rissa

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Marissa B.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Investor For A Cause: =
 * Are there any problems or injustices in the world that corporations should be more responsible in handling?
 * Consider:
 * "Green" Companies
 * Fair Treatment of Workers
 * Corporate philosophy of being particularly responsible or kind to communities
 * Research and Development of alternative/sustainable energy, etc.

I chose this profile because I'm interested in it and I think it's important. Green companies are becoming more popular since our environment is at stake and there's fear of global warming. If more and more companies invest in being environmentally friendly, then our environment would take a turn for the better. The companies I chose all have made a small contribution to helping the environment, hopefully setting an example for other businesses and people.
 * Initial Philosophy:**


 * Initial Research:**


 * **Company Name** || **Stock Symbol (make it a hyperlink to research page)** || **Price per share when researched.** || **Briefly, why are you attracted to this stock?** || **Roughly, How many thousands of dollars to Invest? (Enter number)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Bank of America || [|BAC] (NYSE) || $24.25 || They save over 200,000 trees a year from their recycling program and they give a $3000 cash back incentive for people who buy a hybrid car. || $0 ||
 * ======El DuPont de Nemours & Company====== || [|DD] (NYSE) || $33.85 || They reduce emissions of both greenhouse gases and airborne carcinogens. || $5,000 ||
 * Starbucks || [|SBUX] (NASDAQ) || $10.56 || Its "bean-to-cup" approach creates eco-accountability at every stage of its supply chain. With recycled-paper sleeves alone they saved the equivalent of 78,000 trees in 2006. || $15,000 ||
 * Whole Foods Market Inc. || [|WFMI] (NASDAQ) || $13.96 || They were the first major U.S. corporation to purchase enough wind-energy credits to offset 100 percent of its electricity use. || $10,000 ||
 * Wal-Mart || [|WMT] (NYSE) || $54.62 || They proposed to power every store with 100 % renewable energy. || $20,000 ||
 * Google || [|GOOG] (NASDAQ) || $353.02 || They are investing a lot of money in solar technology, saying that they will partially power their huge data centers with solar power. || $35,000 ||
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

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3. Be sure to **physically print out** the confirmation page showing what stocks you purchased!

3. For each of the companies that you choose to invest in, please give me the following://
 * 1) Name of Company
 * 2) Stock Symbol
 * 3) Exchange where Stock Trades
 * 4) Brief summary of what the company does
 * 5) Location of Corporate Headquarters
 * 6) Add hyperlinks as appropriate to a news article that has some impact/implication on your company's stock performance.

4. Revisit your investment strategy and portfolio - once Mid-October, and once Mid-November. Report the following:
 * 1) How are the stocks doing?
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones?
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock?
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!)

=__**End of Project:**__=
 * 1) Complete your spreadsheet. Calculate the "Final Overall Gain/Loss"
 * 2) Make a pie chart of your holdings, based on $ invested in each stock.
 * 3) Re-evaluate your initial investment philosophy. Now that the game is completed, how did it work for you? What would yo