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Chelsea V. and Olivia M.
=__Spreadsheet: media type="googlespreadsheet" key="pyUaWg-KRYHANoMM_PA9aDg" width="900" height="300" __= =__Philosophy/Investing Strategy:__= We initially began to look at stocks that seemed stable and were companies that are always popular. **
 * Initial Philosophy:


 * Initial Research:**


 * **Company Name** || **Stock Symbol** || **Price per share when researched.** || **Briefly, why are you attracted to this stock?** || **Roughly, How many thousands of dollars to Invest? (Enter number)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Costco || [|COST] || 40.14 || Trend of rising over a large period of time. || 20,000 ||
 * Johnson and Johnson || [|JNJ] || 47.78 || Stable and well know company. || 40,000 ||
 * Abbott Labs || [|ABT] || 46.98 || Good performance over a longer period of time. || 40,000 ||
 * We decided to invest in Johnson and Johnson because it is a well invested, stable company that has been around for along time. Johnson and Johnson makes everyday products that are essential for many people. With the economy in a slump right now, we decided investing in products that people would reluctantly give. Over the past 5 years the Johnson and Johnson stock has increased and decreased. The highest it ever reached was 71.33 in August 2008 and it reached its lowest point of 47.92 in March 2009.
 * Costco is a nation wide seller of products that people need. Also, they provide these products at affordale prices. We thought the likelihood of people loosing faith in this company would be slim to none. Over the past 5 years the Costco stock reached its highest point so far in May 2008 at 73.27 and its lowest point was in May 2004 at the value of 35.66.
 * Finally Abbot Laboratories was our risky company. We decided to invest in the because we figured if the company did good the pay off would be huge. We decided this risk was worth it due to the companies history. The spreadsheets trend showed a generally good performance. During the past 5 years Abbot highest value was 60.50 in January 2008 and its lowest was 38.56 in November 2005.

**__Company Information:__**
 * 1) Abbot Laboratories
 * 2) ABT
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Abbott Laboratories manufactures and sells health care products worldwide.
 * 5) Abbott Park, IL
 * 6) [|Pharmaceutical Industry Merger Mania: Consolidation vs. Diversification]


 * 1) Costco Wholesale Corporation
 * 2) COST
 * 3) NASDAQ
 * 4) Sells clothing, food, household goods, jewelry, music, movies, toys, and offers different services.
 * 5) Issaquah, WA
 * 6) [|Is This Stock As Good As Gold?]


 * 1) Johnson & Johnson
 * 2) JNJ
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Produce a variety of healthcare goods and own companies such as Neutrogena, Tylenol, Clean & Clear, etc.
 * 5) New Brunswick, NJ
 * 6) [|Better Than Recession Proof]

Abbot Laboratories (MARCH 19, 2009)
 * The stock has gone down $8.07 as of March 19.
 * Since it is not doing well we decided to sell all of our Abbot Stocks.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (MARCH 19, 2009)
 * On March 19 the stock is 45.12, it is up 1.82 since we purchased the stocks.
 * The stock seems to be steadily increasing so we are not selling any.

(APRIL 8, 2009)
 * The stock is currently 47.70 it is up 2.58 since we checked on it March 19.
 * Costco stock is continuing to do well so we are still keeping all of our shares.

Johnson & Johnson (MARCH 19, 2009)
 * This stock is currently 50.06 it has risen 6.76 since we purchased our shares.
 * Since this stock is doing so well we are not selling any shares because we do not believe this stock will decrease anytime soon.

(APRIL 8, 2009)
 * The stock is now 51.45 which is up 1.39 from the amount it sold for on March 19.
 * We do not believe this stock is going to make any big decreases in value so we are not selling.