep falling. Over all, the stock market is a risky way of spending, but it can get you a lot of money.
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The stocks in 08 were terrible they were all falling and lots of people were in debt. I invested in foot locker, and they did terrible they lost 533.4 by there self. I invested in foot locker because I get a lot of my shoes there, it’s a popular sports store and everybody goes there but by the results there not doing to well in money. I also invested in two other stocks apple and McDonalds. I invested in apple and McDonalds because apple has been making a lot of new and improved phones, iPods, computers etc. A lot of people use apple, and they have very cool technology. I invested in McDonalds because there the best fast food company, they are very popular and they make a dirty Big Mac. They both did well, and gained money. Apple gained 270.48, and McDonalds gained 47.31.
What I would want to change about my stock picking is, I should have been more careful with picking my stocks because on of my stocks lost a lot of money and I wish I would have picked a different stock like star bucks because one of my friends did star bucks and they gained money and I like the store star bucks and everybody buys coffee there. Both of my other stocks did good and gained money, but I found other stocks that gained more like home depot and Exxon mobile. I like both of these stocks because Exxon mobile is great gas place with cheap prices and everybody goes to home depot, they have wood, supplies, gardening tools, lamps etc.
I have three good strategies for picking stocks. 1, always check the history before you pick it to see if it’s been doing good or bad. 2, don’t just pick a stock you like because that’s what happened to me and I lost around 500 dollars just by one stock, pick a stock that you know is doing good. 3, make sure it’s a stock that you’ll stay in for a while, because you don’t want to join a stock that you won’t want to stay in. Those are some strategies plans and ideas for picking stocks.
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Stock Market
In math class we invested in 3 or 4 stocks and we were given $10,000 to do that. We fallowed those 3 or 4 stocks for 14 weeks and wrote down the closing prices every Friday for them. At the end of the 14 weeks we will make a huge portfolio on all the things we did with the stock market. We also fallowed the Dow Jones Industrial Average as well.
I picked Apple as one of my stocks because a lot of people buy Mac and Apple laptops/desktops even not on special occasions. So I thought that apple would have a lot of money invested in it. Another one of my stocks is Aéropostale and I picked that stock because its buy price wasn’t that high at the time and I tried to use up as much as my $10,000 as possible. I know what Aéropostale is because it is one of my favorite clothing stores as the mall and I was trying to look for another stock and that just came into mind. The last stock I picked was Wal-Mart. I picked Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart has everything to food and clothes to home furnishings. I thought that if a lot of people go there and bought their products, they would receive a lot of money.
Now that I researched my stocks I know a little bit more about them and there is some thing that I would probably change if I kept on going in the stocks I have. I probably buy a bit more stocks in Apple because it turned out that I didn’t lose anything in Apple and I gained $406.35 from when I bought it the first week to the last week. I would probably add a couple more stocks but not a lot in Aéropostale because I gained $1092.00 since the first week to the last week and I didn’t lose any money. So if I added more stocks then I would gain a bit more money. I would probably invest/switch to Exxon Mobile instead of Wal-Mart because Exxon stock prices increased over the 14 week period and Wal-Mart lost $296.46. Then that way if I invested in Exxon then I wouldn’t have lost any money.
Since we have been learning about the stock market for about 14 weeks now, I know it bit more about them then I did before and some things to look for. Look into the stock first, research it. You always want to research a stock before you pick it because you might not know how well it is doing or how well you think it might be doing. Even if you assume something about that stock still try to get a bit more information on it. Invest in a stock when the economy is going a good and steady pace. When you invest in a stock you would want to invest in it a right time, not when the economy is falling because the stock will probably lose money. The last thing, stocks can be pretty tricky so don’t invest in to much or too little stocks. You won’t want to invest in too many stocks because if you invest in too much and the stock loses money your in debt, if you invest in too little and the stock gains money you probably wouldn’t get as much. But again, stocks are tricky and risky and it could be on how the economy is going and your luck
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The stock market in 2008 was one of the worst we have ever seen. We have seen prices fall hundreds of dollars in some stocks. I invested in Forward Industries, Google, and Hasbro. I Invested in Forward industries because of their graph. It seemed to be doing well. When the fourteen weeks were up, I had lost hundreds of dollars in them. I invested in Google because they had a lot of publicity, because they have a high risk stock, and because they are very stable. I invested in Hasbro because the holiday season was coming up. The outcome was I lost a lot of money in forward industries, a few hundred in Hasbro, and gained over 600 in Google, for a total loss of over 500 dollars.
I would have changed the stocks I invested in for a profit. I would not have invested in Forward Industries and Hasbro. Instead I would have invested in the companies Best Buy and First Solar, mainly in First Solar because they gained a lot of money. This would have created a huge gain, and if I could I would take my money out of Google and invest all my money in First Solar. Another good reason to invest in them is supporting solar energy.
If I could offer and information to an investor, I would recommend you find out as much as you can before you invest a large amount of money in a company. Also it is a good idea to know how they operate and what to expect them to do in times like this. If you want to make a lot of money the more you know the more likely you will make a good investment.
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Stock Market Report
In my math class at the begginng of Ocotber each student had 10,000 dollars to spend on the 3 or 4 stocks of they’re choice. Then for the next 14 weeks we kept track of our stocks gains and losses. At the end of the 14 weeks we tallied up our results to see which stock did the best and we started a project on our expierience.
I invested in three stocks. The fist stock I chose was Google. I chose google because it is a very big company that serves many peoples needs such as users, advisers, members and providers. Also in Google the over all graph stayed pretty consistent which tells me google has continuous sales. The second stock I chose was apple, because over time the stock never really dropped, and the stock was afordable but expensive enough where I could make good money. The last stock I chose was coca cola. I chose that because coke not only makes coke but it makes many other beverages and products. Also in a recession I was thinking that people would still buy drinks and coca cola products.
Now that I’ve been through this I would definatly buy stocks from big companies again. I would because if a certain part of the company tanks they have other recourses to take from without much changing. Something differantly I’d do is spend more time researching for my companies. I would because I would look at not only how the company is doing now but how it has done in the past in bad economic times as well as good economic times. This would help me to see if my company would lose money if the stock market started to lose money. One thing I would do again is keep my stocks. The stocks I chose were a very good choice. I made a lot of money where as most of my class lost money. I would though put more money into them if I did it again knowing that they already had done so good in bad economics.
If you were investing in the stock market I would say to invest in safe companies. I am giving this advice because the sock market is risky and you shouldn’t gamble on saying oh yeah let’s just hope that this stock does well. To invest in safe companies, look at the company profile, look at the buiseness summary, and the past graphs and sales. Really look into if this company has consistent stocks. Also invest in more than one company. This is because if you only invest in one company and it loses a lot of money you will lose all your money. With this when you invest in companies you should spread your money for the very same reason, you don’t want to lose all of your money in one company. Lastly I would say don’t invest in holiday companies, because when the holiday comes around you’ll make money but when it’s the off season the company wil be struggling to stay alive. When you invest in stocks you should feel confident in your stock!
