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Stock market basics STOCK MARKET PROJECT. PROJECT OUTLINE $25,000 to invest You must invest in 5 corporations (at least 1 from the dow jones and the rest.

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1 stock market basics STOCK MARKET PROJECT

2 PROJECT OUTLINE $25,000 to invest You must invest in 5 corporations (at least 1 from the dow jones and the rest from other markets). No foreign stocks Follow the performance of your stocks on Tuesdays and Fridays – if you are absent we can always go back and check for those days. Stock must cost $5 or more per share, no penny stocks.

3 Where to find http://finance.yahoo.com/ Dow Jones – 30 largest U.S. companies Nasdaq – tend to be tech companies, range in size. 3000-4000 companies. DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) Nasdaq (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)

4 HOW TO CHOOSE Past Performance (Research) 52 Week High/52 Week Low Stock Listings Graphs

5 Common Choices Company (stock symbol) Netflix (nflx) Google (goog) Chipotle (cmg) American Eagle (aeo) Abercrombie and Fitch (anf) Facebook (fb) Starbucks (sbux) Dunkin Donuts (dnkn) Hershey (hsy) Under Armour (ua)

6 Original Buying Sheet I bought __100____ shares of __Nike__________ stock at $___100___ per share for a total of $__10,000______ So, out of your $25,000 you were originally given you have invested $10,000 in Nike stock. That leaves you with 15,000 to invest in 4 other companies. Remainder cannot be greater than the price of one share of your cheapest stock.

7 Google stock When google stock was first offered (January 2004) it was going for $85/share. It’s current price is around$750/share (now owned by Alphabet Inc). So if you bought 100 shares initially it would have cost you $8500. If you sold those 100 shares today you would have a profit of $66,500. ($75,000 – $8500)

8 What you will receive Today: Manila Folder Original buying sheet 5 Daily record sheets (1 for each company) Ending selling sheet Toward the end: 5 profit/loss statements Profit/loss final statement

9 Grade Grade will include Title page (you will create)5 pts Original buying sheet15 pts Daily record sheets25 pts Ending selling sheets10 pts Profit/loss statement sheets15 pts Profit/loss final statement sheet10 pts Graphs (you will create)15 pts Total points95 pts


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