Friday, October 7, 2011

Journal #3 10/3/2011-10/7/2011

VOCABULARY- 

RISK- The chance that you may lose money when investing in a stock.
*Randy had a high risk of losing money because it was not a good company.

SMALL CAP- Mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization under $1 billion.
*In and Out burger is a small cap company.

MID CAP- Mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitilization between $1 billion and $5 billion.
*Sonic is a mid cap company because they are good and well known.

LARGE CAP- Mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitilization of $5 billion or more.
* Costco is a large cap company because it is such a big company and they have everything you need there in gross.

JOURNAL-

2 companies that I chose to buy are Visa Inc. (V) and also Ford Motor Company Common Stock (F). First we'll talk about the Visa Inc. (V) company. The 52 week analysis for Visa Inc. (V) is 9.32-18.97. Currently it is selling at 9.44 for share. Right now it might be good to buy this because it is towards its low. Another company that competes with Visa is Bank of America Corporation (BAC). They compete because they both deal with money. I think Visa would be better to buy because (BAC) is a lot cheaper and i think i would have a major risk on buying this stock. The other company that i chose to talk about is Ford. The 52 week analysis is 9.32-18.97. And now currently it is being sold for 9.49 for share. A company that competes with Ford is Nissan Motor Co. (NISA.BE) A better company to invest in out of these two would be Ford because they are more stable and you probably would have a low risk .

TRANSACTIONS-

I did one transaction of each. I bought 1 stock and sold another. The one that i sold is Apple (APPL.) I sold this company because it is going down regularly and i tried to get out of there as soon as i could because it was wasting alot of my money. A company that i bought is Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. (CDTI). I bought
 this company because it is selling right now below its lowest 52 week analysis. So therefore i'm gonna take a medium risk and buy this as a trade. I'm going to buy this as a trade because i believe that winter is coming up and everyone will start to drive their truck again because of the icy roads so i believe that that will happen very soon.

RESEARCH-

One of the stocks that i chose to research is Deer and Company common stock (DE.) The 52 week analysis on this company is 61.63-99.80. Right now it is trading at 62.11. I believe that it would be a good time to buy this stock because it is at a low. I think it would be an average risk company because it is a solid corporation and it should go up from here on out. Another company that i chose to research is ConocoPhilliips (COP.) I chose to research this company because whenever there is not a Maverik around i will go fill up at a Conco gas station. It would be a good idea to buy this company right now because the low share is really low and that's around where it is trading right now. All you would do is pretty much make money on this stock.

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