Monday, December 12, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
FINAL TRANSACTIONs!
For this week, I am going to talk about a transaction I made during the first week we began this game. Actually, I'm pretty sure I bought share for this company durning the first five minutes along with 5 more. I will be talking about McDonalds, MCD.
Basic Information: McDonalds act as a food retailer worldwide. This company franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants that offer various food items, coffe, soft drinks, coffee, desserts, snacks, and other beverages. Also a full or limited breakfast menu. There are 32,943 restaurants in 117 countries as of June 30, 2011. Because of the population of McDonalds company, and the amount of people go there, is the reason why I bought shares.
I bought 100 shares at $89.24. This is alright considering the 52-week range is $72.14-$95.88. The price I bought it at was towards the top. Its a shame I didn't know this at the time. The price per share now is 85.50 which is only about 30 cents less than the highest price. With that know, I believe I did okay.
McDonalds is a long term investment because it always stays up towards the top. It is one of those companies you never expect to run out of buisness. McDonalds does have a catalyst from time to time, but I didn't consider it a trade because of how well they do.
Competitors:
Yum! brands:
dividends--2.00%
market cap--25.93B
Starbucks:
dividends--1.60%
market cap--32.78B
Market Cap:97.65B
Sector: Consumer Goods
Dividend: 3.00%
Prediction: I predict that the price per share will increase to a higher price of 96.50 per share because it is almost Christmas time and they always come out with holiday foods that are only seasonal. With that, more people will come to get what they can while they can.
My other transaction is Wal Mart Stores Inc.. I accidentally bought 332 shares for this at 58.13 per share. I didn't realize how awful of a mistake this was until now. I looked up the 52 week range and discovered the range was 48.31-59.40. Awful, just awful. In the end, I think it will work out because Wal Mart is a good company and a lot of people will go there for Chrismas shopping. With that said, Wal Mart is a long term investment becuase there are no catalyst involved. Wal Mart offers a dividend of 2.50%. The market cap is 200.05B.
Basic Information: McDonalds act as a food retailer worldwide. This company franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants that offer various food items, coffe, soft drinks, coffee, desserts, snacks, and other beverages. Also a full or limited breakfast menu. There are 32,943 restaurants in 117 countries as of June 30, 2011. Because of the population of McDonalds company, and the amount of people go there, is the reason why I bought shares.
I bought 100 shares at $89.24. This is alright considering the 52-week range is $72.14-$95.88. The price I bought it at was towards the top. Its a shame I didn't know this at the time. The price per share now is 85.50 which is only about 30 cents less than the highest price. With that know, I believe I did okay.
McDonalds is a long term investment because it always stays up towards the top. It is one of those companies you never expect to run out of buisness. McDonalds does have a catalyst from time to time, but I didn't consider it a trade because of how well they do.
Competitors:
Yum! brands:
dividends--2.00%
market cap--25.93B
Starbucks:
dividends--1.60%
market cap--32.78B
Market Cap:97.65B
Sector: Consumer Goods
Dividend: 3.00%
Prediction: I predict that the price per share will increase to a higher price of 96.50 per share because it is almost Christmas time and they always come out with holiday foods that are only seasonal. With that, more people will come to get what they can while they can.
My other transaction is Wal Mart Stores Inc.. I accidentally bought 332 shares for this at 58.13 per share. I didn't realize how awful of a mistake this was until now. I looked up the 52 week range and discovered the range was 48.31-59.40. Awful, just awful. In the end, I think it will work out because Wal Mart is a good company and a lot of people will go there for Chrismas shopping. With that said, Wal Mart is a long term investment becuase there are no catalyst involved. Wal Mart offers a dividend of 2.50%. The market cap is 200.05B.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Job shadow PHONE CALL
I am going to shadow the buisness of All About You. This place is known to be a beauty salon. I called Starr Keys and asked a few questions. As I did this, I was not nervous at all. The questions I asked what I should wear, what time to arrive, where the location was, if I was given a lunch break, and if she had any questions for me. Starr said she did not have any questions for me. From there, I did not have any questions. We said our farewells. I am pretty darn excited to shadow Starr because I have never been to this place. It should be fun and a great learning experience. I am very interested to see what it is like to work in this position.
Starr is a hairdresser. While I am there, I will see how she handles that stuff. As well as what she does in her free time when she isn't working with someone. Cosmetologist are needed throughout the world because that is where people go and get their hair done. Many women also go there to get their nails done, waxing, and tanning. It is also a place where people are able to socialize. The average salary is $22,760 to $37,680.
Starr is a hairdresser. While I am there, I will see how she handles that stuff. As well as what she does in her free time when she isn't working with someone. Cosmetologist are needed throughout the world because that is where people go and get their hair done. Many women also go there to get their nails done, waxing, and tanning. It is also a place where people are able to socialize. The average salary is $22,760 to $37,680.
Monday, November 28, 2011
60 minutesss..parents reaction
What is black friday and when did it get its name, and what is Cyber Monday?What do you think about the video?
Black Friday is the day marking the beginning of busy shopping for Christmas. It is the day following Thanksgiving. Stores have crazy deals at crazy times.
Cyber Monday is the Monday following Black Friday. It is like Black Friday but online.
What do your parents think?
My parents sort of laughed through the whole thing. They thought it was pathetic and unfair. My dad said after only a few minutes that I didn't need to keep playing it because he knew what it was all about. I thought that was rather sad to be honest. After we finished, he said, "they are a bunch of criminals." I couldn't agree more. They thought it was unfair and were disgusted by it. My dad also said that the Pelosi girl is a slime ball while she was being interviewed.
What can you do about your opinion?
I think it is wrong because if normal citizens can do it, why can they? I don't understand why they have the right to break the law as congressmen. It is totally not fair. I can't really do anything about it but to forget about it. The reason why is because a former congressmen even tried writing a law. Hardly anyone showed up. If someone of that power has no say, then why should I have a say?
What did Martha Stewart do and what is insiders trade?
-She had insider information from a friend and she ended up going to prison for a couple of years. It had to do with a medical thing and she sold her stocks. The next day, the information became public. This is obviously illegal.