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We were given ten thousand dollars in math class to invest in stocks. I invested in four companies, Coca-Cola, Apple, Microsoft and Exxon Mobile. I invested in Coca-Cola because I love Coke and I didn’t think people would stop buying their favorite drink, even though the economy is bad. I invested in Apple because a lot of people are switching from PC to Mac. I also believe they make high quality items and people will buy them. I thought Microsoft would be a good company to invest in because they are very popular and almost everybody that has a computer has Microsoft Office. Unfortunately its stock dropped significantly. Finally I invested in Exxon Mobile because it is a company with many locations a people can’t stop buying gas yet.
If I had a chance to change what I invested in I would. I bought one hundred forty three Microsoft stocks and they lost three dollars a share. I would definitely not invest in Microsoft again. I would take some of the money I invested in Microsoft and invest more in Coke. Coca-Cola’s stocks went up ten dollars a share. I had forty shares in it and I could have at least five more shares. I would not change anything with my other two stocks, Apple and Exxon Mobile.
There are several pieces of advice I would give to other people. The first piece of advice I would give somebody is don’t sell in a bear market. If you wait a little longer chances are that you will not lose money but gain money. My second piece of advice is pick stocks you know. If you pick stocks you know you will know how they have performed and if they make good products. My last piece of advice is always research your companies before you invest in them. You will be smarter with your investments and chances are you will bring in a larger profit.
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BHSA’s Stock Market Report
In math class a couple of months ago, we started talking about stocks. Our teacher Mrs. Harte told us to pretend we had $10,000 and invest in three or four companies. I invested in four companies and tried to get as close to $10,000 without going over. Home Depot (82 shares) was my first pick. I chose it because my dad and I always go there for all of our household appliances. Also, because of all of the storms coming people will have to be fixing a lot of things. I also invested in IBM (42 shares) because I heard it was a really successful company and a lot of other people were investing in it. Best Buy (76 shares) was another pick. I love going there. I always go to Best Buy for all my electronic needs. And also, it’s only big competitor is Circuit City, but that’s going out of business. My last pick was Wal-Mart (52 shares). I picked Wal-Mart because it has such a big variety of everything. During the recession, everybody went there to save money, and I knew the recession wouldn’t leave so soon.
There are definitely changes I would make if I could go back to when we invested. One change is that I would take some stocks away from Wal-Mart or held it for a shorter time. This is because during the recession, everybody went to Wal-Mart which is good, but just a couple weeks ago, the business fell. All of my other stocks went up, but that brought my profit down. Another change I would do is get more stocks in IBM. This is because the stocks price went up around ten dollars in the range of 14 weeks. That would mean for every 1 stock I bought more, I would make about ten dollars. Also, if I could, I would have invested in three companies not four. This is because it’s not as easy to handle four companies. And if you lose money, you lose more. You could also make more money, but it’s risky, and you want to be careful on how you use your money. Those are some changes I would have made.
If I was talking to any future investors, I would give them some advice. I learned from my mistakes, and it would be helpful to tell others what to do right. First I’d tell them to check and see how each company did in different situations, like the recession. If a company’s stock went down in a deep recession, I would suggest not investing in it. That way if the situation happens again they’ll know what to do. Another thing is to not invest in a company they’re not sure about. This is because they might not be sure how successful it is, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. One last thing I would say is to take their time investing in companies and think about what they might invest in. If they know more about a company, they’ll make a better choice when they’re deciding what to buy. If they know their stuff, they will make money. Those are some suggestions I would say to a future investor.
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We have been working on stocks for the past 14 weeks in math class. We have learned how to buy stocks, what to look for in a stock, and pretty much just about stocks and the stock market in general. The stocks I have invested in are Google, McDonalds, and Apple. The reason why I picked Google is because it is a very big company and I know they make a lot of money. Also, almost everyone uses Google, which means they have a lot of sponsors. I also like using Google a lot, so since I agree with many of their ideas, I would like to support them. The reason why I chose McDonalds is because they have MANY customers. And since they have so many customers, they make a lot of money. And finally, the reason why I chose Apple is because Apple is a very famous company, and a lot of people around the world know of it. I also know for a fact that Apple makes a lot of money.
After 14 weeks, I noticed some things I would have liked to change in my investing. First of all, I think I should have bought more shares from Google and less from McDonalds. I think this because when adding up my stocks, I saw that I earned the most money in Google and the least money earned was in McDonalds. So if I invested more in Google, I would have made more money. Another thing I would change is I think I should have done more research. I think I could have done more research so I knew what kind of things that companies believes in. it is important to know this because I would like to know if the company and I have the same beliefs. The last change I would like to make is we should have had however long time period to buy and sell the stocks as we like. I would have liked this because then I could sell my stocks whenever they are at their highest and make more money.
Also, after doing a lot of research about stocks, I have some advice for the future buyers. Research the stock: The very first thing you must do is research the stock. You must research it so you know what you are investing in. you need to know that because you should know all the details about a stock such as how much money it makes or if it is doing well or not. Know the stock: you should know a stock before you buy it. You should know it because it’s good to know how much money they make or how many customers they have. And the last one, Extra money: only invest an amount of money that you are willing to lose or that you have extra of. You need this because say you lose some of your profit, you don’t want to lose all you have. So have a certain amount of money put aside so that you don’t end up losing it all.
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The reasons I picked the stocks that I did was because they followed or met my goals, or I suggested doing them. I picked Wal-Mart stores Inc because my dad said that Wal-Mart stores were doing great even though the economy was bad. Next I knew I had to pick some thing I knew would go up loads, never crash, and cost a decent amount of money, I had a few debates but I went with Google. So I spent quite a lot on Google and Wal-Mart so I was going to spend a little bit less with the last two. I chose something that was about three dollars a stock and bought over a hundred of them. I had a little bit of money left so I invested in GameStop because it was about twenty dollars and was doing okay in the stock world.
Now that I’m finished with the stock market project I would have changed a lot of things. I would have invested more into Google and none in General Motors or Wal-Mart stores Inc because they both made me lose money while Google and game stop both made me money. I also would have put more money into the stock market as I could would have invested in top selling sales that I trusted and never would have fallen. I also would have checked to see the company’s history with it and see if they were trustable one hundred percent.
If I were to give any one advice just entering the stock market, I would tell them that if they invest in a company with rocky hill or money problems, they are going to have a problem and not going to make money but lose it all. Another tip I would give them is that buy stocks in bulk that will be sure to go up with no down fall. A great tip for people just entering the stock world is that they should look at the historical prices and figure if they are making money or losing it if they are loosing it then wait for it to fall down to a very small number and buy as much as you can and it’ll raise. My last tip for people in the stock market is that you should always buy low and sell high and you will make loads of money that can be reused.
