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Stock research
From the library page go to featured sites, go to Economics Resources (Including Stock Market). Go to CNN Money website for your initial search. Each team
member is to research at least two of the companies below.
- Next to the “Quote” at the top of the page is a link to “symbol look up” Attempt to find the ticker symbols for the following companies. Do
not give up until you find the ticker. Write symbol & Exchange next to the company
Company
Ticker Symbol
Exchange
- Nike
NKE
NYSE
- Nokia
- Yahoo
- Google
- Amgen
- Home Depot
- Lowes
- Qualcomm
- Conoco Phillips
- Bank of America
- General Electric
- Below the graph is the option to see the performance of your stock over various periods of time. Check the past month, 3 months, 6 months, and year.
- Do you see any trends? Up/down
- What do you think of the prospects of this stock for the next 10 weeks?
- Make other observations from the information on this page.
- To the left of the graph is a table. What is the 52 week high? What is the 52 week low? What is the
difference between the current price and the high and low prices?
- Below the table are news stories for this company. Read one story
of interest from the news. Read one story from analysis. Read one from any of
the categories.
- Which story(s) help you in analyzing the health of this company?
- What information is beneficial for deciding whether to buy stock in this company?
- Is this a good company to buy stock in for the 10 week period of our contest?
Is this a good company to buy stock in for a long period of time? Explain
your answers.
5. Begin researching companies of interest for your tea
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