Black Friday is the day marking the beginning of busy shopping for Christmas. It is the day following Thanksgiving. Stores have crazy deals at crazy times.
Cyber Monday is the Monday following Black Friday. It is like Black Friday but online.
What do your parents think?
My parents sort of laughed through the whole thing. They thought it was pathetic and unfair. My dad said after only a few minutes that I didn't need to keep playing it because he knew what it was all about. I thought that was rather sad to be honest. After we finished, he said, "they are a bunch of criminals." I couldn't agree more. They thought it was unfair and were disgusted by it. My dad also said that the Pelosi girl is a slime ball while she was being interviewed.
What can you do about your opinion?
I think it is wrong because if normal citizens can do it, why can they? I don't understand why they have the right to break the law as congressmen. It is totally not fair. I can't really do anything about it but to forget about it. The reason why is because a former congressmen even tried writing a law. Hardly anyone showed up. If someone of that power has no say, then why should I have a say?
What did Martha Stewart do and what is insiders trade?
-She had insider information from a friend and she ended up going to prison for a couple of years. It had to do with a medical thing and she sold her stocks. The next day, the information became public. This is obviously illegal.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Journal for WEEK 8!!
Transaction #1...
VFC-- V.F. Corporation.
Basic Information: This company manufactures and designs with North Face, Wranglers, Riders, Lee, Timber Creek by Wrangler brands, Vans, JanSport, Eastpak, Kipling, Napaijrie, Lucy brands, and so on. This company also offers apparel, outdoor gear, skateboard inspired and surf inspired footwear, luggage, foot wear, handbags, and all sorts of accessories. I purchased this company because of the fact that it is involved with a lot of companies. With Christmas coming around, I figured a lot of people would start purchasing winter items that are found in these stores.
Type of transaction: This is a long-term investment because there is not a catalyst for every company that is involved.
52-week Range: Right now the 52-week range is $80.40 - $142.50. I bought 140 shares at $130.01. Obviously, the price was higher but I PREDICT that by the end of this month, the price per share will increase to $140.50. The reason being is now it is winter and people will be purchasing more winter items from these companies. Also, they will buy gifts (snowboards) for Christmas.
Dividend: This company offers a dividend of 2.10%.
Market Cap: 14.58B
Competitors:
Burberry Groups PLC:
Dividend: NONE
52-week: $991.50 - 1,610.00, right now the price per share is, $1,244.00.
MarketCap: 5.42B
Supergroup PLC:
Dividend:NONE
52-week: $525.00 - 2,000.00, right now the price per share is, $537.70.
Market Cap:431.42M
Transaction #2...
KFT-- Krafts Food Inc. Common Stock
Basic Information: This company manufactures and markets packaged food products worldwide. They also offer a variety of beverages and food products. Oreo, Nabisco, and LU branded biscuits, and so on are part of this company. I choose to buy shares because a lot of people purchase goods from this company. The type of transaction is a long term investment because there isn't a catalyst.
52-week Range: The range is $29.80-36.30. I bought 400 shares at 34.77. The main reason why is because I PREDICT that the price will continually increase to at least 36.50 by December. Because, I know this sounds ridiculous, but people think the world is going to end soon so many people might buy lots of food to stock up. And then, Christmas and Thanksgiving is coming up where people will purchase more food.
Dividend: This company offers a dividend of 3.30%.
Market Cap: 61.43B
Competitors:
Nestle Ind.:
Dividend: NONE
52-week Range: The range is $3,160.00 - 4,549.00, right now the price per share is $4399.30.
Market Cap: 424.14B
Kerry Group PLC.:
Dividend: NONE
52-week Range: The range is $25.41 - 3,348.00, and the price per share right now is $25.57.
Market Cap: 4.49B
VFC-- V.F. Corporation.
Basic Information: This company manufactures and designs with North Face, Wranglers, Riders, Lee, Timber Creek by Wrangler brands, Vans, JanSport, Eastpak, Kipling, Napaijrie, Lucy brands, and so on. This company also offers apparel, outdoor gear, skateboard inspired and surf inspired footwear, luggage, foot wear, handbags, and all sorts of accessories. I purchased this company because of the fact that it is involved with a lot of companies. With Christmas coming around, I figured a lot of people would start purchasing winter items that are found in these stores.
Type of transaction: This is a long-term investment because there is not a catalyst for every company that is involved.
52-week Range: Right now the 52-week range is $80.40 - $142.50. I bought 140 shares at $130.01. Obviously, the price was higher but I PREDICT that by the end of this month, the price per share will increase to $140.50. The reason being is now it is winter and people will be purchasing more winter items from these companies. Also, they will buy gifts (snowboards) for Christmas.
Dividend: This company offers a dividend of 2.10%.
Market Cap: 14.58B
Competitors:
Burberry Groups PLC:
Dividend: NONE
52-week: $991.50 - 1,610.00, right now the price per share is, $1,244.00.
MarketCap: 5.42B
Supergroup PLC:
Dividend:NONE
52-week: $525.00 - 2,000.00, right now the price per share is, $537.70.
Market Cap:431.42M
Transaction #2...
KFT-- Krafts Food Inc. Common Stock
Basic Information: This company manufactures and markets packaged food products worldwide. They also offer a variety of beverages and food products. Oreo, Nabisco, and LU branded biscuits, and so on are part of this company. I choose to buy shares because a lot of people purchase goods from this company. The type of transaction is a long term investment because there isn't a catalyst.
52-week Range: The range is $29.80-36.30. I bought 400 shares at 34.77. The main reason why is because I PREDICT that the price will continually increase to at least 36.50 by December. Because, I know this sounds ridiculous, but people think the world is going to end soon so many people might buy lots of food to stock up. And then, Christmas and Thanksgiving is coming up where people will purchase more food.
Dividend: This company offers a dividend of 3.30%.
Market Cap: 61.43B
Competitors:
Nestle Ind.:
Dividend: NONE
52-week Range: The range is $3,160.00 - 4,549.00, right now the price per share is $4399.30.