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The Stock Market Final Report
For 3 stocks in the stock market I picked Generex biotechnology, Nutrition-21, and Qimoda AG. I picked these 3 because I wanted to buy penny stocks that would be cheap and I would be able to buy a lot of them. I was thinking that if I bought a lot of them I would make thousands of dollars. For Generex Biotechnology I really had no idea what the company did or produced but it was one of the cheapest I could find, I bought 3750 stocks from this company. For Nutrition-21 I heard about this company on TV I think it’s a weight loss company for fat people but it was a really cheap stock so I bought it at 00.33 cents. Then my last was Qimonda AG, I liked Qimonda AG because it was only 00.14 cents and I liked the sound of it, I bought 50,000 stocks of that, I was expecting to make Millions from Qimonda AG but in the long run I didn’t….
Now that I’ve researched and watched the stock I would get better stocks like apple and Google because they have more stock holders which make’s the companies stocks rise and fall a lot. Also I won’t buy penny stocks any more because they can be very boring to watch and record the price. I think that penny stocks are a little sketchy because I think that some one them are people creating fake companies raking in money, but they keep their price low so they aren’t caught. For people who are investing in the stock market… STOP NOW the stock market is a real world slot machine with a 1/100 chance of getting millions. You never know what the prices will be the next day and therefore you have to put your money in the hands of chance, do you really want to do that? I think the stock market is like gambling, you throw down 5 bucks but you don’t know your opponent has 3 aces. Bing! Your down! Also I wouldn’t suggest investing in Penny stocks, it’s a pure joke. I invested 10k into 3 penny stocks and came out with only 12.50 extra, it was really a waste of my time if it really happened in real life. Also I would suggest investing in average everyday stocks live apple and Google because you don’t invest a lot of money that might be worth something to you if you lose it, you don’t want to be like the poor guy at the slot machine do yeh?
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Stock Market Final Report
This year in math class, we studied the stock market and we picked stocks and followed them for 15 weeks. I picked four stocks. The first one I picked was IBM because it had a high price. The second reason was because it had a good chart from the last month. The last reason was because a lot of normal business stores had IBM products such as computers. I also picked Verizon because people have cell phones to talk to each other. It also has cheap telephone services and Verizon Fios Television. I chose home depot because during the bad economy people will be doing a lot of at home projects. The last stock I chose was The 3M company because their price wasn’t too high and they had a good chart from the past month.
There were many things I would change if I could from the math project on stocks. I would not have chosen 3M because they didn’t do to well in the 15 week range. In the end, it turned out I lost close to 500 dollars. I wish I had gotten more shares of IBM because they did very well. I got a lot of money from investing in IBM. If I could change it, I would have bought less Verizon shares because they made me very little money. I would have got less shares of Verizon and more shares of IBM.
For first time stock buyers, here is some advice. If I were you, before buying a stock, I would do research on the company I investing in. I would see what the company makes or does, and how they would make money off what they do. You should follow your stocks for about two weeks so you can see if they did well, or if they lost money. If they gained money, you know it’s the right choice to invest. The final advice I have for future stock buyers is that you have to look at the basic chart of your company. It will show you how the company did in the past month. If the chart went up, it’s a good idea to buy some shares. The stock project in math was very fun, and if I had the chance to do it again, I would.
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The Stock Market
The stock market is a very tricky set of numbers. It consists of prices from 100,000 dollars to penny stocks. It is very tricky because you never know if it will be a good day or a bad day for the DOW Jones industrial average. The prices depend on how the company is going. I happened to pick 4 companies to invest in and they were Chevron Corp (CVX), Exxon Mobile (XOM), McDonalds (MCD), and lastly Coca Cola (KO).
The stocks I did were very interesting because every time I went online to check them I noticed that almost the whole time the stocks were either up or down they never stayed the same. There were some things I wanted to change though. I would’ve liked to change maybe chevron corp.(CVX) to apple because apple actually went up instead of going down. I also would’ve liked to get rid of Exxon mobile (XOM) too because each stock lost about 8 dollars and I bought a lot of Exxon mobile stocks (XOM). Some advice I would like to give to some stock buyers is that you should aim for lower priced stocks because say if you bought a stock for about 1 cent and you bought 1000 of those stocks you would make a lot because usually if you buy a lower priced stock or even a penny stock you would be able to buy great quantities of that specific stock. Another piece of advice I would like to give is that it is very tricky to pick a good stock because you never know if the price of the stock is going to higher or lower.
The stock market is a great way to make money but the stock market is also a great way to lose money. So even though the price of a stock is very high, it doesn’t mean its doing well. Like I said the stock market is a very tricky set of numbers and wish everybody great luck in the stock market world.
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Stock Market
I was given ten thousand dollars in math class one day to invest in companies in the stock market. The first company I bought was Google, I bought it because it’s well known and was not that expensive compared to recent years. It also is one of the biggest companies in the world. I also invested in Microsoft and Activision because they are well known computer and gaming companies that have a lot of good games on the market. The last company I invested in was Las Vegas Sands because it was really cheap and last year’s value of it was high so I thought it would rise back up and I could make money off it. Now that I know more about stocks I would do change some of my companies I invested in. I would have sold early for Las Vegas Sand because it was at the peak of its value and I would have made a lot of money. I also would not have invested in Activision because it didn’t do well and was a low money company that wasn’t profitable. I would have bought more stocks in Google because it went up by a lot from when I bought it and was a good company to invest in. Now that I have learned about the stock market I would give this advice. Since I am more comfortable with stocks instead of buying the companies that are big and seem good I would look more into their history. And I would see if they have ever dropped and came back up and research it a little more. I invested in Microsoft just because I thought it was a big successful company but it ended up being one of my worst stocks.
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Final Stock Report
We were given $10,000 each to buy stock from NASDAQ or NYSE. So the four stocks I picked were Google Inc., Apple Inc.., Biogen Idec, And Campbell’s Soup Co. I picked Google because it had a very steady 52 week range. Apple had a very high steady price as well. Biogen Idec I picked because my aunt works there and thought it would be fun to monitor the progress, and then finally Campbell Soup because I really love there soup!
Now that I have researched and watched my stocks I would make a few changes to my portfolio. Well, I would take a couple away from Campbell’s and Biogen and add one to Apple or Google. I would make those changes because they didn’t do overly well so I could’ve made more money with another Apple or Google. But other then that I wouldn’t change a thing, because I really like my results.
My advice to those who are choosing stocks do fun companies or products that you like and have some fun with it. Pick steady stocks so that you don’t close down in the middle and lose a lot of money. And remember the higher the price of your stock more money you will make! So safe stock hunting!!
