Week SIXXXXXX..

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Heather
Anya
Kimberly
Amy
Asia
Taylor
Tess
Mariah
Jared

Taylor
Heather

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??

Week five

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.

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.

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.