Market Cap: 424.14B
Kerry Group PLC.:
Dividend: NONE
52-week Range: The range is $25.41 - 3,348.00, and the price per share right now is $25.57.
Market Cap: 4.49B
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Candy STOCK Blog
The first thing I noticed when I walked into the room, was the heat. Oh boy. I was warned to shed extra layers, but I was feeling mighty cold that day. The heat from the very beginning was tolerable, but I saw in the future I could possibly sweat. It was then I noticed candy on the floor. All problems vanished. When we were told to go, my mateys and I collected the most candy out of all the groups. Mission accomplished. After sitting for a few minutes, thinking to myselft, I noticed the noise level gradually increasing.
I didn't know what to do. People started to get up and move around. I didn't understand what was going on so I just sat there longer. Then I noticed the movies playing on the wall. It was then I decided that it might be benificial for me to watch them since nobody else was. After watching the short clips playing over and over and over and over again, I decided that it wasn't necassary. I asked a group member what we were doing and he said that we are treating this like a stock market. Duhhh, I felt retarded for not even thinking of that. I then tried to help, but our groups strategy was to keep everything we had knowing that we had the most of all the candy. I watched everybody run around. The temperature of the room kept increasing. It was awful. I learned that i am not gifted to handle these situations.
I didn't know what to do. People started to get up and move around. I didn't understand what was going on so I just sat there longer. Then I noticed the movies playing on the wall. It was then I decided that it might be benificial for me to watch them since nobody else was. After watching the short clips playing over and over and over and over again, I decided that it wasn't necassary. I asked a group member what we were doing and he said that we are treating this like a stock market. Duhhh, I felt retarded for not even thinking of that. I then tried to help, but our groups strategy was to keep everything we had knowing that we had the most of all the candy. I watched everybody run around. The temperature of the room kept increasing. It was awful. I learned that i am not gifted to handle these situations.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Game Standards::
3.2:: Students formulate solutions through economic problems.
-Right now I am on level 13 and I am stuck. I have no more land left to build more buildings. Right now, I need more buildings because I need items to hire janitors and rental agents. At the time, I need six janitors and two rental agents. My solution to this is to keep making money off of the contracts/buildings I have now, and to buy more land. With that, I can build more of the needed buildings in order to purchase items to hire janitors and rental agents.
3.1:: Students explain how different economic systems are organized for production, distributions, and consumptions of goods and services.
-I have mostly made a lot of apartments and other homes for this game. This is good because people need a place to live. With that, I get paid for the rental money which I can use to purchase more homes and/or other businesses. I have also purchased a lot of windmills. Windmills take energy and basically turns it into money. Again, with that money I can produce more. I just bought more land which will allow me to produce more buildings. With these buildings, people will purchase the products which give me more items. The cycle goes on.
3.4:: Students demonstrate an understanding of economic principles that influence individual financial planning.
- There are certain task that you have to accomplish in order to get farther in the game. Being the game rebel that I am, I choose to go the way I thought would be most beneficial. It isn't working out so far right now. I built a bunch of apartments/homes to gain specific items and as a faster way to gain little amounts of money more often. Because I did this so much, I forgot to accomplish the more important tasks. The downside to that is I am now behind because I have a group of people I need to hire. With this, I need to come up with a more organized plan in order to get what I need. My plan is too categorize the things I need and spend only so much. Money is not really a big concern for me right now.
4.3::Students evaluate the impact of technology and how it has shaped history and influence in modern world.
-It is important to update all of the buildings. If this is done, then more money/experience points will be made. I have windmills, a lot of windmills. Windmills provide me energy which gives me more money. Other technology could be my corporate centers. These bring a lot of money into my city and technology is used inside those buildings because it is a business center.
4.2::Students analyze current event to better understand the world in which they live.
-I always keep track of the new ventures because it helps me create a better city. If it wasn't for the new ventures, I would probably just purchase random buildings that may not even help down the road. Having friends helps because they help me by telling me what could be improved. The mystery gifts helped me because it gave me extra money. The money can be used to update buildings, buy more plants/parks, and so on.
4.4::Students explain how past events impact the present and the future.
::In the beginning, I bought a lot of random things that I didn't really need at the time. This affects me now because now I actually need other buildings in order to build up and have more things. It also helps me because now because after time, the money all adds up and helps me out. With that money, I could buy land.
5.1::Students incorporate charts, maps and graphs, to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environment.
-Charts on this game that help with people are the charts with the items needed in order to hire them. The chart/tabs on the left side of the screen helps me accomplish tasks I need to gain more points in the game. The charts/tabs on the top of the screen helps me keep track of the money I'm making and game points I am making. This is helpful because then I can determine if I have enough money to buy certain products. Also, with the game points, they help me keep track of when I will get a level up. That is good to keep track of because then I will know when I will get new items.
5.3::Students demonstrate an ability to organize and process information about people, places, and environment.
-I put all my three-story and two-flat houses in one area. I also put all my small office buildings together in another area. The reason for this is because it makes it easier for people in the game to find where they need to go. Also, it helps me when I need to update things. If most of my buildings are organized, then it helps me update stuff faster. My windmills are the only thing not organized. I believe this is actually helpful because it saves me land. When I purchase building, sometimes you have to put them in areas that leave small random spots. With those spots, I put in more windmills.
-Right now I am on level 13 and I am stuck. I have no more land left to build more buildings. Right now, I need more buildings because I need items to hire janitors and rental agents. At the time, I need six janitors and two rental agents. My solution to this is to keep making money off of the contracts/buildings I have now, and to buy more land. With that, I can build more of the needed buildings in order to purchase items to hire janitors and rental agents.
3.1:: Students explain how different economic systems are organized for production, distributions, and consumptions of goods and services.
-I have mostly made a lot of apartments and other homes for this game. This is good because people need a place to live. With that, I get paid for the rental money which I can use to purchase more homes and/or other businesses. I have also purchased a lot of windmills. Windmills take energy and basically turns it into money. Again, with that money I can produce more. I just bought more land which will allow me to produce more buildings. With these buildings, people will purchase the products which give me more items. The cycle goes on.