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I picked 3 different stocks, Apple Inc, Exxon Mobil, and Walt Disney. I picked Apple Inc because when looking at its yearly graph for 2007 and 2008 it was increasing in value. It was at a low point because of the recession in October but it was increasing in value. I looked at many companies and I saw that their stocks were decreasing in value or weren’t going anywhere. I also picked Apple because I know that many of their products are really popular like many of their computers and the iPod. Many people are still buying these products so the stock will increase in size. Exxon Mobil was a stock that I picked because I read an article in the newspaper telling me that Exxon Mobil was one of the top 5 companies to invest in during the hard economic times. I checked the yearly graph of how well Exxon Mobil was doing and it turned out that it was a low value stock that was steadily increasing from the hard economic times. Walt Disney was another stock that I picked because it seemed like over time it has risen in the long term. In the short term it has not been doing too well but the graph shows that it is beginning to increase again. This is good because I can buy it for a low price and sell it for a high price. Therefore I make some good money off of that stock.
There are many changes that I would make to my portfolio to make it better with value. First, I would overall sell at a different time because Walt Disney happens to have its one bad week the week I had to sell my stock. It was just under $1.00 in value per share from the price that I bought it at. The week before, it was $2.00 in value per share from the price that I bought it at. This makes a big difference because by gaining $2.00 per share you don’t have to subtract from your profit. Another change that I would make to my portfolio would be to buy more shares in Apple Inc. I would make this change because it is rising and it is way above from what I bought it at. I believe that these changes will really add value to my portfolio and will help me make more money.
Figuring out what stocks to buy can be really tiring and really time consuming. I have some advice for how to choose your stocks well. When looking at a stock you should watch how well the stock did in the long and short term. It is important to know the history of the stock you are buying because it will help you with how the trend of the stock will turn out. This will help you predict what might happen in the future. Before picking a stock you should research on the stock that you are looking at with its background information to help predict what might happen in the future for that stock. Researching your stock is important to do because you can find out how that stock will do. You should take risks but also use some caution. Taking risks is important because you never know if the stock you buy will rapidly increase in value. You never know what might happen with the stock that you buy. As long as you pay attention to the stock market, you can never go wrong.
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Sizzling Stocks
In math class we did a project on the stock market. Everyone in the grade was given 10,000 dollars of fake money to invest in 3-4 stocks. I chose to invest in The Hershey Company, Kraft Food Inc., and Pain Therapeutics. I bought The Hershey Company because I like Hershey’s chocolate, and the stock had been going up. I chose Kraft Food Inc. because the stock was going up, and a friend had this stock. I invested in Pain Therapeutics because the stock was in the bearish stocks, and I needed one more stock to invest in and the shares were inexpensive. In the end I spent a little less then the 10,000 fake dollars on the three stocks I bought.
After finishing the project and seeing how the stock market and stocks work over 14 weeks I would change a few things in my portfolio. I would delete Pain Therapeutics stock because the stock went down almost four dollars. My loss was about $ 1,300 from this one stock. I would also delete Kraft Food Inc. stock, this stock lost about a dollar per share and I lost about $100. I would invest in IBM stock, this stock went up about $20 a share, and it was a very prosperous stock. Overall I wish I had thought more about what stocks to invest in and what stock not to invest in.
Some advice I would give somebody that was interested in investing in stock is, you should research the stock before buying. This will help you pick a good stock, and if you research you will know more about what the company does. You may be able to find something you don’t like about the company, and that would be a reason for researching before you invest. Another piece of advice I would give is to keep track of your stock. This helps you see how your stock is doing over time, and is a good way to organize the information on the prices pre share of your stock. The last advice I would give is to sell when the price of your stock in higher then the price you bought it at. This is important because if it is higher then you will make money, and if it is lower you will lose money and you don’t want to lose money. If you follow this advice you will have a more successful stock.
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The Wall Street Journal: Rjza Edition
I invested in 4 different companies for my stock market project, instead of three. They were McDonald’s, Apple, Exxon Mobil, and IBM. I invested in McDonald’s because their stock price was good. I was also planning to use them as a Fallback stock, just in case my main ones didn’t do so well. Also, lots of people ate there, so I figured that with all the sales they got, they would do pretty well. I invested in Apple because they were doing well at the time, and since the iPhone had just come out, they would also needed a main stock and I like iPods, too. I also wanted to play it safe with another fall-back stock. Also, because gas was cheap, people would be buying more gas, and people need gas to run their cars etc. I then invested in IBM. They had a good price, and they were my major stock. Also, IBM is selling really well. I did end up making a lot of money off of them.
Now that the whole investing part of the project is over, I would like to make some changes. McDonald’s would be gone. I only made around $22 off of their stocks. I wasted my money. I should’ve gone with Google, they were doing much better. What was I thinking!? I don’t even like McDonald’s! However, I’m going to have to keep Apple. It turns out I was right about them. It was a good investment, and I made around $310. Back to the bad again. Exxon Mobil was just the same as McDonald’s. I wasted my money, and only made around $20. Maybe people are finally considering the environment! IBM was very good for me. It turns out that people need business machines. It was an excellent investment, and I made around $530.
Now that you know about my investments, here are some tips about yours: 1. be careful what you invest in. Today’s market is a very risky one, so only invest in stocks with confidence. Only invest in companies that are popular, because their stocks will be high. Also invest in useful products, or essentials that people need to live. 2. Follow your stocks. Once again, this market is a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs. Keep close watch of your stocks. If they are down, take them out. You don’t want to end up like the AIG investors. If your stocks are going up buy more. This could mean more money in the long run. 3. Make small investments. If you invest small amounts, or buy small amounts of stock, losing them won’t feel like your lives over. Also if the market is down you can pull out quick, just in case we have another crisis. And please don’t try to ride through a crisis. Many investors learned that the hard way.
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Super Stock
In math Class we did a stock project, we were given 10,000 dollars in Fake money to invest in stock. The three companies that I invested in were; Google, Apple, American eagle and General motors. I chose to invest in Google because I feel that it is a very reliable company. I like the company and feel that the economy wouldn’t affect it as much. I chose Apple because I like the company and I feel that it makes good products, it’s always coming out with new ideas so it would never get old. I chose American eagle because it had a low share price and because I like the clothes. GM was the riskiest stock that I invested in because it wasn’t doing well; I thought that if it got the government bailout that the stock would rise. For each stock I invested in I had at least one applicable reason.
After completing the project and seeing how my stocks did there are some changes I would have made. I would have bought some more shares in Google because I feel that they did well and over the 14 week range it significantly in creased. I would also buy more stock in American eagle because with a low share price every small increase (or decrease) would gain (or loose) a lot of money, I made a lot of money In American eagle. I would make no change in Apple because I feel that I invested well in that company. I would not invest in a company like GM because the stimulus package did not affect it and I feel that it had no potential to gain a lot of money. I was pretty content with my investing but there is couple of things I would tweak and one drastic change.
