Financial Analysis Of Two Stocks

Apple’s Inc.’s graphs clearly shows how the stock price has been increasing in instances of Open, High, Low, Close, Average and Volume rate between the period. As it was depicted in the descriptive statistics table, the stock price has been inclining constantly within two months. Benefiting from the great increases in the sales of IPHONE and IPAD and the record surge of Mac sales, the apple stock price has kept rising since last October.

Over the course of the previous and current semester I have had the opportunity to experiment with investing on a level that I have never been able to before. Using Stock Trak, I was able to try out various methods of investing that I normally would not have had the chance to do. Using the $500,000 dollars that Stock Trak starts you off with, I had the opportunity to invest in options, futures, high end mutual funds, and bonds. I have learned a bit through this experience that will benefit me for the rest of my life. Although it was not a perfect experience; and there was more I wish I would have gained, there is no doubt that I will benefit from this experience. For the rest of this paper, I will be discussing how I used Stock Trak, the things I would have changed, what I learned, and how I plan to apply this experience to the rest of my life.

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The success of a business depends on its ability to remain profitable over the long term, while being able to pay all its financial obligations and earning above average returns for its shareholders. This is made possible if the business is able to maximize on available opportunities and very efficiently and effectively use the resources it has to create maximum value for all involved stakeholders. One way the performance of a company can be measured on critical areas such as profitability, its ability to stay solvent, the amount of debt exposure and the effectiveness in resource utilization, is performing financial analysis where a set of ratios provides a snapshot of company performance

For the second week I took upon a different strategy. I bought stocks in Carpathian Gold, which is a mining company that looks for efficient ways to mine gold in Brazil, and lately the have expanded their production to different parts in Brazil, which should raise their capital gain since they are going to be bringing more gold. I also bought stocks in Yellow Page’s, a company that is well known for hosting ads, and lately they have enhanced their company and expanded through the use of technology and getting Yellow Pages Apps. The third stock that I bought that week was in a company called Excellon Resources, a company that collects minerals and researches on ways that they can be used. Excellon Resources is a company that operates in Mexico and has expanded its project to more parts in Mexico, thus aiming to increase their profits. I also bought stocks in First Nickel Inc. which is a

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has potential to continually provide shareholders with profits in the distant future. I applied the

It’s all about technology stocks these days and Google is considered a long term buy. In July for example, Google gave its investors a 20% increment beating financial analysts ' expectations in its quarterly earnings report bringing it to up to a whopping 32% year to date. The stock also recorded earnings per share of $6.99, beating Wall Street estimates of $6.70.

The purpose of this report is to prepare financial advice for Owen Money including his financial goals. We are also to have a thorough and effective analysis of the mix of investments that will be used for your clients’ portfolios.

The stocks we picked are all that we know about, which we think has the potential to grow in the future. We had Nokia, Apple, Google, At&T, Cisco, Intel for Tech stock, and we had RDS, ETP, Duke, for energy, and Wells Fargo&co and Coca-Cola for consumer goods and services. There are some particular stocks that we’d like to talk about: I, Lijing Lu, actually believe that Nokia is going to perform well in two month when I first started trading because its release of Lumia 920. After its presentation and new conference in Oct, it confirms my belief, and that’s why I bought a great portion of Nokia. However, it didn’t perform well as I expected it to in the next 2 weeks. We were afraid that people lose faith in Nokia even with the help of Microsoft’s generous “donation”. On Nov. 6th, we saw that Nokia was picking up, and that’s when I decided to buy back Nokia again. Though

From the table shown above, I used a bottom-up and aggressive approach to study and screen the kinds of stocks to

I select REA Group LTD as my growth stock and Boral LTD as a mature firm with substantial tangible assets.

Here at Erie, our vision is to be the recognized industry leader in both the high tech and low tech industries by offering affordable, yet well positioned products to consumers. The first of our priorities is to deliver the lowest priced sensors to the market in a way that profits the company. We will measure our success by monitoring our market share, profits, margins and the overall position of our company. Our goal is to have 20% of the overall market share after three years. Within a two year time horizon, Erie 3 expects minimal returns in exchange for future profitability, as company resources will be allocated towards developing a sustainable position within the market. Looking forward to 2025, Eire 3 plans to be a leader in market

Lastly, the final stock I chose to invest in was Nike Inc. Nike is very popular for their apparel. Many professional teams and athletes are sponsored by Nike, which led me to investing in the Nike Inc. stock. This company is constantly releasing new shoes, clothing, and even athletic equipment; like golf clubs. Nike is so popular; you almost don’t go a day without seeing their logo. Nike Inc. was a little pricey, but I decided to take the chances that it would be a good stock to invest in.

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