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Jordan B. and Chelsea J.
=__Initial Research:__=

=Good Consumer: =  //The two stocks we chose to invest in (Starbucks and Home Depot) are companies that we use in our everyday life, whether we notice it or not. Since we use the companies products on a daily basis, we chose to stay loyal and show our support to them.//
 * 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!
 * Initial Philosophy:**

//Either fill in this chart, or make your own system for organizing this information on your wiki page.//
 * 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)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Starbucks || [|SBUX] || 8.74 || We use the company regularly in our daily lives || 50,000 ||
 * Home Depot || [|HD] || 19.10 || The company is used frequently by individuals and other companies. || 50,000 ||
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

=__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:// > http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2009/03/16/daily54.html?ana=yfcpc 4. Revisit your investment strategy and portfolio - once early-March, and once early April. Report the following:
 * 1) Name of Company: Starbucks
 * 2) Stock Symbol: SBUX
 * 3) Exchange where Stock Trades: NASDAQ
 * 4) Brief summary of what the company does: Engages in the purchasing, brewing and selling of whole bean coffee worldwide. They offer many kinds of coffees, espressos, teas, pre-bottled drinks, complimentary food items and Starbucks Hear Music cds. They also sell and trademark through other companies.
 * 5) Location of Corporate Headquarters: Seattle, WA
 * 6) Add hyperlinks as appropriate to a news article that has some impact/implication on your company's stock performance.\
 * 1) How are the stocks doing?
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones?
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock?
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!)

=__**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)