Because of my expierence in investing stock in a bear market I have some insight to possible investors. First of all you may want to look for lower price stock because if you buy many shares you could make a lot! Record your stocks to see how they do. Even if there’s a bad economy there will always be some good stocks, look for discount stores or companies that have new innovative ideas. Remember that there is always a risk investing in stock, don’t put money into stock that you couldn’t live without, that money could all be gone in a blink of an eye.
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Today I will be talking about the stocks I picked and how I picked them from all of the stocks in the world. The first stock I picked was GameStop I did that one because I got there a lot to buy games. I picked it because I think that so many people in the world go there I would think there would be a lot of people in the world that would buy stocks for it. The second stock that I picked was home depot because my dad wanted me to do it. He picked the stock that I should do from him going to home depot ever week to get materials for my house. The third one I picked was Exxon Mobile because everyone said that it made a lot of money over the years so I thought I could make money for it and I made a little. It sometimes would go down so low it would feel like it was going to crash.
I had to pick if I should keep the stocks or delete them. I kept home Depot Because I made a lot of money for it. It never really went down for prices. I deleted GameStop because at the end everyone sold their shares. I didn’t keep it. I deleted Exxon Mobile because I didn’t really make any money. At the end of when we sold the stocks I would have made over 1000 dollars but Exxon went down and I only made $678.90 so I had to delete that one.
In the 14 weeks we did the stocks I had the three stocks I was talking about in the paragraphs above. My advice for Home Depot Made a lot of money and I only did it only for 14 weeks I made a lot of money so I would thing you should keep It because it would make you a lot of money. I think that when I did Exxon Mobile didn’t make a lot of money so I didn’t want to own it anymore because I would lose a lot of money. I deleted GameStop because I didn’t make a lot of money even though people bought a lot of things from the store so I thought they had a lot of stocks and they didn’t so I deleted it. I didn’t make much money with GameStop.
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What do you do when you get handed 10,000 dollars? You invest in the stock market! All of the 7th grade students in math were given a pretend 10,000 dollars. Then they got to pick three stocks to invest in on yahoofinance.com. The three stocks I invested in were Starbucks, Walt Disney, and Nike. The reason I invested in Starbucks was because I love going to Starbucks and getting a chai tea soy latte. I thought it would interesting to know how well they are doing in the stock market because I know a lot of people love to go to Starbucks. I choose to invest in Walt Disney because I love all of the Walt Disney movies and Disney World is one of my favorite places to go to. The reason I invested in Nike was because Nike has Nike Dunks which are sneakers and those are my favorite sneakers. I also love Nike swim caps and goggles. When I invested in these I thought they were going to be really good stocks and keep going up and not go down. But, I was wrong.
If I could change things about what I did when I picked my companies to invest in, I would definitely change some things. The first thing I would change is I would pick something different then Walt Disney because Walt Disney didn’t do that well. I would pick Google instead because Google did really well. Another change I would make would be I would only want to invest in two stocks. The reason why is because you could focus better on just two and take more time on each of them. Those are two things that I would change about my stock companies.
If people wanted to invest in the stock market I would give them some advice that would help them. The first thing I would tell them would to make good choices of who you invest in. That way they make money and not lose a lot. Another thing is to always look at the historical prices. That way you can see if your company has lost or gained money in the past I would also tell people to invest in large companies. The reason why is because if you invest in really small companies you could easily lose money. 10,000 dollars, investing in stocks… could math class get any better!
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Steaming Stocks
For the past 14 weeks in math class, we have been buying and learning about different stocks. Out of all the great stocks, I invested in AT&T, Starbucks coffee, and JetBlue airways. The reason I picked AT&T is because I think that something so little as a phone company of would not do so well in these economic times. I chose Starbucks coffee because I believed it would do better. The reason I think it would do better because coffee is very affordable. JetBlue airways on the other hand, I thought would struggle. I thought it would struggle because in these times, who going to hop on an airplane?
After the 14 weeks of research, I most definitely would have changed a couple of things. First of all, I was right about AT&T, it did not make any money in fact, and it lost money! So, I think I would have bought a new stock. Starbucks also did not do so well. I thought since coffee is such an affordable thing, it would not have made a dramatic effect. But people are just not willing to pay for such a little thing like that. I think I should have just bought a completely new stock.JetBlue, like the other two did not do so well either. I was right; I guess people are not willing to hop on an airplane in these tough times. Since none of my stocks did so well, I think if I ever did a stock project again, I would not pick any of these three.
If I were to give advice to other people interested in investing in the stock market, I would tell them firstly to watch what they invest in. You need to watch what you invest in.If you buy a stock with not a lot of money, chances are it’s going to go down or already is going down. Another piece of advice I would give to future investors would be to keep track of your stocks. This would definitely help to see if your stocks went up or down and by how much. My last piece of advice would be to wait to sell your stocks until they are at a higher price than you bought them at even if you have to wait awhile.This would help because you would make more money.
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Wall Street Stock Market
For the past 14 weeks the 7th grade class has been working with the stock market. Each student got to pick 3 to 4 stocks to invest in. I chose the Starbucks Company, Walt Disney- Disney, and Coca-Cola Bottling Company. I chose to invest in the Starbucks Company because I like their drinks and it’s not a popular company, so the cost per share isn’t a lot on money. Walt Disney-Disney, I thought was a good company to invest in because it’s a popular and well known company. The Coca-Cola bottling company is a long lasting popular company, and I like their drinks.
After this stock project and 14 weeks of keeping track of the stocks I would want to change the stocks that I invested in. The outcome of Walt Disney wasn’t what I expected it to be, I lost 651.42 dollars. So I would want to change it to something like Google. Because some of the other students invested in Google and it turned out well. I would also change my investment of Coca-cola to Urban Outfitters Clothing Company because it did well. My last thing I would change would be to invest in smaller companies because it seems like the smaller companies (like Starbucks) did well. You can buy more shares and each share doesn’t cost a lot of money.
After this experience with the stock market, my advice would be to check the history of the stock you’re investing in. When you check the history you can see the stocks last trades, and that can help you decide. Another piece of advice would be to prepare to loose money because you never know when your stock will drop. The last piece of advice is to invest in less popular companies because you wouldn’t loose as much money compared to buying an expensive stock. This experience with the Stock Market was very interesting, I enjoyed learning about it and this can help me invest in stocks knowing what can happen.
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The reason I invested in these companies were because I was interested in them. Wal-Mart was one of them the reason I invested in Wal-Mart was because a lot of people shop there and it is a popular place and there always changing it to make it better. So I wanted to see how well they were doing. The next one I invested in was Nike because I see a lot of people around wearing these shoes so I though they were popular and I thought they would be doing well. The last one was Macys I didn’t really want to pick this one but it was the first one that came to mind I was only interested in Wal-Mart and Nike so I just picked this one because we had to have three.