3.4:: Students demonstrate an understanding of economic principles that influence individual financial planning.
- There are certain task that you have to accomplish in order to get farther in the game. Being the game rebel that I am, I choose to go the way I thought would be most beneficial. It isn't working out so far right now. I built a bunch of apartments/homes to gain specific items and as a faster way to gain little amounts of money more often. Because I did this so much, I forgot to accomplish the more important tasks. The downside to that is I am now behind because I have a group of people I need to hire. With this, I need to come up with a more organized plan in order to get what I need. My plan is too categorize the things I need and spend only so much. Money is not really a big concern for me right now.
4.3::Students evaluate the impact of technology and how it has shaped history and influence in modern world.
-It is important to update all of the buildings. If this is done, then more money/experience points will be made. I have windmills, a lot of windmills. Windmills provide me energy which gives me more money. Other technology could be my corporate centers. These bring a lot of money into my city and technology is used inside those buildings because it is a business center.
4.2::Students analyze current event to better understand the world in which they live.
-I always keep track of the new ventures because it helps me create a better city. If it wasn't for the new ventures, I would probably just purchase random buildings that may not even help down the road. Having friends helps because they help me by telling me what could be improved. The mystery gifts helped me because it gave me extra money. The money can be used to update buildings, buy more plants/parks, and so on.
4.4::Students explain how past events impact the present and the future.
::In the beginning, I bought a lot of random things that I didn't really need at the time. This affects me now because now I actually need other buildings in order to build up and have more things. It also helps me because now because after time, the money all adds up and helps me out. With that money, I could buy land.
5.1::Students incorporate charts, maps and graphs, to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environment.
-Charts on this game that help with people are the charts with the items needed in order to hire them. The chart/tabs on the left side of the screen helps me accomplish tasks I need to gain more points in the game. The charts/tabs on the top of the screen helps me keep track of the money I'm making and game points I am making. This is helpful because then I can determine if I have enough money to buy certain products. Also, with the game points, they help me keep track of when I will get a level up. That is good to keep track of because then I will know when I will get new items.
5.3::Students demonstrate an ability to organize and process information about people, places, and environment.
-I put all my three-story and two-flat houses in one area. I also put all my small office buildings together in another area. The reason for this is because it makes it easier for people in the game to find where they need to go. Also, it helps me when I need to update things. If most of my buildings are organized, then it helps me update stuff faster. My windmills are the only thing not organized. I believe this is actually helpful because it saves me land. When I purchase building, sometimes you have to put them in areas that leave small random spots. With those spots, I put in more windmills.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
10 comments and 2 ipadio comments
Heather
Anya
Kimberly
Amy
Asia
Taylor
Tess
Mariah
Jared
Taylor
Heather
Anya
Kimberly
Amy
Asia
Taylor
Tess
Mariah
Jared
Taylor
Heather
Monday, October 24, 2011
OCCUPY WALL STREET--
AGAINST OCCUPY WALL STREET: I am against this cause because I feel like people should just get a job and work harder. They are the reason that they are put in that posistion. I believe that some people are just becoming part of Occupy Wall Street because they want to give up. Some of them probably think if enough people join, a change will happen. Also, some of them don't hardly even know what their doing. One of their protest I heard on the radio, "When do we want it?! We want it now! What do we want?! We don't know!"
FOR OCCUPY WALL STREET: I am for this cause because I personally have seen people struggle. My mom is a very good example. She had a good income from her marriage until she was divorced. Ever since, for 7 years, she has been trying to support her two kids and herself without a home, a job, or money (not to include the seperation of her other four kids, not by choice). By HERSELF. I believe some people need the extra help. There is a story behind every person. Nobody truly knows what its like to climb out of a hole you were pushed in, unless of course, you have been there. Also, America strongly believes in EQUALITY. So many rules have been made and broken for equity. If equality is such a big deal, then yeah, I believe certain people deserve it. Wouldn't that make everybody more equal??
FOR OCCUPY WALL STREET: I am for this cause because I personally have seen people struggle. My mom is a very good example. She had a good income from her marriage until she was divorced. Ever since, for 7 years, she has been trying to support her two kids and herself without a home, a job, or money (not to include the seperation of her other four kids, not by choice). By HERSELF. I believe some people need the extra help. There is a story behind every person. Nobody truly knows what its like to climb out of a hole you were pushed in, unless of course, you have been there. Also, America strongly believes in EQUALITY. So many rules have been made and broken for equity. If equality is such a big deal, then yeah, I believe certain people deserve it. Wouldn't that make everybody more equal??
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Week FOUR..
Transaction- MEDTRONIC
After looking at my profile, I realized most of my sectors were technical. It would make sense to look into a medical company. I decided to look at Medtronic (MDT) which is a large cap company that manufactures and sells devised-base medical therapies through out the world. Another reason why I choose to look into this company is because I personally buy producst from this company for my diabetes. Right now, Medtronic's cost would be $32.66 per share. That is a decent price because the 52 week $30.18-$43.33. Obviously, the price is pretty low. I predict that the company will keep rising slowly and cost $37.50 per share within a few weeks. The reason why I think it will take some time to increase is because it sells stuff at a some-what slow consistent pace. I couldn't find a catalyst, but this company comes out with new products only every now and then. MDT offers a dividend of 2.9%. A competitor to this company would be Johnson and Johnson (JNJ). At this time, Johnson and Johnson is doing better financially compared to MDT. This gives me even a better reason to trade in now because MDT is lower in price and will most likely improve to match up or do better with JNJ.
After looking at my profile, I realized most of my sectors were technical. It would make sense to look into a medical company. I decided to look at Medtronic (MDT) which is a large cap company that manufactures and sells devised-base medical therapies through out the world. Another reason why I choose to look into this company is because I personally buy producst from this company for my diabetes. Right now, Medtronic's cost would be $32.66 per share. That is a decent price because the 52 week $30.18-$43.33. Obviously, the price is pretty low. I predict that the company will keep rising slowly and cost $37.50 per share within a few weeks. The reason why I think it will take some time to increase is because it sells stuff at a some-what slow consistent pace. I couldn't find a catalyst, but this company comes out with new products only every now and then. MDT offers a dividend of 2.9%. A competitor to this company would be Johnson and Johnson (JNJ). At this time, Johnson and Johnson is doing better financially compared to MDT. This gives me even a better reason to trade in now because MDT is lower in price and will most likely improve to match up or do better with JNJ.
