1. * Extra Credit* 100pts 50pts and 25 pts for the students that have the closest predictions for the Close of the DOW and/or the NASDAQ on June 2 th Thursday 2011 Name Date DOW AND NASDAQ STOCK MARKETS

2. Warm Up Describe a specific instance when a company's stock value has gone up or down. OR Describe a specific instance when the stock market has gone up or down, as reflected in the Dow and NASDAQ numbers.

3. Stock Market Prices What causes stocks to go up or down? UP When there is good news about a company on TV or in the newspaper World events are peaceful When conditions are such that people find it easy to find a job and make more money When things seem to be going much better for myself and everybody else in the future DOWN When there is bad news about company on TV or newspaper When there seems to be a great deal of trouble in the world When conditions exist where it is hard to find work and make money When things are going to be much worse for myself and everybody else in the future.

4. What is the Dow Jones??? Began in late 1800’s, in New York, by Mr. Jones and Mr. Dow Consists of older, more established companies The DOW is an average of 30 stock prices that are used to indicate the general level of stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange Examples of Dow Jones Companies: AT&T Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Chevron, JP Morgan, General Motors, General Electric, McDonald Corporation, Johnson and Johnson, Coca Cola, Wal-Mart

5. What is the NASDAQ? Began in the 1970’s consists of newer companies, especially computer/tech companies, and pharmaceutical companies Also includes many foreign companies, not just U.S. Sales and trades conducted online The NASDAQ is snapshot of the ups and downs of more than 5,000 companies listed on the NASDAQ stock market. Each company affects the index in proportion to its size, which means bigger companies have more of an impact on the NASDAQ than do smaller companies. NASDAQ Companies: Ben and Jerry’s, Microsoft, Staples, Intel, Dell Computers, Nordstrom, NEXTEL, Outback Steakhouse, Apple, Qualcomm

6. Question/Think??? What are some differences between the NASDAQ and the DOW?

7. NYSE Older Well Established Companies More expensive to list More difficult to list Well established companies Human based trading IBM Boeing NASDAQ High Growth Stocks Cheaper to list Less requirements to list New emerging companies High Tech – Biotech All computer based Google Microsoft

8. Current Dow Jones Chart Range: 2 years ago until now.

9. Current Value of the DOW As of 2/5/11: The DOW's average is 12,092 Last year, at this time the DOW's average was 10,012.

10. History of Dow Note: Notice the spikes and pits in the years 1904, 1932, and 2003.

11. Current NASDAQ Chart Range: 2 years ago until now.

12. Current Value of NASDAQ As of 2/5/11: The NASDAQ’s average is 2,769 Last year, at this time the NASDAQ average was 2,141.

13. History of NASDAQ

14. Prediction Slip Make a prediction (your educated guess) for the close of the DOW and the NASDAQ on June 9 th 2010 Slips are DUE ON or before the end of the period Wednesday Feb. 9!! FAILURE TO TURN IN A PREDICTION SLIP MEANS YOU ARE OUT OF THE GAME!