I would probably make some changes to the stocks I made now that I have researched these stocks. Macys I would definitely change to apple because I just wasn’t interested in this one and because they stink they are probably the lowest stock in the stock market so that is the change I would make. Wal-Mart would stay the same because I picked it for a reason and I was interested in it but if I had to make a change I would change it to Exxon. Nike I would probably change because there is nothing interesting in this stock I thought it would be cool but it wasn’t but I would stick with the shoe thing though I would just choose a different shoe company.
I have some advice on what to do before investing in a stock. Only choose the one you’re interested in but before investing you should see how well there do. Also you should research the company before you invest in them check the historical prices and how they dropped or went up and make a prediction to future prices. Then invest in the one you want but only spend as much money as you want don’t go crazy with buying stocks because if it happen to go down or out of business then you spent all that money for nothing. I also learned I’m not interested in stocks
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A stock market experience to share
I invested in three companies for various reasons, and I’m going to explain why I invested in these companies. I invested in Apple because Apple makes computers, and no matter what state our economy is in, we will always buy computers. I had also heard that Apple was fairing well in the stock market, so I chose it. I invested in Google because I knew Google was a very successful company in the stock market, so it was a company I had in mind. I invested in Honda Motor Co. because I needed one more stock. I chose this one, not knowing that the car companies were going to be in a bearish market. Oh well…
Although I had done well in the stock market, I would want to change few things. I would change Honda Motor Co. to First Solar because the car industry didn’t do very well, and green energy companies would do well because solar panels are be becoming popular and more people are concerned about saving money in a desolate economy like this. I would also buy more shares from Google because Google did amazing in the stock market, having a gain of over $40 per share. I would want to invest in one more stock like Netflix because people have been ordering movies instead of spending $14 to go to the movies. With Netflix, you would be saving money and have more of a variety than the movies and the movie store. This would be one reason Netflix has been in a bearish market.
I had learned a lot in the stock market, and when I had started, I had been really helpless when it came to making good investments, so I will give some advice to people who are going to invest in the stock market.I would tell them that companies that will fare well even during hard times would be ones to chose. Netflix, Google and Apple are some examples of this. I would say to invest in more expensive companies, because they tend to get more of a profit than inexpensive stocks like Disney. A good example of this is Google, which gained much since when I bought some shares. I would also suggest making investments in companies that are becoming bullish like green companies; because those are the companies that people are beginning to lean towards because now everyone in environmentally conscious . First Solar is a perfect example of a “green power” kind of investing.
I felt this assignment helped me learn a lot about the stock market and how it works. In the end, I had gained over $1,000, and I could have made more of a profit if I had invested in different companies. I had made a very risky investment in Honda Motor Co., one of the many bearish car companies that were having problems late last year.I think I’ve done very well in the stock market, and who knows, maybe I’ll become the next Warren Buffet.
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In math class, we did a unit on the stock market. Everyone got a fake $10,000 to buy our stocks with. I invested in three stocks; Wal-Mart, Exxon-Mobil, and Staples. I picked Wal-Mart for a couple reasons. One is that when we bought these stocks, the economy was bad and Wal-Mart has low prices, so people who needed to save money could go to Wal-Mart to get things cheaper. Another reason is Wal-Mart sells a variety of things. I chose Exxon-Mobil because everyone needs gas for their cars and gas prices were down when we got to pick our stocks. I picked Staples because people need to buy school and office supplies.
Since I’ve been watching the stock market, I would probably make some changes to my choices if I could. One of the changes is this time of year I would have picked something other than Staples because kids buy their school supplies in the summer, so I would have invested in Staples in the summer. While I’m glad I pick Exxon-Mobil (because it’s the only stock that made me any money) I think that a good time to invest in it would be around the holidays because people travel around the holidays. Also, if I could, I would have bought more stocks of Exxon-Mobil. Another thing is that it is good to invest in places like Wal-Mart because they sell a large variety of things, so they could be good all year round.
If someone asked me for advice on the stock market, there are a few things that come to mind. One is to always buy low. You should buy low because you won’t be spending as much money as you would if you bought high. Another is to sell high. You should do this because if you sell your stocks when they are high, you will get more money. One more piece of advice is to always keep track of your stocks. If you always check your stocks, you will know if you should or shouldn’t sell your stocks. Even though I lost some money (fake money!!), I learned a lot about the stock market in this unit and it helped me understand a little more about what has been happening in the economy lately.
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Final Report of Stock Market
In math class we were given ten thousand dollars to invest in the stock market.I picked Dell Inc. because I wanted to see it the stocks would go down on computers in a bad economy. It went down and I lost money. I chose IBM because I recognized the name in the Dow Jones list as a business that is doing good. I ended up making a profit on that stock. The last company I picked was Coca-Cola. I picked it because it is an older company and I thought it would be doing well. I was and in the end I had a loss.
If I were to change anything about what I invested in I would chose more carefully. I would not invest in computers because in a bad economy people probably would not buy computers. I would buy more stocks in IBM because it was the only company that I invested in that did well and made me money. I would no buy as many stocks in Coca-Cola because in the end I lost money on it. It was doing well as I checked it every week.
If someone were to invest in the sock market I would tell them to not invest in computers or electronics. Dell Inc. lost me the most money out of all my stocks. I would tell them to invest in business machines because they were doing well when I bought them and they were cheap, so I bought a lot of them and that made me the most money. When I bought Coca-Cola it was doing well and every week that I checked it the stocks were up. My advice would be to buy the stocks low and sell them high.
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The stocks I choose were American Eagle, Google, and Wal-Mart. I choose American Eagle because it’s my favorite store and it wasn’t a lot of money. I decided to buy Google because it is a universally search engine.Finally I pick out Wal-mart since it’s a world wide store.
The changes I would make are buying Apple instead of Wal-mart. I would do this because Wal-mart didn’t do very well and Apple did very well because apparently a lot of teenagers got iPods for the holidays. Then I would buy more Google and American Eagle because they were bearish. Google will gain back their lose really fast.
There is some advice I will give people who are planning to buy stocks. Buy low sell high. If you buy stocks that are a lot of money they might end up losing it all. If you buy stocks that are low they end making money. Anotherpiece of advice I have is buy stock around Black Friday. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year. Because of all the Thanksgiving Day sales buy store stock right before then you will probably made a lot of money.
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Math Stock Market Project
In November of 2008, my math class and I were given an assignment to invest in 3-4 stocks and get as close to $10,000 as possible. When I was looking around to find some stocks, I decided to invest in Wal-Mart, Sears, American Express, and Best Buy. I had 73 shares for Wal-Mart, 61 shares for Sears, 67 shares for American Express, and 88 shares for Best Buy. My total came to $9999.33, not quite $10,000 but close enough. I choose these stocks because Wal-Mart is one of my favorite stores and when I bought it, it was making a lot of money. I choose Sears because it had really good stocks when I bought it and my family and I have many Sears’s appliances in our home. I wanted to invest my money in American Express because two of my aunts work there and I needed some extra money to put towards the $10,000 I needed to spend. I choose to do Best Buy because I got all of my electronics and games from there and it’s one of my favorite stores like Wal-Mart.
