Tiger+Maulers

=//Tiger Maulers//= =879=

Nick A. and Kim F.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Bargain Hunter: =
 * There might be some hidden gems in the lower-priced stock!
 * Think: a large quantity of lower-priced stock can make some big profit!

We chose this profile because during these hard economic times, people now more than ever are trying to get more for their money. Because of this, bargain stores are making more profits than before. We think this would be a good way to invest since people are having so much trouble finding jobs and right now bargain lower-priced stock markets are one of the few stable markets so they're good to invest in. We chose this profile over others like health nut or good consumer because although those types of corporations are great, we thought that during a time like this we would make the most profit by investing in companies which offer cheaper prices for their merchandise.
 * Initial Philosophy:**


 * Initial Research:**

We invested in Walgreen Co. because we noticed that it was one of the few companies doing well in this economy. We knew it is a popular store and that they offer cheap prices for their goods. We invested in Amazon, Google, and Microsoft because they are all technology companies that are doing well right now. They are also well established and very popular companies so we thought they would continue to get a lot of business. We also decided to invest in Burger King because in this fast moving society and bad economy cheap food fast has become very popular among Americans and we saw that they were doing well in the stock market. Lastly, we invested in NIke because they are a well known shoe company that sells their merchandise at reasonable prices. Their stock was also rising in value.
 * **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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Walgreen Co. || WAG || $24.85 || It sells products for fairly low prices || $2484.72 ||
 * Amazon || AMZN || $63.33 || It's very popular and a lot of people use it and it's growing. || $20584.63 ||
 * Google || GOOG || $336.37 || It's growing rapidly and it's the most used search engine. || $33636.54 ||
 * Burger King || BKC || $22.64 || It's a popular restaurant across the nation and their food is growing in popularity since it is very cheap. || $2264.40 ||
 * Nike || NKE || $41.30 || Nike has a wide variety of shoes for different purposes so anyone can buy from them at a reasonable price. || $19770.66 ||
 * Microsoft || MSFT || $16.34 || It's a world known brand and many people buy software from them so they make a lot of profit. || $20228.65 ||

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

//1. spreadsheet//
//2. 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) Walgreen Co.
 * 2) WAG
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Walgreens is a drug store/pharmacy chain. Most stores include a cosmetics counter, photo lab, and general merchandise that you would expect to find at a drug store. It originated in Chicago, Illinois.
 * 5) Deerfield, Illinois


 * 1) Amazon
 * 2) AMZN
 * 3) Nasdaq
 * 4) Amazon.com began as an online bookstore in 1995 but soon began selling other products and now they sell almost anything you could want. Today they are a very well known company and they even have separate websites for other countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada.
 * 5) Seattle, Washington


 * 1) Google
 * 2) GOOG
 * 3) Nasdaq
 * 4) Google is a well known search engine but it also makes money by advertising, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services.
 * 5) Mountain View, California


 * 1) Burger King
 * 2) BKC
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) BK is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
 * 5) Miami, Florida


 * 1) Nike
 * 2) NKE
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Nike is a major supplier of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment. They were founded in 1964 and officially became Nike Inc. in 1978.
 * 5) Beaverton, Oregon
 * 6) [|Nike partners up with De La Sol]


 * 1) Micosoft
 * 2) MFST
 * 3) Nasdaq
 * 4) Microsoft develops, manufactures, licences, and supports a wide range of software products for computers and was founded by William Henry Gates III (known as Bill Gates).
 * 5) Redmond, Washington
 * 6) [|the "Pink"]

4. Revisit your investment strategy and portfolio - once early-March, and once early April. Report the following: __March__ __April__
 * 1) How are the stocks doing? They are all doing pretty well with the exception of Burger King which has gone down.
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones? BK went down.
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock? Our current economic crisis is probably what is causing Burger King to loose profit. It's possible that people are choosing to buy food at the grocery store rather than a fast food restaurant in order to spend less money.
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!)
 * 1) How are the stocks doing? All of them are doing well except BK again.
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones? Nike and Microsoft have both gone up a lot.
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock? The economic resession is probably the reason our stocks are making so little improvements if at all. We are not sure why Nike and Microsoft in particular have been doing well.
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!) We bought more shares of Nike, Microsoft, and Amazon.

=__**End of Project:**__= 3. Re-evaluate your initial investment philosophy. Now that the game is completed, how did it work for you? What would you have tried to do differently? How did stocks that you initially research, but did not purchase, fare? (Solid 1-paragraph assessing your strategy, 1 paragraph describing what you would try differently.) Our initial investment strategy was to invest in companies which sold goods for lower prices. This strategy ended up working very well for us because of the current economic reccession. Everyone is trying to get more for their money so we thought that those types of companies would make more profit and we were right. We originally were considering purchasing Sonic's and Walmart stock but we ended up choosing not to. It's a good thing we didn't because both of those companies did poorly and we would have lost money had we invested in them. In the end we made $14664.28 so our investments panned out pretty well. The only company that didn't perform as well as we had hoped was Burger King. We thought that because they sell food for cheaper than sit down restaurants they would do well however, we failed to realize that most families are saving money by purchasing food at the grocery store and preparing it themselves rather than buying already prepared food at a fast food restaurant. So the only thing we would've done differently would be not purchasing stock with BK. 4. Please print/link and thoroughly discuss current events article for two of your companies. Nike is currently partnering up with the popular hip hop group De La Sol to produce the album //ARE YOU IN?: Nike+ Original Run.// It will be in the "sports music" section exclusively on iTunes. Since this partnership the stock of Nike has increased 1.46. The music is specifically reflects the arc a runner experiences during the run. Sports music is made to help an athlete keep on going with their music. [|Nike partners up with De La Sol] Microsoft is currently down .47. They are going to try to raise their stocks by creating a smart phone that will rival the iPhone. Microsoft will team up with verison to build the phone which is estimated to be released next year. The Phone code named "pink" will hopefully make Microsoft a strong compeditor and raise stocks. There is plenty of work to do seeing that iTunes has already seen over one billlion downloads. [|the "Pink"] 5. Project Reflection: What did you learn? What did you have troubles with? Anything that I can do as a teacher to make this project more helpful for you? (1 paragraph) We learned that investing in stocks is not just a matter of only luck. You just have to think logically about who you're investing in and what might affect how well that company will do. We had trouble figuring out how do complete the pie chart but other than that the project was pretty straight forward. One thing you could have done to help us with the project would have been to go over strategies in detail and teach us how to invest wisely in stocks. You also could have explained how to do the pie chart and how to embed the spreadsheet.
 * 1) Complete your spreadsheet. Calculate the "Final Overall Gain/Loss"
 * 2) Make a pie chart of your holdings, based on $ invested in each stock.