Essay on Investments

12. Describe an alternative investment that you might invest in someday, and explain why this investment is appealing to you. (2-4 sentences. 2.0 points) Peer-to-peer lending. It's a high return investment but also high risk. There are ways to invest in Peer-to-peer to minimize risk. It's a great alternative investment option.

In the beginning of the stock market game I bought only stocks in only 5 different companies, those companies were all companies that I was familiar with. The five companies were Apple, American Eagle, Costco, Disney and Hershey. I bought Apple stock because who doesn’t think of Apple when they think of big companies with a lot of money.

The company does a lot of technology work. The best stock i had was Microsoft. I bought 111 shares of it and it went up 4.41% since i bought it. I made a total of $260 off of it. This was the stock that i had originally wanted to invest all my money into but i backed out of my plan and invested into multiple stocks to decrease my risk. The reason i had invested into seven stocks was that i knew some would drop and some would gain so i wanted to balance out my money that way if one stock started doing really bad i would have another one doing good, decreasing my risk. When i bought my stocks i decided that i would just leave them alone and see how the gain or decrease. I didn't want to keep selling and buying more. This strategy didn't work out so well because my US oil stock dropped so low. i should've sold it when it was reasonable and bout something that would make me money. Later down the road that stock would make me a lot of money when the price of oil goes up and that why i think i kept it instead of selling

Our approach is an active security selection with passive asset allocation. We invest heavily in common stocks, but vary our holdings to include companies of all sizes and industry groups. We seek to achieve sufficient diversification by abstaining from investing more than 5% of the total assets in a single security unless it has significant upside potential, and we make an exception for ETFs and index funds as they represent a basket of securities. Our main goal is to identify and invest in common stocks with high potential for both short- and long-term capital appreciation. Our secondary goal is to invest in common stocks with steady income. When potential for rewards are high, we also enter into derivative

The two firms that I have chosen for this Investment Recommendation Report are Bon- Ton Stores, Inc. and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Bon- Ton and Dick’s both share some similarities in the merchandise that they sell in terms of clothing and apparel but they are categorized in two different industries. Dick’s is a member of the sporting goods industry while Bon Ton is part of the retail industry.

The company I chose to invest in is the Universal Healthcare Services. UHS inc operates many different types of businesses including, acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, ambulance services, surgical hospitals and oncology centers (www.uhsinc.com). It is important to investors that the company is within the top leadership of their market. United health services is well known and respected within their market, making them market leaders. Market leadership means that the company will have more pricing power and a bigger presence within the market. Market leadership also means that the company will have a large fan base and brand recognition. Universal health Services is one of largest Hospital management facilities in the world, they have build an extensive record and impressive

Life insurance is meant to provide funds to replace a breadwinner's to protect and support dependents. Chad and Haley are dependents, not income providers. Therefore, the purchase of life insurance is unnecessary and not recommended. The Dumonts should use the money they would spend on policies for the children to increase their own coverage.

$18. 30 Day’s high $17.55 trade time Apr 22, 2017, Days low $17.55 trade time change- 1.14% at 52-week high $22.51 the previous close 17.40 and low at 52-weeks $13.06 open at 17.30 the Beta 0.74 The volume was 53.823 Avg.vol 112.122 looking at the above figures the stock they are in a good position. One of their competitors is Amazon. Both companies are star rating the stocks are doing great. Overstock have had a constant and sturdy growth. The online retail giant is a threat to brick-and-mortar stores. Theirs some negative profitability, rising cost and some feel overstock price, put them in a danger zone with the stock market. Overstock up against the competitor such as Amazon, and Wayfair has declined some but not a lot. They have not deteriorated to the point they are in trouble with stock. The profitability of overstock is growing 13% compounded annually from 2002 through 2016; they have lost yet

3. My third company I chose to invest $40,000 into was Mastercard Inc. Mastercard’s incorporation is exchanged by NYSE. MasterCard Incorporated, a payments and technology company, together with its subsidiaries, provides transaction processing and other payment-related services in the United States and internationally. Its payment solutions include payment programs, product development, payment processing technology, payment security, consulting, and information services and marketing. The company provides transaction processing services comprising transaction switching, which include authorization, clearing, and settlement; connectivity services, such as network access, equipment, and the transmission of authorization and settlement messages; and other payment-related services, including products used to prevent or detect fraudulent transactions, cardholder services, professional consulting and research services, compliance and penalty, account and transaction enhancement services, holograms, and

You would not buy a home, car or other large purchases without researching what product offered you the most for your money. The same is true when investing in a company. Investors do avid research on multiple companies to find what company matches the investors' criteria. In this paper Team C will research both AT&T and Verizon's financial documents. Team C will compare selected ratios, cash flow and make recommendations how both companies can manage cash flow for the future.

Further, our strategy involved paying attention to current events and attempting to use them to generate a return. For example, Horizon Pharmaceuticals’ stock price took a nosedive after an October 19th New York Times article suggested that Horizon was attempting to thwart Express Scripts’ attempts to lower the price of prescription drugs. The decision was made to buy 100 shares of stock in Horizon when its price spiraled down to a measly $14.62 per share, as we expected Horizon would do something to stop the bleeding, and historically has been a pretty volatile stock. Horizon came back with a scorching rebuttal in an open letter later that day, spiking its stock price more than 30% on October 23rd, and by October 28th, this move landed us our greatest return of any stock that we purchased and held until the end of the period: 18% (see appendix).

Many analysts would note that based on the consensus of the world population, the company’s equity is of the highest value as they are currently ranked as industry leader in market capitalization (source: Yahoo Finance) which conveniently brings me to my next evaluation.

Mutual funds are an easy, convenient way to invest, without having to worry about choosing individual stocks. A mutual fund can be defined as a single portfolio of stocks, bonds, and/or cash managed by an investment company on behalf of many investors. The investment company manages the fund, and sells shares in the fund to individual investors. When one invests in a mutual fund, they become a part-owner of a large investment portfolio, along with all the other shareholders of the fund. The fund manager invests the contributions when shares are purchased, along with money from the other shareholders. Every day, the fund manager counts up the value of all the fund's holdings, figures out how many shares have been purchased by

The case subject revolves around MiniScribe, a manufacturer of disk storage products that is under the watch list for rumors directed to the firm’s problems with cash flow and inventory. The objective of the report is to come up with a BUY OR DON’T BUY recommendation for Alexander & Ferris using the available financial and qualitative information.

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that provides university students with mentoring and hands-on training in financial analysis. Our team was tasked with providing a detailed investment recommendation on Southwest Airlines. As the team leader, I assigned research and ensured the consolidation of all the research. Our team was one of eight schools in the southwest region of the country chosen to advance to the next level of the competition. We presented