GREEN- JNJ BLUE-MDT
Time span- 3 years
In JNJ profile information, it didn't mention that it worked globally, because of that, I think MDT has even better reason to improve since it does work worldwide. I will keep watching MDT and short sell it if it does increase its price per share within a month.
Monday, October 3, 2011
The THIRD week::
I decided to buy 100 shares of Verizon. The reason why is because they are about to come out with a new iPhone. The cost was 35.76 and the 52-week range is $31.60-$38.95. Considering the range, I figured it would be best to buy now while it is in-between the two cost. Because I am investing in Verizon for their new iPhone, I also thought it would be good to invest in Pandora. I bought 500 shares for Pandora with each share costing $12.03. I figured since Pandora is down right now, it is a good time to invest. With people purchasing iPads, iPhones, and other products that involve Pandora, I believe the company will rise. Also, Apple/Verizon are coming out with two new products within the next few months. With that, people will invest and the company will rise. When it gets good, I will sell it. The 52-week range for Pandora is $9.33-$26.00.This is another reason why Pandora was a good purchase.
I sold two of my companies today. The two companies were Amazon and Tiffany. The reason why is obviously because I wasn’t making any money off of them and I couldn’t see any reason for the company to get better. They already came out with a new product recently and it didn’t help the company all that much. I’m going to keep my eye on Amazon to see if it will be worth buying again, but for now, I can’t keep losing money. I had 270 shares for Tiffany’s company and it was a good purchase because the company was losing money. I sold it because the company is worth more now that they are doing better. I will make money off of it because more people will invest.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
WEEK TWOOOO
This week I plan on buying shares for the company called, Goodrich. First, I will look at the 52-week range to give me an idea if this company is worth investing in. The 52-week range is $71.45-$122.33. On Investopedia, Goodrich cost $121.09 for 100 shares. Just by looking on where the price is set at, I am considering deeply in looking at other companies. I’ll start off by looking at Goodrich’s competition. The competitions include, Boeing Co., Honeywell International Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Dynamics Inc. Those competitions are all ahead of Goodrich. Boeing Co. cost only $61.92. The 52-week range is $56.01-$80.65.If I were to decide between the two companies, I would rather choose Boeing just because of the price difference and because of its setting on the 52-week range. Overall, I have decided to not invest in either of these companies. I looked at the business summary of the Boeing Company and nothing stood out to me as an encouragement to invest. I’m going to keep watch on Goodrich mainly because after reading the business summary, it seems like a company that could improve. It is involved with a lot of aircraft which is a major way for transportation in the world. I will invest in Goodrich when it reduces to $90.00-$100.00. I think the Boeing Company will increase from $62.37 to $65.00 just because they’re doing the best and more people will invest.
Friday, September 23, 2011
WEEK NUMBER ONEEE
Journal:
When I first purchase 100 stocks for Tiffany (a jewelry company, purchased for $76.54), I did not look at their competitions or even consider looking at other financial sites to see how this company is doing. Ever since, Tiffany has been my biggest lost when it comes to money. Today, the current price is $70.34, with that in mind, I purchased 173 more stocks. I did this instead of making a short-sell so hopefully I will not lose money. I learned I should lookat the 52-week range as well before I invest in a company. The lowest price was $43.20 and the highest was $84.49. As mentioned earlier, I first bought my stocks for $76.54. With the 52-week range, I would have taken Tiffany into better consideration. Another thing I should have looked at is their competitions. Tiffany is not doing as well as their other competitions. The competitions includes, Signet Jewelers LTD., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, and Rajesh Exports LTD.. Today, the total value of Tiffany is worth $7,053.00. What I expect out of this company is too keep losing money because nobody really buys a lot of jewelry until the holidays come around (such as Christmas or Valentines Day).Tiffany is a good jewelry company that is well known in New York, so with that, it is hard to me to predict what the cost of this company will be in the future. With the holidays getting closer, I believe the cost will increase.
When I first purchase 100 stocks for Tiffany (a jewelry company, purchased for $76.54), I did not look at their competitions or even consider looking at other financial sites to see how this company is doing. Ever since, Tiffany has been my biggest lost when it comes to money. Today, the current price is $70.34, with that in mind, I purchased 173 more stocks. I did this instead of making a short-sell so hopefully I will not lose money. I learned I should lookat the 52-week range as well before I invest in a company. The lowest price was $43.20 and the highest was $84.49. As mentioned earlier, I first bought my stocks for $76.54. With the 52-week range, I would have taken Tiffany into better consideration. Another thing I should have looked at is their competitions. Tiffany is not doing as well as their other competitions. The competitions includes, Signet Jewelers LTD., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, and Rajesh Exports LTD.. Today, the total value of Tiffany is worth $7,053.00. What I expect out of this company is too keep losing money because nobody really buys a lot of jewelry until the holidays come around (such as Christmas or Valentines Day).Tiffany is a good jewelry company that is well known in New York, so with that, it is hard to me to predict what the cost of this company will be in the future. With the holidays getting closer, I believe the cost will increase.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
VOCAB:: all SIXTY of them..
1.) STOCKS: A "part" of a company owned by a shareholder.
:: Bobby bought ten stocks in the Verizon company, which gave him a percentage of the company's assets.
2.) BONDS: A certificate of a specified portion of debt due to be paid by the government. A debt investment where the investor loans money to a buisnesss, that borrows funds and returns money with interest.
::Henry placed a bond for his debt on his mortage.
3.) DOW JONES: An indicator of stock market prices, it is based on the share values listed on the NYC stock exchange. Adds the component stocks prices and dividing by the number of componets.
::The Dow Jones shows the values of the entire stock market.