Now that I’ve researched and tracked my stocks for the last 14 weeks, I would add more shares to each of my stocks except for American Express. I would take American Express off my sheet because I don’t really need it and it’s lost a lot of money. I would add more stocks to Wal-Mart, Sears, and Best Buy so I could make more money and stay near the $10,000 that I needed to spend.
The advice I would give to other people about the stocks that I bought would be to watch the stocks that they invested in very carefully because they are constantly going up and down. Wal-Mart was one of these stocks that kept going up and down. One week it would be up to $55.44 and the next week it would be down to $51.38. Sears did the same thing, but Best Buy was staying in the same area until it worked its way up to $30. I would also tell them to buy one first because if you bought a lot, they could all go down and then they would lose money. Once they had enough experience in the stock market, they could progressively gain more stock and earn more money.
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From the start of school (November 13), our class has been reading the Stock Market and watching it drop and rise. We had 10,000 dollars to invest in any 3 Stocks; I picked IBM, Wal-Mart, and McDonalds. I picked Wal-Mart and McDonalds because I know they get a lot of business, thousands of loyal customers each day, thinking that there franchise would earn a lot of money thus increasing the stock price. Now IBM, I know there a company that sells computers in bulk, knowing that many companies would go, the supply for newer computers would be high, thus selling computers. Also IBM has released its new Graphics Card and Processor, also knowing that everyone wants the newer better technology. All three companies are very successful and I doubt they will bankrupt.
Now on week 14, I found that the only company I doubted would make the least amount of money has funded the most (IBM). McDonalds has made me little money, and I lost money in Wal-Mart. I thought that Wal-Mart would make me the most money, because Wal-Mart is a store with basically everything you ever need, and people would be buying constantly from it. I was wrong with that, many people has reduced there trips to Wal-Mart or McDonalds, from going to Wal-Mart 3 times a week to only once, same goes with McDonalds. I wish I have invested in bigger Bulk selling companies and technology companies. For example, apple has made a lot of money, maybe because Sales have increased for the holidays. Apple is a well structured company selling quality technology, again, that most people want the newest a best Technology in this age.
Some advice that you may want to know before emptying your bank account to buying stocks. What is the newest technology, or the coolest thing in this age? Is there a car company that is selling a lot of cars, if so you may want to think about investing in them? Make sure the company you’re investing in is a well strong company, go so you don’t lose all your money if that company goes bankrupt. Advise the stock you want to invest in, watch the stock for a week or two, and see if it raises, and how well it is doing. You also want to see if that stock/company has done well in the past. A stock is like a burning dumpling, you may see it, it looks good and you buy it. You may keep it for awhile and it may burn your hand and you want to sell it. What I’m saying is that, if the stock is doing well, invest, and if the economy is falling, or if you know the company is going to go bankrupt, sell the stock soon. The probably most told saying in the stock economy is to Buy low and sell high, well that’s sometimes not the solution some problems, you may buy low and sell low because the stock may fall. So this saying only applies if you know the stock you are investing in will rise. You make think about buy high, and sell higher. This stock market project has taught me many things that the economy can be wild and you could go bankrupt over night.
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Stock Market Final Report Project
Our seventh grade math class is doing a project about stocks. We chose three or more, stocks about fourteen weeks ago, and now we are telling about them. My first stock, was Walmart, which was a mistake. I lost almost sixteen dollars on it. I picked it because I like Walmart, and I thought it would be fun to do. My second one, Google, got me some money. I got fifty six dollars off of it, but since I lost money from Walmart, it brought me to $40.43. My third stock, the small one, was Bed Bath & Beyond. I only got $1.76 in the end, I got $42.19.
If I could redo this project, I would change Walmart, to a stock with a better profit margin. I wish I had used the money I had and invested them in google, so I could have more profit. I would have loocked back on the historical prices of walmart, and chosen a differently. If I had ignored the high buy price of google, my stock project would have made more money.
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Making money in chaotic times
The reasons I invested apple, Wal-Mart, and Google is I thought that they would make money. I invested in apple because I like that brand of computers. I invested in Wal-Mart because people need what Wal-Mart needs and Wal-Mart has low prices on every thing. Google is an information website that people support and I thought it would be making a lot of money.
Some changes I would make are I would buy more stocks in apple and Google. Google and apple made money when Wal-Mart went down. If I changed Wal-Mart to more apple and Google stocks I would have made more money. I would buy GE stocks in steed of Wal-Mart because my dad works there and it would be fun to see I it did go up.
Advice I would give to another person who is interested in investing would be to buy technology because they make money because every one wants more technology. Some more advice is to buy recourse that people need because the stocks will go up. One more piece of advice is not to invest In Wal-Mart it will go down and and will cost you money.
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Our math class was given a limit of ten thousand dollars to spend on stocks. We could only buy three to four stocks though, and had to decide how many shares we wanted for each stock. I picked three stocks they were Forward Industries, Google, and Wal-Mart. Morgan introduced to me the company Forward Industries, and at the time it was doing pretty well so I decided to invest in that stock. The next stock I chose was Google because it is a search engine that is used world wide. It doesn’t cost people money to use Google unless you own a part of the company. Last but not least is Wal-Mart, I invested in it because it is a store that has low reasonable prices. Most people don’t want to spend money while we are currently in a recession so they would want to purchase things that have low prices.
If I were given the choice to add, delete, or change anything I would have sold the stock Forward Industries because it didn’t do well. It decreased in the market, mostly because they sell electronics and nobody is willing to spend a lot of money while in this economic downfall. I wish I looked at the stocks historical prices because I didn’t look carefully enough . My stocks that I chose didn’t look that bad at the time but in the past it could have not been doing well. Investing in anything relating to saving energy would be a great idea. Many people are trying to stop global warming and are buying energy saving items. I wish I invested in fluorescent light bulbs or something similar to that.
Advice for others who are going to invest in the stock market is to check your stocks background. You want to make sure your stock has been doing well over a longer period of time instead of the day you look at it. I would highly recommend investing in anything energy efficient because many people are trying to “Go Green”, so you couldn’t go wrong there. Investing in electronics while in a recession is not the best idea because not a lot of people are going out and buying expensive electronics. Word of advice, pick yours stocks wisely.
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November 20, 2008: The start of the stock market investing unit. Investing in stocks can be risky. If you invest a couple hundred dollars in to one stock, just to find out that your stock went bankrupt and you are living on the street, would be the definition of Risky. But that would never happen, usually. Although the stocks on my list were doing great, one of mine went bankrupt. This stock was Gulf coast Oil and Gas. We had ten thousand dollars to use (Not real, just doing a project) for investing In Stocks.
