Stock Market Assignment

Name ______Date ______

1.  Choose a company and find out if it sells ‘shares’ on the stock market.

Write the company name here ______

Write the stock symbol here ______

Create a table to record the price of the stock for 5 days. An example is given below.

Name of Company ______Stock symbol ______

52 week high price ______52 week low price ______

Date / Price / Change in price + / - from the previous day / Volume of shares traded (how many traded that day)
Feb. 9th / $34.58 / - $1.27 / 3, 356,698
Feb. 10th / $35.02 / + 0.44 / 2,452,647

2.  Create a mini “Company Profile” of your company. Who is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer)? Where is the head office? What do they sell? How many people work for them? What is the Canadian connection, if any?

3.  Brainstorm a list of at least 2 possible indicators that could provide information that a company is a good investment. Then write 2 indicators that a company is a poor investment.

4.  Find and record 3 companies that have a high value, then 3 with a low value. Why do you think the values are high or low?

5.  In 5 sentences or more, explain the causes of the “Stock-Market Crash. “ Use the Cause-Effect Organizer to help organize your thoughts.