Mini-Project:  Watching the Stock Market                                                                             Name _____________________________

 

Directions:  Choose 5 stocks from the NYSE or NASDAQ and track their progress over a two week period.  Record the closing price of each stock for 5 different dates during the two weeks.  Answer the follow-up questions at the bottom of the page.

1.     Choose 5 stocks to keep track of for the next two weeks.  You can choose from the list on the back, or you can look up your own.  Write the company names and stock symbols on the left side of your chart. 

2.     Using a major newspaper or the internet, look up the closing stock prices for your five stocks on five different days.  For each date that you record the stock prices, write the date at the top of the chart and the closing values in the chart.

            ***To look up stock prices, visit the following link:  http://jfhmsfc.rockingham.k12.va.us/~chutchinson/stocks.htm

            OR go to http://money.cnn.com/markets/data/index.html  OR use a major newspaper.

3.     Answer the questions at the bottom of this page.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    Closing Price on Selected Dates

 

Company                                                                                   Stock Symbol                                    ____/____                    ____/____                    ____/____                    ____/____                    ____/____

 

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Questions to answer after completing the chart:

 

  1. How many of your stocks went up in value from the first day to the last day?  _______  How many went down in value over the two weeks?  ________

 

  1. Which stock performed best for you?  _____________________  How much did it gain/lose over the two weeks?  ______

 

  1. Which stock performed the worst for you?  ____________________  How much did it gain/lose over the two weeks?  ______

 

 

Popular Stocks:

 

Corporation                 Stock Symbol

Nike                                        NKE

Tommy Hilfiger                       TOM

GAP                                        GPS

Disney                                     DIS
AOL Time Warner                  AOL

McDonald’s                            MCD

Planet Hollywood                   PHL

CocaCola                                KO

PepsiCo                                   PEP

Johnson & Johnson                  JNJ

Home Depot                            HD

Walmart                                  WMT

Microsoft                                MSFT

Intel                                         INTL

IBM                                         IBM

Motorola                                 MOT

AT&T                                     T

Yahoo, Inc.                              YHOO

Continental Airlines                CAL

General Motors                       GM

Exxon Mobil                           XOM

Callaway Golf                         ELY

United Parcel Service             UPS

Merck                                      MRK

Verizon                                    VZ

Nokia                                      NOK

American Eagle                       AEOS

Boeing                                     BA

Delta Airlines                         DAL

Ford Motor Co.                       F

General Electric                      GE

Kraft Foods                             KFT

Office Depot                           ODP

Sony                                        SNE

Toys R Us                               TOY

Wendy’s                                  WEN

Barnes and Noble                    BKS

eBay, Inc.                                EBAY

General Mills                          GIS

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts        KKD

Nintendo                                  NTDOY

Outback Steakhouse                OSI

Starbucks                                 SBUX

Apple Computers                    AAPL

BestBuy                                   BBY

Campbell Soup                                    CPB

Dell Computers                       DELL

FedEX                                     FDX

Gateway, Inc.                          GTW

Honda                                      HMC

Northwest Airlines                  NWAC

Six Flags                                 PKS

Target                                      TGT

Toyota                                     TM