Thundercats

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Sean J. Taylor B.
=__Initial Research__=

=Techie: =
 * Are there some technology companies that are "can't miss?"
 * Are there some companies that are coming up with interesting new products?

We went with the techie profile because we thought that the statistic that technology is thought to double every 18 months meant that there are a lot of people out there that will be replacing their old stuff because it is already considered outdated. In a lot of industries they have to stay modern with their technology in order to compete, which means that a lot of money is being pumped into all these different companies. Also a lot of things that go along with computers and things like that are really cheap to mass produce and sell like software and things like that so they are very successful companies.
 * Initial Philosophy:**

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 * 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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Google || GOOG || $339.61 || Lots of people buy it || $50,941.35 ||
 * Apple || AAPL || $91.87 || Lots of people are buying apple products and the company continues to grow || $18,374.30 ||
 * Best Buy || BBY || $28.40 || Best Buy had a good history with their stock fluctuation || $8,519.04 ||
 * Pepsi || PEP || $52.44 || It looked like it was starting to increase, so we took a risk || $5,243.82 ||
 * Qualcom || QCOM || $35.25 || Had a good history of small increase || $7,493.87 ||
 * Walmart || WMT || $51.30 || Lots of people have bought stock and the company continues to grow || $10,259.16 ||
 * 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.

We decided to buy most of our stocks from Google. When we researched their history it made sense to buy alot of stock for a short amount of time. Apple stocks look like a good idea to buy because Apple is always comming out with new or updated technology and softwear that many people purchase. Even in today's bad economy, Apple seemed to be going pretty steady and selling fairly cheap stock. Best Buy was one of the best companies we researched. So we bought alot of stock because they had a good history with their stock fluxuation. Best Buy turned out to be one of our best investments. Buying Pepsi stock was a risk we were willing to take. The company's stock often fluxuated and we thought we were buying at a time when it was beggining to rise. Unfortunately, that risk did not benefit us and we did not profit from Pepsi at all. We bought Qualcom stock because it had a good history. The company had a tendency to have a small increase over a period of time. It was a good choice, and Qualcom ended up being one of our best investments. Walmart seemed like one of the better companies to buy stock in because lots of people shop there and the company continues to grow. Walmart ended up being a let down because it did not bring a large income.

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

//1. Replace this text with your embedded spreadsheet// to track investments, costs, loss, etc.
//2. 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.

1.Google
 * GOOG
 * Nasdaq
 * Search Engine
 * 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy. Mountain View, CA 94043
 * http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090429-719159.html

2.Apple
 * AAPL
 * Nasdaq
 * Makes and sells computers, Mp3 players, and software
 * Cupertino, CA 95014
 * http://blogs.computerworld.com/against_harsh_economy_apples_ship_keeps_sailing

3.Best Buy
 * BBY
 * NYSE
 * Large store selling things that relate to electronics and technology
 * 7601 Penn Ave. South Richfield, MN 55423-3645
 * http://www.topix.com/com/bby/2009/01

4.Pepsi
 * PEP
 * NYSE
 * Sells beverages
 * 700 Anderson Hill Rd. Purchase, NY 10577-1444
 * http://in.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idINTRE53S6NL20090429

5.Qualcom
 * QCOM
 * Nasdaq
 * Designer and supplier of chipsets for electronic devices
 * 5775 Morehouse Drive,San Diego, CA 92121
 * http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132239&intsrc=news_ts_head

6.Walmart
 * WMT
 * NYSE
 * Corporate chain thats sells various items
 * 702 SW 8th St Bentonville, AR 72712
 * http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_07/b4021076.htm

__March__ Some stocks are doing good while others seem as if they will only continue to drop. Apple and Best Buy seem to be our best investments and hopefully will bring in a lot of money. With today's economic crisis it seems like every company was doing terrible, but now some are starting to recover and profit. __April__ Only a few stocks make a profit. most make a small decrease. We took a big risk in buying Pepsi stock and it turned out to be a big let down. We will probably sell most of our Pepsi stock. It seems as though most companies are beginning to stabilize and start going up instead of down.

=__**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 paragraph describing what you would try differently.)
 * 4) Please print/link and thoroughly discuss current events article for two of your companies.
 * 5) Project Reflection: What did you learn? What did you have troubles with? Anything that I can do as a teacher to make this project more helpful for you? (1 paragraph)