Stock Market Report #25

N.K. Silverman

Honors Economics

Stock Market Report #25

I.  Print one page of “historical prices” for your company that shows the last 12 months. You will click on “monthly” to get those prices. You will need the January to December results. Ignore the dividends if they are listed.

II.  Calculate the number of shares by dividing 10,000 by the January price. Remember to drop any remainder so you decrease to the next LOWER whole number.

III. Fill in the table below in the same fashion that you did #23 on the Stock Market Report. Put the January date on the first line, then February, and so on with December at the bottom. There should be 12 lines and you should write the actual date not just the month.

DATE / “CLOSE” PRICE on Tuesdays / # OF SHARES
(Answer to II; always the same number) / VALUE
(Multiply the “close” price by the # of shares) / MONTHLY PROFIT/LOSS
Label +/-
(This week’s value
minus last week’s value) / OVERALL PROFIT/LOSS
Label +/-
(This week’s value
minus January value)
January

IV.  Write the answers to these questions on the paper below your chart. IN THIS SECTION YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE LARGEST PROFIT ON THIS INVESTMENT.

1.  What is the best date to buy your stock during the entire year?

2.  What is the best date to sell your stock during the entire year? Remember that this date must be after your “buy” date.

3.  What is the maximum possible profit that you could have made during the year by purchasing and then selling the appropriate number of shares of stock?

V. Staple your table on top of your “historical prices” paper. Be sure to write your name, period, date, the name of your company, and the Internet symbol for the company at the top of the paper.