Team+Greeeeen

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Brooke P. & Kate R.
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We chose to invest in these stocks because they are all related to us in one way or another. Both of us grew up watching Disney movies and taking trips to Disneyland with our families. We both have people in our families who are working for Fedex and who are planning to work there until they retire. Lastly, neither of our families have a lot of extra money so McDonalds is a fast and easy way to have a good meal in in our busy lives.

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 * 1) Walt Disney
 * 2) DIS
 * 3) $17.84
 * 4) Walt Disney produces movies for all ages, they have theme parks, TV channels, record companies and stores.
 * 5) 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521-9722
 * 6) http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/23/disney-dis-entertainment-turnaround/


 * 1) McDonalds
 * 2) MCD
 * 3) $54.66
 * 4) McDonalds is number one in fastfood sales, it owns parts of other major restaurants like Chipotle Mexican Grill and Donatos Pizza.
 * 5) 2111 McDonalds Dr. Oak Brook, IL 60523
 * 6) http://www.thestreet.com/story/10469405/mcdonalds-stock-packs-happy-meal.html

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 * 1) Fedex
 * 2) FDX
 * 3) $45.82
 * 4) Fedex ships packages to over two hundred and twenty countries around the world and they own over six hundred and seventy planes.
 * 5) 3850 Hacks Cross Rd. Memphis, TN 38125
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McDonalds: []

McDonalds stock has been negativley affected in many ways. For example, due to the rough times in the economy each share of stock dropped 1.25% within the past two months. In their second quarter last year they lost $711.7 million dollars, this is only their second reported loss they have ever had. The suffering economy has affected citizens along with many businesess. People do not have enough money at this time to be wasting it on McDonalds, along with McDonalds stocks.

Disney: []

Disney has lowered thier prices on just about everything also due to the suffering economy. Care packages along with ticket packages have all dropped in order to make them more affordable for the average American. Disney caught onto the fact that less and less people were visiting their parks because no one had the extra money to spend on them, but now that tickets are cheaper, their sales are back up to normal.

=//__Final Thoughts, Reflection, Feedback (10 points):__//= > If we were to do this project again, we would do a couple of things differently. For example, we would spend a little more time researching the stocks we invest in. We would also think more about the economy and what is really inportant to people. By that we mean what will people continue to buy no matter how much or how little money they have.
 * 1) We chose to buy stocks from these companies mainly because they were all related to us one way or another. While researching what stocks to buy we also looked at and compared companies similar to one another and their daily and yearly success. Overall we were successfull, we profited when it came to Disney and Fedex but lost when it came to McDonalds. We were a little suprised by this because we figured that McDonalds would be doing good due to the suffering economy. We expected for McDonalds to be prospering because we figured that at this time people would be buying cheaper food, but I guess not.
 * 1) Honestly, the only time either of us looked at the progress of our stocks was when we had work days in class and on the days we got together outside of school to work on it. Although this project was a lot of work (and we think it should be worth WAY more than just 50 points) and we didnt enjoy it that much, it was very interesting and gave us a new perspective on money and the highs and lows of it.
 * 2) We think all schools should partake in this project. It's not necessarily the funnest but it is something that will be very helpful in many of our lives later on. There will be a number of us who are going to deal with stocks when we are older and now that we have this project under our belt we already have a head start. Our main problem with this project was doing all of the work online and having to figure out most of it on our own. A little more direction about how to do some things online would have made it a lot easier and A LOT less stressful.