Jake

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Jake R.
=__Initial Research:__= =Good Consumer: = I chose to invest in these stocks because i listen to news and here a lot of good things about them.Also all of them some how have been used by me or by someone i know who like the product and company
 * Iphones, cell phones, computers, technology, etc.
 * Chain restaurants or fast food
 * Apple and Microsoft: they are always trying to better then one another so there is always competition
 * We all use microsoft but i want an Apple laptop. We also all have cell phones through verizon as do most of my friends.
 * 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)** ||
 * Verizon || [|VZ] || 28.44 || Very popular in America || $20000.00 ||
 * Disney || [|DIS] || 17.92 || just a random first buy || $20000.00 ||
 * Microsoft || [|MSFT] || 17.04 || competitor of apple || $20000.00 ||
 * Apple || [|AAPL] || 101.07 || competitor of microsoft || $20000.00 ||
 * AT&T || [|ATT] || 24.92 || very popular in america || $20000.00 ||

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__= 1.These are my first stocks bought
 * Verizon- Lookng at verizon for the past five years it has been pretty steady. It seems, in todays world having a cell phone is a necessity, so i think Verizon only has room for more growth.
 * AT&T- AT&T is another phone company which has been noticably growing in the last 5 years it also has the iphone to sell and right now it seems like thats the "hot" thing to have so i think AT&T will go up.
 * Microsoft- In the past microsoft has dropped and then rebounded back up and currently microsoft is down so assuming it will follow its past trends i think it will again come back up.
 * **Buy** || **[|MSFT]** || **400** || **$MARKET** || **2009-02-24 15:03:01** || **A0A9249** || **Order Executed** ||
 * **Buy** || **[|DIS]** || **400** || **$MARKET** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2009-02-24 14:57:54** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**T1A8541** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Order Executed** ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Buy** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**[|VZ]** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**400** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$MARKET** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2009-02-24 14:54:21** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**D9A0305** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Order Executed** ||

//3. For each of the companies that you choose to invest in, please give me the following://
 * 1) Microsoft
 * 2) MSFT
 * 3) NASDAQ
 * 4) Microsoft: programming, computers, video games etc.
 * 5) Redmond, Washington
 * 6) [|Microsoft Article](includes verizon as well)


 * 1) Disney
 * 2) DIS
 * 3) NASDAQ
 * 4) Brand name now they have everything from amusement parks to cereals but they started as a production company
 * 5) Burbank, California
 * 6) [|Disney Article]

MARCH: APRIL: =__**End of Project:**__= || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Position** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Shares or $Value** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Last Trade Date** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Net Cost per Share or $100** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Net Cost** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Current Price per Share or $100** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Current Value** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Unrealized Gains Losses** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**% Unrealized Gains Losses** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Option** || || || || || <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;"> || <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;"> || <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;"> || <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">$18,664.66 || <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">17.155% ||  ||
 * 1) Verizon
 * VZ
 * 1) NASDAQ
 * 2) Cellular phone company also provides wireless internet services now.
 * 3) Basking Ridge, New Jersey
 * OK, disney is not doing so well so im going to sell it
 * 1) Microsoft is going up and im considering buying more
 * 2) The stock market is overall doing better and im investing in Apple now too.
 * 1) Great, all of my stocks are going up now
 * 2) Microsoft and Verizon are my 2 best investments at this point and i went from being in debt to now i have actually made money
 * 3) It still seems like the economy is doing slightly better and my stocks are continuing to increase in value
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**TICKER**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**[|ATT]** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Long** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**1,000.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2009-03-19** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$25.4184** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$25,418.40** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$25.6300** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$25,630.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$211.60** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**0.832** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**[|Trade]**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**[|AAPL]** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Long** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**400.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2009-03-19** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$103.0914** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$41,236.56** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$123.9000** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$49,560.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$8,323.44** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**20.185** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**[|Trade]**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**[|MSFT]** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**Long** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2,500.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**2009-02-27** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$16.8582** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$42,145.38** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$20.9100** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$52,275.00** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**$10,129.62** || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">**24.035** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,arial,helvetica;">**[|Trade]**
 * <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**TOTAL**

My initial strategy was to buy stocks from companies that are popular and that I frequently use. I found it worked pretty well because 3 out of the 5 companies I bought stocks from ended up making me a profit. If i could change anything I would have to say not to buy Disney because i would have had pure profits with no losses. Disney just wasn't going up so i lost money when i sold it. Well the other ones i researched actually did bad because my friends bought those and ended up losing most of their money. I think overall i got pretty lucky because i didn't do extensive research on the stocks i bought i basically just looked at the past 5 years of trade for each company. I don't really think I would do anything differently i have looked more into buying into stocks in the future and before this project i have watch bloomberg and i talk to my dad a lot about investments and the stock market. I feel like had a bit of an advantage because i already knew how my companies have done in the past not just by looking but by previous research i have done.

[|Microsoft] [|Disney]

Project Reflection: I learned that researching the stocks first helps to see how your investments will tend to do it seems like the stock market repeats itself yearly. I found it hard to really know how many stocks to buy cause i was fearful to lose all of my money. I really enjoyed this project i like how there was a pre-made template for the entire project it makes it easier to know what to talk about. Also i enjoyed having the competition with not only my class but the other econ classes.