4.) EQUITY: A stock/security representing an ownership interest.
::The equity of my car is not paid off yet.
5.) DIVIDENDS: A companies profits paid in a fixed proportion, either in cash or more shares.
::I bought shares from APPLE, but I do not get dividends from that company.
6.) EARNINGS: Money earned through paid employment, as profit, or from investments.
::The earnings I made last week reflected how I worked.
7.) PRIVATE COMPANIES VS. PUBLIC COMPANIES: A private company cannot be seen by the public. Public companies allows the public to have access to their stocks.
:: Apple is a public company that people can by stocks from, but USPS is a company that is privatel owned.
8.) GROWTH STOCK: Shares in a company whose earnings are expected to grow above average.
:: Amazon's growth stock is expected to grow 500% with their new Kindle.
9.) RISK: A possibility of losing some or all of your original investmeant.
:: The risk I have of losing more money in the Tiffany's jewelry company is high because not many people are buying jewerlry right now.
10.) SMALL CAP: Stocks with a small market capitalization ranging between;3 million to 2 billion.
:: The ABM company is considered a small cap because it is making 1 billion.
11.) MID CAP: Stocks with an average market capitalization of two billion to ten billion dollars.
:: vFinance Inc. is a mid cap because their income is $9.6 billion.
12.) LARGE CAP: The largest market capitalization.
::Crown Crafts Inc. is a large cap because their income is 34.4 million dollars.
13.)Explain Dow Jones Number: The number of the Dow represents the average price of 30 of the largest stocks being traded and the number comes from what the price of these stocks are on any given day.
::Today, the Dow Jones went up 1.3%.
14.)S and P 500: Five hundred stocks chosen for market size.It stands for the standard and poors 500 and is an index made up of 500 different stocks and is the benchmark of the overall market.
:: The S and P 500 gained 700$ overall today.
15.)Russekk 2000: A measurement indicating the performance of 2000 small companies.
::The income of the Russekk 2000 gained 7.43% today.
16.)Treasury Bond:A bond with a fixed interest issued by the government.
::My treasury bond will be worth more in 15 years.
17.)Inflation: The general increase in price for goods and services over time.
:: It is not good for the economy to have an inflation.
18.)Gross Domestic Products:The dollar value of ALL the finished goods and services produced within a country in a specific time period.
::I bought a new Hummer today so I contributed to the United States gross domestic products.
19.)Currency:General name for money.
::The currency in my back is not very much.
20.)Infrastructure: The organizational base to a business or our nation.
::If the Apple Company did not have an infrastructure, they would not be so organized.
21.) Economy: Does not have to do with the government,
:: The economy is struggling ever since the recession
22.) Supply and Demand: People need what other people sell.
::Farmers have a strong use of supply and demand because they grow what other people need.
23.)Economic System: They system of production, distrubtuion and consumption.
::The recession hurn the economic system.
24.)Assets: Something you can sell.
::My car is an asset.
25.)Accounts Payable: The liability to a creditor,carried to an open account.
::I have been paying my accounts payable, but I fear I will miss the dead line.
26.)Accounts Recievable: Moneyed owed to you, (should be much bigger than account payable.) A claim against a debator which is carried on an open account. It is usually limited to debts due from the sale of goods and services.
::My accounts recievable is to pay back my dad for barrowing money for my car.
27.) Interest: Money given to you by the bank (savings account=more, checking acount=less), or given to the bank (loan).
::I do not get a big interest for my checkings account. :(
28.)Ammoratize: pay off a cost of an asset, principle and interest.
:: I ammoratize my car payments so now I know how much I am paying in interest.
29.)Economic Index: A series of economic instroments to see how the economy is doing. DOW JONES
::I use the dow jones for my econmic index.
30.)Depreciation: The value is going down.
:: When Steve Jobs was alive, Microsoft was deprecitated.
31.)Gross margin: Profits diveded by net sells.
::This month I made 100 dollars and sold 100 candy so my gross margin is 1 dollars.
32.)Earnings Per Share: The amount of money you make off a share.
I make 5 dollars as my earnings per share.
33.)Liabilities: A companies debts or obilgations that are due.
34.)overhead expense:
35.)Owners equity:Overhead ratio that is a metric allowing companies to evaluate expenses as a percentage of incom.
36.)Production cost:The cost related to making or acquiring goods and services, directly generates revenue for a firm. Direct costs are traceable to the creation of a product, includes costs for materials and labor.
37.) Working capital- the cash available for a day to day operations of an organization.
38) loan- a written/oral agreement for a tempory transfer of property from its owner tor a borrow. Promises to return it according to the terms of agreement.
--I took a five thousand dollar loan out to buy a car, my term of agreement is to pay a certain amount every second day of the month, for three years.
39.) loss leader- good or service advertised and sold at a below cost price. The purpose is to bring in customers to the supermarket, assumes they will be stimulated to buy a full priced item.
40.- scarcity- Less goods are available than the demand for them. OR only too little money is availabe to their potential buyers for making the purchase.
42- explicit costs- Rent, salaries, wages, or utility bills-- expenses that is contractual in nature and definite in amount. Recognizable for classification and recording.
An employee took a vacation and traveled, his explicit cost included travel expenses, the cost of hotel room, and entertainment.
43-implicit costs- Cost associated with an actions traeoff. Represents the actual costs of an activity and represents a cost that isn't recorded. It is instead, implied.
An employee took a vacation so his implicit cossts related to the tradeoff. The wages that the employee could have earned if the vacation was not taken.
44-Price- and amount that an item is worth
- The price of my pencil was one dollar.
45- Relative price- The price of a one thing as it compares to another. Presented as a ratio between the two prices. Comparing two shampoo bottles against each other.
- The relative price of Dove shampoo is more expensive than Panteen.
46- Incentives- A supplemental reward serving as a motivational device for a desired action or behavior.
47. Profit- The surplus remaining after total costs are deducted from total revenue. And the basis of which tax is computed and divdend is paid. MEASURE OF SUCCESS IN AN ENTERPRISE.
48. loss- the amount deducted from the total cost.
