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NOTE: To change the image on this slide, select the picture and delete it. Then click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. MEETING #4 – HOW TO INVEST NOVEMBER 13, 2015 ic.stgeorges.bc.ca
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Today’s Agenda Identifying Catalysts What is a Catalyst? Catalyst Examples Investment Terms Item 1 Investment Resources Interpreting Graphs (demo) Team Sectors Item 2 Analyst Teams Head Analysts Item 3 Activity and Reminders Industry Presentations Item 4
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What is a Catalyst? Anything that incites a change Any news item Anything that is able to cause a change in stock price Essential to value investing Company news, change in leadership, change in macroeconomic conditions, etc.
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Catalyst Examples Can you provide an example of a catalyst?
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Live Demo How we do we use the research available to us to research and evaluate stocks? For this demo, we will use Google Finance to examine Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B) http://bit.ly/1VjBCWL
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Basic Investment Terminology Ticker/Quote: The symbol used to represent the stock on a stock exchange. All TSX stocks end in.TO. I.E: TD.TO, L.TO, RCI.B.TO Market Cap: total value of shares outstanding EPS: Earnings Per Share – net income over last four quarters (fiscal year) divided by the shares outstanding. P/E Ratio: the ratio of the stock’s price, to its earnings per share Beta: the measure of a stock’s risk in relation to its market Image Here
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Head Analyst Announcements Drumroll, please… Consumer Retail: Mike Zhang Financial Institutions: Wesley Graham Industrials: Davin Liu Natural Resources: Michael Li Real Estate & Health: Felix Hoehne Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Harley Lancit
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Company Examples Consumer Retail: Loblaws Financial Institutions: Bank of Montreal Industrials: Methanex Natural Resources: Husky Real Estate & Health: RioCan Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Rogers
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Analyst Team Placement Please sort yourself into your preferred industry. Do so by interest! Please go to the following link to sign up for teams. http://ic.stgeorges.bc.ca/analyst-teams/ You can join any team you wish. We will be balancing out numbers afterwards. Finalized lists will be posted on club website.
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Analyst Team Activity In two weeks – Head Analysts - research your industry and be prepared to present! Maximum length of presentation is 2 minutes. Should include general, basic information about the industry (major companies, how well are they doing, etc.) Any presentation media is fine (no presentation media is fine as well). Members – you will be sorted into teams by next week.
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Other Reminders Sign-up using club website Hand in consent forms – you cannot propose without them handed in. Minutes team positions Talk to Jimmy in person or email him (jimmy.teng2016@stgeorges.bc.ca) Communicate with your head analysts!
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And Remember… “An investment in knowledge… pays the best interest.” - Benjamin Franklin
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