Stock Markets Exposed
DO you get this..............?
follow the stock market for ten business days. The stock market is not open on the weekends or holidays, so do not submit stock prices from those days. make sure that you accurately record each of the stock prices for the ten days. Pretend that you have been given $10,000 to invest in the stock market. You can find a list of stocks either online or in a newspaper. here are really only three columns that you need to worry about. There should be a column labeled "Stock". That says the name of your stock. There should be another column labeled "Close". That is the total price of that stock for the day. You will need to know that number. It tells you how much your stock costs. The final column you need to pay attention to is labeled "Chg" or "Change". These numbers all have a + or - sign next to them. That number tells you how much your stock gained or lost during the day. Here is an example: STOCK CLOSE CHG McDnlds 27.50 +.12 This means that the stock I chose is McDonalds. It costs $27.50 per share. Today the stock went up 12 cents. (If it had said -.12, that would have meant the stock went down by 12 cents.) Now, look through the newspaper and choose five different stocks. Record the name of the stock, how much each share costs, how many shares you want to buy, and the date. Remember that you have $10,000 to spend. You can divide the money any way you want between the five stocks. Write down how much each share is worth and multiply that by the number of shares you decided to purchase. That will tell you how much total money you have invested. It will change every day. So, each day you need to go back to the stock page and find out if your share prices went up or down. Record the amount they went up or down. At the end of the ten days, compare your final dollar amount with the amount you initially invested. If the amount is higher, you made money. If it is lower, you lost money. For this assignment, you need to turn in the following sections: Section 1: Stock portfolio-this should include the name of each of your stocks, the number of shares you purchased, the exact dates you tracked your stocks, and the price of your stocks for each of those ten days. Don’t forget to include the exact dates. Your assignment will not be graded without the dates. Section 2: Write a 4-5 sentence paragraph explaining how much money you ultimately gained or lost and what you have learned from this assignment. HELP!!! I can't do this assingment!!? I don't know nothing about the stock market, don't understand what it wants me to do also I havent been keeping track of the stock market. brad thanks but that is even more confusing then this.^
Public Comments
- this seems pretty straight forward. why can't you do it?
- The closing price is then ending price for a share of that stock on that certain day. Your stock will be based in letters. Change will be the daily move from the previous day's close. + or - value from the stock for that day. Mcd You are right about the change of 12 cents. Sounds like you will have to pick all the stock on the same day and have a value near 10k. that's easy to do and report on. Pick your companies. The most active column on yahoo finance is a very good choice to find huge companies. At the end of each trading day, list the closing price of each stock in your notebook and just keep record for the days. Tip, don't write down the premarket or afterhours quotes. Only the closing price from each day. List names of stocks. How many shares of each company. multiply to get near the 10k over all companies. Every day, you just check on yahoo finance and get the closing price and the + or - change. There is also a chart section in case you accidently forget. To check the past. Section 2 you would just add up the = and - changes from each company from the first day you bought and price and the closing price on the 10th day. Want a few picks to do your report on? Msft - microsoft Mo - altria Mcd - mcdonalds Xom - exxon mobil Wwe - world wrestling entertainment. This is a diverse portfolio. With all different sector companies. Another hint, the market is real bad right now. i couldn't see a big gain or even coming out even in ten days. but hey it's not real money, it's schoolwork. i invest and trade almost every day. These picks are good for a downbeat market, have good dividend yields. good luck.
- Watch Jim Cramer's Mad Money show on CNBC. You'll learn a lot about the stock market.
