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C & J Stock Market Game ZZ# Chelsea Jenks and Jordan Borchardt

=//Philosophy / Investing Strategy://= Our strategy in buying our stocks was simply picking companies that we support. We decided to support companies that, even in these tough economic times, are still doing well and showing compassion for everyone going through the hard financial times.

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For EACH of the companies that you own stock in, please give me the following: > different blends of teas, coffees, ect, along with other related products. > put a lot of money into :] And we were able to realize that it is a company that, even in > these tough financial times, is still able to make a profit.
 * 1) Company Name: Starbucks
 * 2) Symbol: SBUX
 * 3) Location of Corporate headquarters: Seattle, WA
 * 4) Brief description of what it does: Starbucks is a corporation that makes and sells
 * 1) Why did you like it enough to invest in it? Starbucks is a company that both of us

> "do-it-yourself" home improvement. > after years of business, running strong and constantly coming up with new ways for > customers to acheive their home improvement goals and save money. =//Current Events and Your Investments://=
 * 1) Company Name: Home Depot
 * 2) Symbol: HD
 * 3) Location of Corporate headquarters: Atlanta, GA
 * 4) Brief description of what it does: Home Depot markets tools and materials used for
 * 1) Why did you like it enough to invest in it? The Home Depot is a company that is still,

Find and print a total of two news articles (one for any two companies of your choice) that describe an event that had a positive or negative affect on stock price.

In your own words, describe to me the economic implications of the articles, and how it may have positively or negatively affected stock prices.

=//__Final Thoughts, Reflection, Feedback :__//= > doing well, and split our money half-and-half. We weren't sure if this strategy was going > to work or not, but it actually did. Home Depot, which made us some money, didn't do as well > as we were hoping. However, Starbucks did very well and made us a lot more money than we were > expecting. > "good" at. It's something that you have to really think about and decide "Is this worth investing > my money into? And can I make my money back with this company's success?". It's all about skill > and knowledge.
 * 1) Going into this project, our initial strategy was to pick only 2 companies that we felt were
 * 1) Project Reflection: We learned that the stock market isn't something that you can necessarily be