Mega+Million

=//Cover Sheet://= Mega Million ZZ897 Megan Riley

=//Spreadsheet (10 points)://= Contains the following information:
 * Name of Company: Apple Inc
 * Stock Symbol: AAPL
 * Purchase Price: $101.35
 * Number Shares Purchased: 100
 * Commission: %5.4
 * End of Game Price: $125.14
 * Overall Profit/Loss: -$23.79


 * Name of Company: McDonald's Corp
 * Stock Symbol: MCD
 * Purchase Price: $54.64
 * Number Shares Purchased: 549
 * Commission: %29.7
 * End of Game Price: $54.41
 * Overall Profit/Loss: $0.23


 * Name of Company: Costco Wholesale Corp
 * Stock Symbol: COST
 * Purchase Price: $45.11
 * Number Shares Purchased: 886
 * Commission: %48
 * End of Game Price: $47.67
 * Overall Profit/Loss: -$2.56


 * Name of Company: Coca Cola Bottling
 * Stock Symbol: COKE
 * Purchase Price: $53.40
 * Number Shares Purchased: 310
 * Commission: %16.8
 * End of Game Price: $53.42
 * Overall Profit/Loss: -$0.02

=//Philosophy / Investing Strategy (10 points)://=


 * 1) For my first stock choice, Apple, I believe that Apple is a very successful technology company, always growing with new ideas. Also I think that buyers prefer Apple when it comes to computers, mp3 players, ect. I was expecting to gain profit from this company because I thought that since schools and personal buyers constanly put their money into this company that they would be growing in business.
 * 2) I also choose Mcdonald's as one of my stock companies because I know that they are probably one of the largest fast food companies around the globe. They are always making money because of the addiction they have caused and because of their presence in every american city. Therefor I expected to gain profit from this fast-growing, prductive company.
 * 3) For my third stock choice, Costco, I figured that since everyone is tring to save money in these economic times that Costco would gain major business. Also the majority of American families shop at Costco to get the mostwith their money. With these savinig strategies I expected to see a business growth in this company and to gain profit in my stocks.
 * 4) For my final stock choice, Coca Cola Bottling, I thought that since Coke is an addicting soda drink, people will be always willing to spend their money for a classic Coke bottle or can. Also i beleive that most people prefer coke over any other competitive brand like Pepsi, so this company should be pretty well off. With this I expected to maybe not gain profit, but at least have stability.

=//Company Information (10 points)://=

For EACH of the companies that you own stock in, please give me the following:
 * 1) Name of Company: Apple Incorporated
 * 2) Stock Symbol, exchange where it trades: AAPL, NSQ
 * 3) Location of Corporate headquarters: Cupertino, CA
 * 4) Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, portable digital music players, and mobile communication devices, and sells various related software and networking solutions.
 * 5) I invested into this company beacuse it seemed to be a strong, developing company.


 * 1) Name of Company: McDonald's Coporation
 * 2) Stock Symbol, exchange where it trades: MCD, NYQ
 * 3) Mcdonalds Plaza, 2111 McDonald's Drive, Oak Brook, IL 60523
 * 4) McDonalds Corporation franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants in the food service industry worldwide. Its restaurants offer various food items, soft drinks, and coffee and other beverages.
 * 5) I invested into this company because is is a fast-growing, productive company.


 * 1) Name of Company: Costco Wholesale Corporation
 * 2) Stock Symbol, exchange where it trades: COST, NSQ
 * 3) Location of Corporate headquarters: 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027
 * 4) Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection products in a range of merchandise categories and warehouse facilities.
 * 5) I invested into this company because int hese economic times i thought that this would be a large growing business and have positive affect on stocks.


 * 1) Name of Company: Coca-Cola Bottling Company
 * 2) Stock Symbol, exchange where it trades: COKE, NSQ
 * 3) Location of Corporate headquarters: 4100 Coca-Cola Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28211
 * 4) Coca-Cola Bottling Co. engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of carbonated nonalcoholic beverages, primarily products of The Coca-Cola Company.
 * 5) I invested into this company because it is a stable, classic business, with good business and a good foundation.

=//Current Events and Your Investments (10 points)://=

-Costco article The Costco article promotes trading in idem for recycling and being rewarded with cash. Even though this is an excellent idea and great encouragement for trying to save our planet, this could be a negative affect on stocks. This advertisement suggests that the company is loosing money and that could make the stock value worse.

-McDonald's advertisement The McDonald's advertisement shows a yummy looking hamburger and states that this hamburger was voted one of Hawaii's best American foods. Also saying, "serving Hawaii since 1968 with 75 stores statewide". This advertisement can be a positive affect on the stocks because it is declaring that the company is very wide-spread and popular.

=//__Final Thoughts, Reflection, Feedback (10 points):__//=
 * 1) My initial investment philosophy was to invest in businesses that i thought were popular and doing well even in bad economic times. Now that the game is completed, my philosophy didn't quite work as good as I thought it would because I didn't make any profit. If i was to re-do the project i don't entirely know what to do differently. I could have checked my values and such more constanly and tried to trade some of my stocks to gain a more successful profit.
 * 2) I actively tracked my project every few weeks, but I didn't quite understand how to make my results more successful by tracking. Economic issues had a large effect on my investments because very few companies were at their peak of sales, so it was hard to gain a profit as an investor. Successful companies were hard to find, and with this economy getting worse, it was hard to determined whether or not the company would get better or worse.
 * 3) In this project I learned how to use Yahoo finances and view parts of the stock market that i didn't even know about. I also learned how to use a wiki space because i have never used one before this project. I had troubles with the wiki in somecases because at times it would completly go blank and i would have to start all over about two times, but other than that i didn't have any major troubles. For a teacher i know that it is hard make a project like this intresting and motivational, but if you could somehow not make it seem so much like busywork it couldhave been more fun and easier to understand. Overall i think the project was successfull and that you did a good job with the project layout because it definately helped me uderstand step by step.