Fluffy+Money+Maker

=//Fluffy Money Maker.//= = CSD_41_ZZ499 =

Jerry F.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Social Skeptic: =
 * People always have money for "bad" things!
 * Consider:
 * Investment in products that are not always good for health
 * Investment in gambling establishments, etc.

//A lot of people spend their money on cigarettes and alcohol. Those are drugs that are legalized and make people addicted and no matter how the economy is doing, people will still buy it. Also people are gamblers and like to spend money and I believe casinos will always stay in business.//
 * Initial Philosophy:**


 * **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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ======REYNOLDS AMERICAN====== || NYSE: RAI || **43.38** || It sells good quality cigarettes that a lot of people buy. || $10,000 ||
 * ======PHILIP MORRIS INTL====== || NYSE: PM || **43.01** || Sells different kind of cigarettes and people buy them very often. || $20,000 ||
 * ======MOLSON COORS CO CL B====== || NYSE: TAP || **38.42** || A popular beer company that sells a lot of beer. || $16,000 ||
 * ======ANHEUSER BUSCH====== || NYSE: BUD || **59.95** || Another company with high demanded beer. || $30,000 ||
 * ======DIAGEO PLC ADS NEW======

|| NYSE: DEO || **59.04** || Large alcohol company that makes a lot of popular liquor. || $30,000 ||

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__Company Information__
- - - - =__ Current Events and Your Investments  __=
 * 1) Reynolds American
 * 2) RAI
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Sells cigarettes and other tobacco products.
 * 5) It turned out to be a good investment.
 * 1) Philip Morris International
 * 2) PM
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Sells different kind of cigarettes that most people buy.
 * 5) Turned out to be a not very profitable investment.
 * 1) Molson Coors Company
 * 2) TAP
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) A popular beer company that sells very common beer.
 * 5) Had a very good profit at the end.
 * 1) Diego Plc Ads New
 * 2) DEO
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Large alcohol company that has makes very popular liquor.
 * 5) Didn't have a good profit like I thought I would have.
 * 1) Anheuser Busch
 * 2) BUD
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Beer company with a high demand.
 * 5) Turned out to be bought out and not end in the game.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 =Anheuser-Busch to shutter Bud Productions=

St. Louis Business Journal
[|**Anheuser-Busch Inc.**], now part of Anheuser-Busch [|**InBev**], plans to close Bud Productions, its full-service television, radio and Internet broadcast unit, Jan. 1. The team produced sports and entertainment programming, including [|**St. Louis Cardinals**] TV and radio, St Louis Blues radio, LPGA Michelob ULTRA Open Web cast, [|**St. Louis Rams**] preseason TV, AGA Showjumping broadcasts and [|**Budweiser**] “One Night Stand with Dale Jr.” Web casts. “This was a difficult decision, but is supportive of our goals to remain focused on brewing and marketing beer,” the Budweiser maker said in a statement. The job cuts associated with the unit are part of the 2,065 cuts Anheuser-Busch InBev announced [|**Monday**]. Belgian InBev is looking to shave $1.5 billion in costs from the company. Belgian brewer InBev completed its $52 billion acquisition of St. Louis-based Anheuser Busch last month, creating the world’s largest brewer. //All contents of this site © American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved.//

=Reynolds American to Webcast Investor Day Presentations Nov. 17=

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reynolds American Inc. [|RAI] will webcast presentations the company will make to the investment community on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. //During the webcast, members of the company's management team will discuss Reynolds American's performance and plans. A replay will be available on the Reynolds American Web site until Dec. 17. Registration for the webcast will be available as of Nov. 11. Please visit the Investors section at// [|//http://www.ReynoldsAmerican.com//] //to register.// //All remarks made during the webcast will be current at the time of the presentations and will not be updated to reflect subsequent material developments.//

=__Final Thoughts, Reflection, Feedback__= I still believe in my philosophy because people will always spend money on bad things like alcohol and drugs because they are addictive products. Overall I'm happy with my result expect about my Anheusur-Busch stock. Now that I look at it, I would have spend more time researching companies and seeing how productive they are rather then just choosing at random.

I tracked my progress often and sold and bought stocks as frequently as I could. It made me feel good seeing that I get into better places in the ranking and seeing that I'm earning more money, but also at times it was stressfull. Also how the economy crashed, it didn't benefit my stocks that well, but I was still able to make profit.

I learned how the stock market works and that the prices change frequently. The project was very straight forward and the directions on the wiki helped me. Also it would be good to check up on the rankings overall in a class and see how each group is doing so they have more passion into getting higher profit.