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=__Initial Research:__=

=Smart Investor: = 
 * Look at the graphs of the companies that you may know!
 * Think: if the graph is at its minimum stock price, it may rise more dramatically!
 * Initial Philosophy:**

I chose this profile because i didn't like any of the ones provided. It seemed like it would be smart thing to invest in the companies that have currently had a drop in stock price so that when they go back up there is a higher rate of return. Neither of my stocks that i have chosen can relate to any of the other investor profiles because i would have to choose two of them. I am not going to pick stocks just because the company looks interesting, but i am going to see how the company looks on an economic scale.


 * Initial Research:**

|| SMG || **$29.0190** || seems like the graph will have an increase soon || $30000 || I chose to invest in Scotts Miracle Gro co. and Usana health science. i chose these companies to invest in because their graphs showed that they were near their minimum line and they looked like they were going back up in price. I tried to use the graphs as my main justification for why i should pick a certain stock.
 * **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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
 * USANA HEALTH SCIENCE || USNA || 
 * $19.5228** || graph seemed to have dropped and looks like it will go back up again soon || $30000 ||
 * Google Inc. || GOOG || **$344.07** || the graphs seem to be going nowhere any time fast || $39000 ||

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

//Scotts Miracle Gro Co. SMG NYSE gardening and lawn care supplies Scotts Miracle Gro: [|article] Headquarters:// 14111 Scottslawn Rd. Marysville, OH 43041

//Usana Health Science USNA NSADAQ Health and care products Usana: [|article] Headquarters:// 3838 W. Parkway Blvd. Salt Lake City, UT 84120

=Investment Update:=

How are the stocks doing? My stocks are doing very well, i am currently ranked 23 out of 600 people! Any particular good or bad ones? Both of my stocks have gone up quite a bit.
 * Early March**

I currently only possess one stock and it seems to be doing well. Usana has gone up even more than before and i am glad with the way it is looking.
 * Early April**

=**__Current Events:__**=

Although we are at an economic crisis, people still want their yards to look nice and it is believed that SMG is a strong enough a company to hold its stock prices during this economic crisis, so the economic problems are not really effecting SMG. Usana is growing during this economic trouble because they have cheaper prices than all of their competitors and are reeking all the benefits from having all the business

=__**End of Project:**__=

Now that the game is completed, i am happy with my starting philosophy on what to invest in. if i were to do something differently i would have probably invested in Google because it had a 40% increase on stock prices and i would have watched the news more often to find out what they have to say about the stock holdings and what they believe will rise due to the economic situations. I also would have purchased another stock right after my last sell on SMG to increase my chances of getting more income.

Google that i had initially researched had increased dramatically and would have been a really good stock to invest in. One of the things that i would have tried differently is to buy as many stocks of Google as i could after selling my shares of SMG. I am somewhat upset that google had done as well as it did because i decided not to invest in it.

I have learned that stocks can be more efficient than bank interest. It is much better to place your money into stocks than into a bank. Although it is possible to lose money, most of the companies will grow rather than fall. So if your stocks are spread around into multiple stocks the chances are that your money will grow rather than decrease. There isnt much a teacher could do to make this project more helpful for me, the only thing that i think the teacher could have done is to inform the class more specifically each day which stocks he believes are about to boost up in price.