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Andrew R. and Kyle J.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Good Consumer: = Initial Philosophy: //We chose this profile becaus it is easy to understand and find out what new trends are. It has a lot of choices that are in the other profiles but it is not a restrciting as them because it is more open. It is easy to think of popular products and restaunts as well as businesses. We can invest in what is popular and can get information about what our friends and family like and are likely to buy a lot of in the future. this profile gives us the oppotunity to make a lot of money but is not as risky as some of the others.//
 * 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!

We will invest in all of the compnies we researched because when we researched them they all were doing well. =__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=
 * 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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Apcahe Corp. || [|APA] (NYSE) || 82.83 || It is an energy company and we alwys need more energy || 8300 ||
 * Chevron Corp. || [|CVX] (NYSE) || 74.90 || It is a gas company which are making tons of money now || 7500 ||
 * Apple Inc. || [|AAPL] (NASDAQ) || 93.84 || Apple is on the edge of new products and computers || 9400 ||
 * Microsoft Corp. || [|MSFT] (NASDAQ) || 23.85 || Microsoft is one of Apple's major competitors || 8200 ||
 * Hewlitt Packard Co. || [|HPQ] (NYSE) || 41.68 || HP is a very large computer company and competes with Apple || 8200 ||
 * Target Corp. || [|TGT] (NYSE) || 41.70 || Many people shop at target because it is like Wal Mart but nicer || 8200 ||
 * Wells Fargo || [|WFC] (NYSE) || 33.10 || Very large bank which people will need during the bad economy || 8200 ||
 * Gen. Electric || [|GE] (NYSE) || 21.43 || It is energy company and also makes appliances || 8200 ||
 * JP Morgan Chase || [|JPM] (NYSE) || 42.61 || Another bank and credit card company || 8200 ||
 * Capital One Finance || [|COF] (NYSE) || 39.57 || A credit card company which we think will do well || 8200 ||
 * American Express Inc. || [|AXP] (NYSE) || 29.01 || Another credit card company we think will do well in the future || 8200 ||
 * Apache Corp. was going up by a couple of points. We think it is a strong company because it trades at a farily high price.
 * Chevron Corp. was also doing well and because it is an oil company we preedict that it will go up. It also has a pretty good dividend.
 * Apple is a strong company that we both wanted to invest in because it was popular. Even though it is expensive we predict that it will steadily rise.
 * Microsoft is one of Apple's competitors and it was much cheaper than Apple. We also liked that of the stocks we researche it had a fairly high dividen percentage.
 * Hewlett Packard is another large computer company and is coming out with a new touch screen computer. It is not very expensive so we are hoping that it will increase.
 * Target is a very stable department storeand was not very expensive. We think it will be very consistent and not drop by much.
 * Wells Fargo is a large bank that is popular. It is not expensive and has a very high percentage dividend.
 * General Electric is a company that is very cheap. We hope that by having a larger quantity we will get a larger payout.
 * JP Morgan Chase wa going up when we researched it so we decided to invest in it. We als liked that it paid 3.5 percent dividends.
 * Capital One Finance we think credit card companies will start to do well with the bad economy. It also paid 3.6 percent dividends and was not very expensive.
 * American Express Is one of Capital One's competitors and it was much cheaper. We hope that we will get more out of i buy having more shares.

//3. For each of the companies that you choose to invest in, please give me the following://

 * 1) Apple Corp.
 * 2) AAPL
 * 3) NASDAQ
 * 4) Sells computers, MP3 players and music.
 * 5) Cupertino, CA


 * 1) Chevron Corp.
 * 2) CVX
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Refines oil and gas and sell sit at its gas stations.
 * 5) San Ramon, CA


 * 1) Apache Corp.
 * 2) APA
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) The company finds oil, rfines it and sells it.
 * 5) Houston, TX


 * 1) Microsoft Corp.
 * 2) MSFT
 * 3) NASDAQ
 * 4) It is a technology company that creates software for computers.
 * 5) Redmond, Washington


 * 1) Hewlett-Packard Co.
 * 2) HPQ
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) It creates office and computers hardware like computers, printers, and copiers.
 * 5) Palo Alto, CA


 * 1) Target Corp.
 * 2) TGT
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Target is a department store that sells all types of household products.
 * 5) Minneapolis, MN


 * 1) Wells Frago
 * 2) WFC
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Wells Fargo is a bank that lends money to people and sores it will be safe.
 * 5) San Francisco, CA


 * 1) General Electric Co.
 * 2) GE
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Ge makes a large variety of machines from washers to jet engines and T.V.'s.
 * 5) Fairfield, CT


 * 1) JP Morgan Chase
 * 2) JPM
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Is a bank that lends money and saves peoples money like Wells Fargo.
 * 5) New York, NY


 * 1) Capital One Finance
 * 2) COF
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) Capital One is a credit card company that lets people buy things then pay for them later.
 * 5) McLean, VA


 * 1) American Express
 * 2) AXP
 * 3) NYSE
 * 4) American Express is also a credit card company that people can use tobuy things and pay for them later.
 * 5) New York, NY

__News Articles:__

 * 1) http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/outthere/2008/08/gas_prices_in_freefall.html
 * 2) http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20081110-1108-earnings-walmart.html

=__**End of Project:**__=
 * 1) We still believe in our initial philosophy, but the bad economy made all of our stocks drop. It worked out fine but we did lose money. If we redid this project we would have bought more stocks in fewer companies. It was a lot to keep track of and took a lot of time to crunch the numbers.We bought all of the stocks we researched. I think our strategy toward the game worked fne but iwe needed to do more research into how well the companies have done in the past.
 * 2) We learned that stocks are very risky and should really be researched more to understand how they will do. We didn't have trouble with anything but we think there needed to be more computer lab days to work on the project in person with our partners. We beliieve that the project needs t be discussed more because it felt like we would wok on it then it would be forgotten then worked again but then forgotten till the last week.