49- Equilibriums- state of stable conditions where all significant factors remain more or less constant over a period of time. There is little or no inherent tendecy for change.
The market is in equilibrium if the amount of goods that buyers wish to buy at the current price is matched by the amount the selleres want to sell.
50- Surplus- An extent to which generation of goods, resrouces (capital), and services exceeds their consumptions.
51- Shortage- a situation where the quantity availabe or supplied in a market falls short of the quantity demanded or required at a given time or price.
52- Minimum wage- a price where the government chooses the price at the lowet the employee can be paid. The lowest amount people can get paid, in every state.
The minimum wage is 7.15 an hour in Wyoming.
53- Price floor- the limit beyond what a cost will not be allowed to fall.
54- Bear market- A period where the prices of securities or commodities fall by 20% or more. If happens, the investment interest is normally limitited, concernes about the state of the economy abound, and dealers are more inclined in selling their investment portfoliors than to increase their risk by holding.
55- Bull market- When securities in the market are rising, BULLS are trading in high volumes. Investment interest is high, and the public views the economy as strong, and getting stronger.
- The bull market that ended in 2000 lasted 15 years.
56- Boom- a period that follows recovery phase in a standard ecomomic cycle. It is characterized by an economy working at full or near full capacity, strong consumer demand, a low rate of unemployment, and a rising stockmarket. It is usually accompanied by rapidly incresing consumer prices. (inflation)
57- Bill of exchange- A written, unconditional order by one party to another. To pay a certain sum, it is either immediate or a fixed date. For payment of goods and or services received.
58- Budget deficit- and amount where the actual expenses exceed planned expenses, it is the opposite of budget surplus.
59- capital- factors of a production used to create goods or services. They are not themselves in the process.
60- short sell- Trading strategy where an investor borrow shares of a security or futures contract. offers them for sale to other investors. If the price goes down, (believes), they will buy it the position back at a lower price and return them to the lender. When the price rises, the investor will be forced to buy the shares or contract back at a higher price to return them to the lender, results in a loss. The gross profit (loss) on the trade will be the difference between the buy and sell price.
61-shortcover- When people repurchase a previously sold contract.
:: Bobby bought ten stocks in the Verizon company, which gave him a percentage of the company's assets.
2.) BONDS: A certificate of a specified portion of debt due to be paid by the government. A debt investment where the investor loans money to a buisnesss, that borrows funds and returns money with interest.
::Henry placed a bond for his debt on his mortage.
3.) DOW JONES: An indicator of stock market prices, it is based on the share values listed on the NYC stock exchange. Adds the component stocks prices and dividing by the number of componets.
::The Dow Jones shows the values of the entire stock market.
4.) EQUITY: A stock/security representing an ownership interest.
::The equity of my car is not paid off yet.
5.) DIVIDENDS: A companies profits paid in a fixed proportion, either in cash or more shares.
::I bought shares from APPLE, but I do not get dividends from that company.
6.) EARNINGS: Money earned through paid employment, as profit, or from investments.
::The earnings I made last week reflected how I worked.
7.) PRIVATE COMPANIES VS. PUBLIC COMPANIES: A private company cannot be seen by the public. Public companies allows the public to have access to their stocks.
:: Apple is a public company that people can by stocks from, but USPS is a company that is privatel owned.
8.) GROWTH STOCK: Shares in a company whose earnings are expected to grow above average.
:: Amazon's growth stock is expected to grow 500% with their new Kindle.
9.) RISK: A possibility of losing some or all of your original investmeant.
:: The risk I have of losing more money in the Tiffany's jewelry company is high because not many people are buying jewerlry right now.
10.) SMALL CAP: Stocks with a small market capitalization ranging between;3 million to 2 billion.
:: The ABM company is considered a small cap because it is making 1 billion.
11.) MID CAP: Stocks with an average market capitalization of two billion to ten billion dollars.
:: vFinance Inc. is a mid cap because their income is $9.6 billion.
12.) LARGE CAP: The largest market capitalization.
::Crown Crafts Inc. is a large cap because their income is 34.4 million dollars.
13.)Explain Dow Jones Number: The number of the Dow represents the average price of 30 of the largest stocks being traded and the number comes from what the price of these stocks are on any given day.
::Today, the Dow Jones went up 1.3%.
14.)S and P 500: Five hundred stocks chosen for market size.It stands for the standard and poors 500 and is an index made up of 500 different stocks and is the benchmark of the overall market.
:: The S and P 500 gained 700$ overall today.
15.)Russekk 2000: A measurement indicating the performance of 2000 small companies.
::The income of the Russekk 2000 gained 7.43% today.
16.)Treasury Bond:A bond with a fixed interest issued by the government.
::My treasury bond will be worth more in 15 years.
17.)Inflation: The general increase in price for goods and services over time.
:: It is not good for the economy to have an inflation.
18.)Gross Domestic Products:The dollar value of ALL the finished goods and services produced within a country in a specific time period.
::I bought a new Hummer today so I contributed to the United States gross domestic products.
19.)Currency:General name for money.
::The currency in my back is not very much.
20.)Infrastructure: The organizational base to a business or our nation.
::If the Apple Company did not have an infrastructure, they would not be so organized.
21.) Economy: Does not have to do with the government,
:: The economy is struggling ever since the recession
22.) Supply and Demand: People need what other people sell.
::Farmers have a strong use of supply and demand because they grow what other people need.
23.)Economic System: They system of production, distrubtuion and consumption.
::The recession hurn the economic system.
24.)Assets: Something you can sell.
::My car is an asset.
25.)Accounts Payable: The liability to a creditor,carried to an open account.
::I have been paying my accounts payable, but I fear I will miss the dead line.
26.)Accounts Recievable: Moneyed owed to you, (should be much bigger than account payable.) A claim against a debator which is carried on an open account. It is usually limited to debts due from the sale of goods and services.
::My accounts recievable is to pay back my dad for barrowing money for my car.
27.) Interest: Money given to you by the bank (savings account=more, checking acount=less), or given to the bank (loan).
::I do not get a big interest for my checkings account. :(
28.)Ammoratize: pay off a cost of an asset, principle and interest.