My main three stocks were PODD Insulet Corporation, Youbet.com inc. and Gulf coast oil and gas. After about Five weeks my best stock price had already doubled.And after nine weeks my second stock, youbet.com inc., had already gone up. Last and least, back to five weeks, my third stock, gulf coast oil and gas, had already gone bankrupt. Luckily my $4000 loss from gulf coast was not all that bad, since this entire unit was four-teen weeks long, and with imaginary money, this was pretty fun, for a long and work filled trimester.Most of the work we did was just recording different prices for different stocks on different websites. Occasionally we would have a research worksheet due the next day. That’s about it. One project due every module and this is it.
If you’re planning on investing you might want some advice. First if you are going to buy a stock and hoping you’ll make some green here is a good tip; Buy low and sell high. Wait until the stock either doubles, or halves in price, then SELL. Another good and helpful tip that could be used is; do Not Buy anything for under $100.00. Why? Because the stock may go very cheap and low and that cannot be good. Also, don’t buy any stock that you do not have enough money to maintain it well enough so that you won’t go broke and live off scraps on the street.
The last things that I have to say about stocks are that they just make me furious. You have to watch them every day and record everything. The thing that makes me happy about the stock market is getting money. Although I still made quite a profit, I think there were some changes I could have made. One major change I should have made at the beginning was never to have invested in Gulf Coast Oil and Gas. For the first couple of weeks it was doing well, but after that there was a major drop in prices. Major drops at the stock market are never good unless you are waiting to buy something cheap and fast. That is all I have to say about the stock market… for now.
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I invested in like Apple, Google, Coca Cola. I invested in Apple because it looks like it was doing very good. I invested in Google because every one I know uses it. I invested in Coca Cola there are a lot of commercials on TV.
The only thing I would change is to buy more shares in Apple and Google because they are doing very well. If you were to invest, you should invest in something people use a lot like Google or something that has a lot of commercials.
A good tip is that something that makes the most money, people use a lot or that has the most commercials like Apple.
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Stock Market Final Report
In math class we were given 10,000 fake dollars to invest in stocks. My three were Apple, Exxon Mobile and At & T. I picked Apple because it was a good company, most people were switching from PC to Macs, the new Iphone was coming out and the stock price wasn’t to drastically expensive. I picked Exxon Mobile because the price was good, gas prices were going down and it was one of the only gas companies I could think of at that point. I picked At & T because it was a very low priced company, I wanted something to do with phones and it was the best one I found.
If I could change anything about this project I definitely would without a second thought add in the ideas I have put after this. My first change would be that we would be able to sell our stocks throughout the entire project. The reason for this is because some of my stocks did not do that well and some of my classmates stocks did exceptional. I would also change some of my stocks earlier because I had a few stocks that did not do that well, some of my stocks dropped after I bought them and two of my stocks dropped the day we sold them. I would also of liked to have longer to search for stocks. The reason behind this is that I think that we could of found better stocks, we would of looked at more stocks and we would of know what stocks were worse .
The advice I would give people would be pick stocks you know, sell when you’re at the top and pick stocks with things you know people are buying. The reason behind the first one is that if you pick one you don’t know it could be bad and if you know a good stock you should buy it. The reason for the second one is that if you have a stock that goes up and down don’t wait for it to keep going up, on one of it’s bigger spikes of it going up sell it. Then for the last one the reasoning behind it is that if you picked a stock that you thought was good but didn’t really know then it could go out of business, if you picked Apple like I did and you knew about it you would know that it was going to go up because it is a blooming company, if you picked Circuit City you would not know that company because they are on the verge of going out of business.
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In math class we where “given” $10,000 to invest in the stock market. I invested in Podd because it just spiked down in price and I thought it would go slowly up and it did. I also thought that it would be good because it had a really low stock price. I chose Exxon for no particular reason. I needed a 3rd stock so I bought Exxon. I bout Google because it just went down but I knew that they where still making a lot of popular software.
If I could go back and change something I would not change much. I would have bought more Podd because it doubled in price. I would have waited a week to buy Podd because it went down from 4.40 to 3.30. It was also a really good idea to buy Google because it went up about $65.
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Final report
In math class we invested 10,000 dollars worth of stocks. One of the stocks that I picked was coca-cola. I was sure that I would not go out of business because everyone buys it. Another stock that I picked was gap. When I picked this I was thinking of Christmas and every one would be shopping. There was no real reason that I picked it. The last stock that I picked was evergreen solar I picked this because everyone is starting to go more green and more energy efficient.
After researching this is what I would want to change about my stocks. If I could change one thing about coca-cola I would have bought more shares since I got the most money with that stock. For my gap stock I would a picked something more popular like Google or maybe Apple. I would never have chose evergreen solar because I lost money.
My advice to you on buying stocks is never pick penny stocks because you will usually lose money. Pick popular companies they will make the most money. Last if you want to buy a stock keep track of how its doing over about 14 -20 weeks. That way you will have a good guess if it will lose money or not.
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Our teacher gave us “10000” dollars to invest in stocks .My first stock that I picked was Apple. I picked it because it is a very popular company and lots of people buy things from it. It also has a very popular website called iTunes that lots of people buy songs for their iPod from it. I picked Macy’s because we are in a recession and it has good clothes at a good price it is also a big company. The last stock I choose was Google because people use it a lot and it is the best search website and lots of people know about it.
Now that this project is over if I could change anything I would change I would buy more Apple shares because I made a lot of money with my Apple shares. I would also not pick Macy’s again because it is a retail store and retail stores are having a hard time right .I did make money with Macy’s but I could make more money with a different stock. I would also buy more shares of Google because it made me a lot of money.
Here is some advice that I would give to you if you are interested research the stocking market. First you should probably research and find out witch stock has done the best in the past. You should also see witch Company because popular companies usually make lots of money. Next you should track, read the newspaper and see witch went down or you should do that for a couple of weeks. Lastly you should pick a company that would do well in an economy and watch how the economy is doing .I learned a lot about the Stock market.
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Bear Market Blues
14 weeks ago the 7th grade was given ten thousand imaginary dollars. We where told to take the ten thousand dollars and invest in three shares. I picked three different shares. The first one I picked was Pain therapeutics. I picked this one because I thought the research in America was making more meds to fight off pains. The other share was SMF Energy corp. SMF is a green energy product producer. The third one was called nutrition21. I thought this investment would be good because the history behind this stock was a high daily value average.
I have researched the stock market for 14 weeks now and I have come to on conclusion to the stock market. My conclusion was that you should try to stay away from investing in stocks less than one dollar because they probably had to of started at something higher and worked its way down.
From the experience of my gains and losses I have lost about four thousand dollars. My advice to you and the future investors would be to try as much as possible to stay away from investing in “penny” stocks. I lost about four thousand dollars in all my investments by just investing in penny stocks.
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