Sabennie

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Jennie R., Sabrina S.
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=**__Initial Philosophy:__**= We chose to invest in products that Americans use on a daily basis. Our strategy was based on the most popular products on the market. The products with high profits were the ones that caught our eyes. We chose these because it makes us feel safer in the economy. We chose these products and we are confidant they will help us succeed.


 * **Company Name** || **Stock Symbol** || **Price per share when researched.** || **Briefly, why are you attracted to this stock?** || **Roughly, How many thousands of dollars to Invest?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Honda Motor Company || [|HMC:NYSE] || 21.59 || Honda is known for having reliable products that many are interested in. || 9,000 ||
 * Walgreens ||  [|WAG:NYSE] || 23.51 || Walgreens has been taking the world by storm and looks like a good investment. || 11,000 ||
 * Goodyear Tire Rubber || [|GT:NYSE] || 10.68 || Goodyear Tire is a good company with a lot of products. || 35,000 ||
 * Longs Drug Store || [|LDG:NYSE] || 71.44 || Longs drugs has allowed many people to recieve their perscriptions easily. || 20,000 ||
 * Sandisk Corp. || [|SNDK:NasdaqGS] || 16.49 || Sandisk's products have become extremely popular recently and are used amongst all businesses. || 5,000 ||
 * Xerox Corp.

Dell Inc. || [|XRX:NYSE]

[|DELL:NasdaqGS] || 8.45

13.21 || We chose Xerox because paper is used everyday and seems like a good investment.

Dell was a stock chosen completely out of the blue. || 15,000

5,000 ||

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=__Company Information:__= 1. Honda Motor Company 2. HMC:NYSE 3. Tokyo, Japan 4. Developmens, manufactures, distributes, and sells motorcycles, automobiles, and power products worldwide. 5. We thought the people would begin to buy more products due to the new products.

1. Walgreen's 2. WAG:NYSE 3. Deerfield, Illinois 4. Walgreen Co. operates a chain of drugstores in the United States. 5. Americans choose to go to Walgreen's due to their low prices of prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise.

1. Goodyear Tire Rubber 2. GT:NYSE 3. Akron, Ohio 4. It manufactures rubber tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aviation, motorcycles, farm implements, earthmoving equipment, industrial equipment, and various other applications. 5. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company not only supplies products, it also provides automotive repair giving people the option of what they want.

1. Longs Drug Store 2. LDG:NYSE 3. Walnut Creek, California 4. Provides retail drug and pharmacy benefit management services in the United States. 5. We invested in Longs Drug Stores for the same reason as Walgreen's.

1. Sandisk Corporation 2. SNDK:NasdaqGS 3. Milpitas, California 4. Designs, develops, manufactures, and markets NAND-based flash storage card products that are used in various consumer electronics products. 5. Sandisk is an easy and effective way to store data which has taken the world by storm.

1. Xerox Corporation 2. XRX:NYSE 3. Stamford, Connecticut 4. Engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, servicing, and financing of document equipment, software, solutions, and services worldwide. 5. Xerox is a huge company which offers many different products.

1. Dell Inc. 2. DELL:NasdaqGS 3. Round Rock, Texas 4. Designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports computer systems and services worldwide. 5. Dell was chosen for the same reasons as Xerox.

=__Current Events and Your Investments:__= In order to reduce their costs, Honda Motor Company is moving many parts of car production across Asia. Instead of doing it all in one place, the company has decided to increase productivity by specialization. The company is ready for the change and is looking to revive their economy. As described in the article, the companys profits have dropped by 5%. Although this is less than analysts expected, their situation is in need of some help. The company is looking for some diversity in order to increase sales.
 * [|Honda moves production to cut costs]**
 * [|US computer maker Dell has seen its quarterly profits slip 5%, as customers worldwide bought fewer computers.]**

=__Final Thoughts, Reflection, Feedback:__= 1. Although our initial philosophy was legitimate, it failed miserably, as we had loses in all of our inverstments at the end of the game. We chose our company's for the name. Our trust in the name of the brand did not allow stability for our investments. Although popularity is a huge factor in buying stocks, it is not everything, as shown by my loss of money. If we were to play this game again we would do it completely different. First, I would only invest in 3 to 4 stocks. Also, we would only buy stocks that were food. This is because food is always needed, it is always popular, and the demand for food will never go down.

2. We worked on our project about once a week in the beginning because we were doing very well at first. Then, one week everything went downhill. Every single trade we bought and sold seemed to be the wrong decision. If we bought something, it went down. If we sold something that was bad at the time, it went back up. The economy was not on our side for this project because we would have huge loses and very small gains.

3. During this project we learned of the many choices an investor has when buying stocks, including the responsibility associated with each decision. It is very important to research everything you wish to buy, because it could soon turn 180 degrees and horribly ruin your investments. This project was both fun and challenging. It was nice to compete with other schools and teachers especially when extra credit points are given, even if it is only 1 point.