:: I ammoratize my car payments so now I know how much I am paying in interest.
29.)Economic Index: A series of economic instroments to see how the economy is doing. DOW JONES
::I use the dow jones for my econmic index.
30.)Depreciation: The value is going down.
:: When Steve Jobs was alive, Microsoft was deprecitated.
31.)Gross margin: Profits diveded by net sells.
::This month I made 100 dollars and sold 100 candy so my gross margin is 1 dollars.
32.)Earnings Per Share: The amount of money you make off a share.
I make 5 dollars as my earnings per share.
33.)Liabilities: A companies debts or obilgations that are due.
34.)overhead expense:
35.)Owners equity:Overhead ratio that is a metric allowing companies to evaluate expenses as a percentage of incom.
36.)Production cost:The cost related to making or acquiring goods and services, directly generates revenue for a firm. Direct costs are traceable to the creation of a product, includes costs for materials and labor.
37.) Working capital- the cash available for a day to day operations of an organization.
38) loan- a written/oral agreement for a tempory transfer of property from its owner tor a borrow. Promises to return it according to the terms of agreement.
--I took a five thousand dollar loan out to buy a car, my term of agreement is to pay a certain amount every second day of the month, for three years.
39.) loss leader- good or service advertised and sold at a below cost price. The purpose is to bring in customers to the supermarket, assumes they will be stimulated to buy a full priced item.
40.- scarcity- Less goods are available than the demand for them. OR only too little money is availabe to their potential buyers for making the purchase.
42- explicit costs- Rent, salaries, wages, or utility bills-- expenses that is contractual in nature and definite in amount. Recognizable for classification and recording.
An employee took a vacation and traveled, his explicit cost included travel expenses, the cost of hotel room, and entertainment.
43-implicit costs- Cost associated with an actions traeoff. Represents the actual costs of an activity and represents a cost that isn't recorded. It is instead, implied.
An employee took a vacation so his implicit cossts related to the tradeoff. The wages that the employee could have earned if the vacation was not taken.
44-Price- and amount that an item is worth
- The price of my pencil was one dollar.
45- Relative price- The price of a one thing as it compares to another. Presented as a ratio between the two prices. Comparing two shampoo bottles against each other.
- The relative price of Dove shampoo is more expensive than Panteen.
46- Incentives- A supplemental reward serving as a motivational device for a desired action or behavior.
47. Profit- The surplus remaining after total costs are deducted from total revenue. And the basis of which tax is computed and divdend is paid. MEASURE OF SUCCESS IN AN ENTERPRISE.
48. loss- the amount deducted from the total cost.
49- Equilibriums- state of stable conditions where all significant factors remain more or less constant over a period of time. There is little or no inherent tendecy for change.
The market is in equilibrium if the amount of goods that buyers wish to buy at the current price is matched by the amount the selleres want to sell.
50- Surplus- An extent to which generation of goods, resrouces (capital), and services exceeds their consumptions.
51- Shortage- a situation where the quantity availabe or supplied in a market falls short of the quantity demanded or required at a given time or price.
52- Minimum wage- a price where the government chooses the price at the lowet the employee can be paid. The lowest amount people can get paid, in every state.
The minimum wage is 7.15 an hour in Wyoming.
53- Price floor- the limit beyond what a cost will not be allowed to fall.
54- Bear market- A period where the prices of securities or commodities fall by 20% or more. If happens, the investment interest is normally limitited, concernes about the state of the economy abound, and dealers are more inclined in selling their investment portfoliors than to increase their risk by holding.
55- Bull market- When securities in the market are rising, BULLS are trading in high volumes. Investment interest is high, and the public views the economy as strong, and getting stronger.
- The bull market that ended in 2000 lasted 15 years.
56- Boom- a period that follows recovery phase in a standard ecomomic cycle. It is characterized by an economy working at full or near full capacity, strong consumer demand, a low rate of unemployment, and a rising stockmarket. It is usually accompanied by rapidly incresing consumer prices. (inflation)
57- Bill of exchange- A written, unconditional order by one party to another. To pay a certain sum, it is either immediate or a fixed date. For payment of goods and or services received.
58- Budget deficit- and amount where the actual expenses exceed planned expenses, it is the opposite of budget surplus.
59- capital- factors of a production used to create goods or services. They are not themselves in the process.
60- short sell- Trading strategy where an investor borrow shares of a security or futures contract. offers them for sale to other investors. If the price goes down, (believes), they will buy it the position back at a lower price and return them to the lender. When the price rises, the investor will be forced to buy the shares or contract back at a higher price to return them to the lender, results in a loss. The gross profit (loss) on the trade will be the difference between the buy and sell price.
61-shortcover- When people repurchase a previously sold contract.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
SINCE I don't have MY PHONE.... 10 BraNDs:)
-ADDIDIAS
-NUTELLA
-VERIZON
-BKE
-DELL
-TOYOTA
-ROXY
-COLGATE
-DOVE
-BARE MINERALS
-NUTELLA
-VERIZON
-BKE
-DELL
-TOYOTA
-ROXY
-COLGATE
-DOVE
-BARE MINERALS
Monday, September 12, 2011
Did we win or lose? Are we winning or losing?
I believe we are losing because I feel ever since 9/11, our country hasn't held a steady balance when it comes to economy. I understand that we have the need to attack after 9/11, but I feel we are just digging a bigger hole for America to climb out of. We have been in war with Iraq for quite some time and I believe America isn't gaining much good from it. The amount of deaths increases every day. Is it worth it?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
..what is my CAUSE?
I would like to do something that involves helping kids. Kids throughout the world have many different problems. Some have difficulty with stress, weight, family, school, and so on. My main focus would probably be helping kids with family problems. My cause will be helping kids cope with divorces.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
My EXPECTATIONS for Free Enterprise..
In free enterprise, I expect to learn more about money. All I know about money right now, is how to spend it... on clothes. I expect to learn how to strive in life with the new information I will hopefully learn while taking this class and better myself for the future, especially with the stock market and managing money. : )
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