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Brittany F. & Shelbi H.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Good Consumer: = 
 * Think about the brands and goods that are "must-haves" for you, your friends, and your family.
 * Where do you tend to shop or dine out?
 * What are some companies that strike you as being particularly impressive?
 * Look at the stuff you, your friends, and your family own - it might not be unreasonable to invest in some of these companies!

//Replace this text with 4-5 complete sentences about why you chose this profile over the others. Why do you think that this will be a good profile to invest with?//
 * Initial Philosophy:**

//Either fill in this chart, or make your own system for organizing this information on your wiki page.//
 * 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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Dominos Pizza Inc. || (DPZ) || 9.99 || We are attracted to this stock because we are a consumer of this product and the stock is up || 20,000 ||
 * Jack in the Box Inc. || (JBX) || 19.76 || We are attracted to this stock because we are a consumer of this product and the stock is up || 10,000 ||
 * The Cheesecake Factory Inc. || (CAKE) || 11.98 || We are attracted to this stock because we are a consumer of this product and the stock is up || 10,000 ||
 * Target Corp. || (TGT) || 42.00 || We are attracted to this stock because we are a consumer of this product and the stock is up || 10,000 ||
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

//1. Replace this text with your embedded spreadsheet// to track investments, costs, loss, etc.
//2. Embed the stock price widget here.

3. 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) Name of Company
 * 2) Stock Symbol
 * 3) Exchange where Stock Trades
 * 4) Brief summary of what the company does
 * 5) Location of Corporate Headquarters
 * 6) Add hyperlinks as appropriate to a news article that has some impact/implication on your company's stock performance.

4. Revisit your investment strategy and portfolio - once Mid-October, and once Mid-November. Report the following:
 * 1) How are the stocks doing?
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones?
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock?
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!)

=__**End of Project:**__=
 * 1) Complete your spreadsheet. Calculate the "Final Overall Gain/Loss"
 * 2) Make a pie chart of your holdings, based on $ invested in each stock.
 * 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 paragra