2013
Mr. Acker
For the month of December, I was given an assignment consisting of $100,000 and four stocks to invest in. My four stocks were The Ralph Lauren Corp., Visa Inc., Master card Inc. and The Chevron Corp. As stated I was given a month to record my data and I ended up with a total capital gain of $5,518.36 for the one month period for my investments. I have to thank you Mr. Acker, this project was not difficult, but it did confuse me. Receiving this assignment scared me in a way, because I didn’t know what I was getting into. The finance world is scary and tricky, one minute the market is doing good and other days it would be low. While calculating my capital gains or losses I thought I would lose a larger
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It also offers a range of payments platforms that enable credit, debit, prepaid, and cash access programs, as well as digital, mobile, and eCommerce payments for individuals, businesses and government entities. Visa Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The beginning stock price was $148.47 per shares purchased and closed at $148.65 with a gain of $11.57.
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
Choosing two profitable stocks amongst a myriad of potential alternatives is a daunting task to say the least. In order to narrow my choices from thousands to two, I examined several aspects of companies I was interested in. Among these were, company overview, alpha and beta ratings, price ratios, price charts, and company headlines. After evaluating this information, I chose Intuit INC (INTU) listed on the NASDAQ and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) listed on the NYSE.
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, there was no real stock market. However stock exchanges did take place in smaller groups and corporations. This all took place during the 1700's where stocks were already around for a long time before that but it wasn't really popular in the United States. Stocks originally started as auctions where traders called out names of companies and the shares available. There was a auction that took place and the shares went to the highest bidders.
The stock market has always intrigued me and I have since been eager to learn more about it. Starting back in January of this year, I ordered three textbooks on stock trading to become more informed on the subject. After reading these books, I gained further insight on stock trading which led me to open my own brokerage account where I could buy and sell stocks. I started by playing a stock simulation which was very similar in concept to StockTrak, a program we used in this class. I found that this helped provide me with a hands on experience which helped familiarize me with stock trading and learning how to manage and use my money efficiently. I continued to play this simulation for about two months and during this time my portfolio grew about 4%, which provided me a confidence boost and motivated me to invest in my real money into the stock market. In March of 2015, I officially began trading in the stock market and I continued to learn along the way. As of now, I have roughly nine months of stock trading experience. As stated previously, I have always had in interest in the stock market, but I never acted upon it until as recently as earlier this year. My interest in the stock market was peaked because I enjoy taking risks and the stock market
There are many different ways to save money and there are different things to save for. A savings plan for an immediate want is apparently different than a savings strategy for retirement. One may choose to select stocks, bonds, or mutual funds for a savings strategy, however, my personal choice is to invest in bonds first, then mutual funds.
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.
3. At what price would you recommend that Rosetta Stone shares be sold?Rosetta Stone: Pricing the 2009 IPO
As time when on I could see where I was struggling to make anything off of different companies. Throughout the whole game I feel like I did good and bad. At the beginning of the game I did horrible like there’s wasn’t any hope at all, but, nevertheless, I figured out which ones to invest into. After figuring out which ones to invest more into helped out a lot since then I started to do good. The things I could have done differently to be more successfully are try to figure out which ones to invest into at the beginning of the game and then bought more of the better stocks that was doing better than the
Visa has become one the most promising stocks in the credit card industry. Its stock symbol is V, and it trades in the financial sector of the The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). As an investor, Visa has remained one of my most lucrative investments. In 2008, I purchased Visa as an initial public offer at $59.00 per share. Since that time, the stock has climbed as high as $248.00 and split 4 to 1 on March 18, 2015 with a split share price of $62.00. Although the reason for splitting remains undeclared, the value of the stock has remained consistent with steady growth toward a more promising future.
On May 17, 1792 24 stock brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement on Wall Street in New York City under a Buttonwood tree. The agreement formed a centralized exchange that eliminated the need for auctioneers. It also set up rules for the trading of public bonds that were used to pay for the American Revolution. In 1817, a formal organization was setup and named the New York Stock Exchange & Board. In 1863 it was renamed the New York Stock Exchange and in 1903 it moved to its present headquarters at 18 Broad Street.
During the investment period from January to March, I have built a portfolio in the hopes to bring a good return on investments. These investments contain a diversified portfolio of large and medium domestic cap stocks, mutual funds, and bonds. There were different strategies and expectations for all the different investments involved in the portfolio.
Through this paper Pepsi and Coca Cola will be fully evaluated. A stock market analysis will be presented to a client as part of a professional consultation process. A background of both Pepsi and Coca will be accompanied in order to have a full synopsis of each company. The stock trends will be examined for both investment options. The stock trends will be based from the intial public offering day to January 2, 2012. Current events surrounding both companies will be displayed in order to assist the analysis. Lastly, we will analyze the financial statements of both companies. After a complete review of both companies a recommendation will be made as the better investment opportunity for
After buying and selling the previous stocks, I had extra money. I needed to purchase one more stock to spend all my money, but I did not know what to buy. I went to yahoo finance and typed in a letter, and picked the first one that came up. This stock was Lowe’s Company. This company sales home improvement supplies. I am familiar with Lowe’s, so I purchased 300 shares. It was a late purchase that I only had for 4 days. I learned after liquidating that I should have purchased this stock earlier, so I was not forced to sale for less than I bought it for. I ended up losing $299.90 on this stock. This was not a smart investment.
The student was instructed to create a portfolio in a website called How the Market Works; when he created the profile he joined the contest GEB 1011. Starting with $50,000 and he had to invest in the stock market. The objective of this contest was to learn How the Market Works and learn skills at investing.
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