Second Journal Entry 9/26/11-9/30/2011

VOCABULARY-  

Dividends- A sum of money paid to shareholders of a corporation out of earnings.

*John got paid his dividends today from owning Apple (APPL).

Earnings-  Money earned from owning a share or stock.

*James got more earnings from Google then Chase because he bought it when it was lower.

    Private Companies VS Public Companies- A private company is a company that you can’t buy shares or stocks from and a public company is a company that you can buy shares from.
*John wasn’t able to invest into that company because it was a private company.

    Growth stock- A stock that grows and makes you money.
* John bought the stock because he knew it was going to be a growth stock and make him more money.


JOURNAL-
            One of the two companies that i have chose to talk about is Best Buy (BBY). I chose this company because i buy some movies from them. The 52 week range for Best buy is it was at a low of 22.74 and at a high of 45.63. A competing company that i chose to compare to this one is Netflix. It's 52 week range is very low right now. So i believe that either one would be good to buy at this point. The other company that i chose to talk about is Amazon. And i chose this company because i order stuff from them online. There 52 week analysis is 151.40-244.


TRANSACTIONS-
I have bought 2 companies lately. I bought Best Buy (BBY) and Netflix (NTFX), I bought these because i looked at the 52 week range and it is at the lowest peak of the range right now so i believe that these two would be good to buy right now because i see nothing but profit on buying shares of these. Yes it may go down a bit but it will eventually go up.


RESEARCH-
I did some research on two different stocks. I did my first research on the Nike (NKE) stock and after looking at it and reviewing it i don't believe it would be a good company to invest in right now. It's very high and almost at it's 52 week range high so i believe that you would risk money and people might start buying more boots instead of tennis shoes since winter is coming. I think it would be an average risk to invest in this. Also i researched Macdonalds (MCD). Macdonalds is very close to it's high too so i believe it may be a risky idea but since it is a solid company and people love to eat there. I think it would be a good one to invest in because you probably wouldn't lose much. And i had a lot more written but somehow it got lost on the computer and i came back and it wasn't saved.

First Journal Entry 9/23/2011

1) Jenny decided to start investing in STOCKS.
2) John bought 4 different BONDS that he thought would make him money.
3) DOW JONES went down this week due to drop in prices.
4) EQUITY loans with the lowest interest rate in years.

JOURNAL:
So for my stock i choose is Cabelas (CAB). The 52 week information is that it's low is  17.36 and it's high is 32.37. And at the moment right now it is at 21.17. Also Cabelas compared to other companies is very good. Because other major companies like Bass Pro Shops and Gander Mountain don't have stocks and Cabelas is the best place to get hunting stuff for good quality and low prices.

TRANSACTIONS:
One stock that i bought was mentioned above. I bought the Cabelas stock. I bought 59 shares of Cabelas and right now it is at 21.17 and i believe that it is going to go up because the high of Cabelas is 32.27. I believe that it will go up to excleast 26 or 27. I think this because it is winter and all the hunting seasons are starting to open like deer, elk, big game and waterfowl hunting so people will be going by cabelas buying stuff for hunting season.

RESEARCH:
The stock that i chose to research is PepsiCo. And i believe that it would be a bad idea to get this stock right now because the sales growth is going to go down. Also it is very close to it's high point so you could only make like .50 cents. So all it would do is go down pretty much from now on.

10 Brands I Identify with

1. Remington- I have 2 of their shotguns that i use for waterfowl season.
2. DC- I buy there shoes and wear them.
3. Verizon- I have used there phones for about 3 years now.
4. Peace Tea- I always buy there drinks when i go to the grocery store.
5. Kent- I shoot there shotgun shells every year
6. Cabelas- I buy all of my outdoor stuff from there.
7. FOX- I wear some of there clothing and buy stuff from them sometimes.  
8. Maverik- I buy gas there.
9. Mac- I got there computer that i use at home.
10. Supermags- I buy there waders and use them.

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9/11 Blog Post Who Won?

I believe that Al-Quaeda is winning right NOW. 10 years ago they destroyed two of the tallest buildings in the world and made a terrible day in history to remember. They took down two buildings full of people and killed close to 3000 people. Alot of companies in this building were major contributors to the stock market and were major companies which i believe may have had a change on our economy. The stock market was shut down for 6 days after the attacks which was the longest since the Great Depression. Yes we killed one of the main Al-Quaeda leaders; Osama Bin Laden. But we just killed ONE of their leaders. And Osama Bin Laden wasn't even doing any of the killing at all. All that he did was plan the attacks and what to do. There are many more Al-Quaedas over there that would love to take his position of calling the shots and i'm sure they will replace him soon. We haven't killed the people associated with Al-Quaeda that actually carry out the attacks. That is why i believe that Al-Quaeda is winning this war on terror at the moment.