Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Week 4(:

WHAT IS THE S AND P 500: An index of 500 stocks chosen for market size; it is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristtics of large cap companies.
The S and P 500 is currently up .35%,
WHAT IS THE RUSSELL 2000: An index measuring the performance of 2000 small cap stocks in the U.S.
The Russell 2,000 is currently up 1.22%.
TREASURY BOND: A marketable, fixed-interest U.S. government debt security with a maturity of more than 10 years.
My ancesters left me a treasury bond so I could go to college and live a fullfilled life.

INFLATION: Rising and falling of prices.
The risk of a stock also has to do with the level of it's inflation.


Transaction: I bought 6,500 stocks of AMR (AMR Corporation Common Stock) at $2.76 per stock. It is now selling for $2.96. Since I bought this stock two days ago, I have made $1,300. I bought this stock because it's 52 W range is 1.75 - 8.98 so it has plenty of room to grow. It's competitors, Delta Air Lines and United Continental Holdings costed alot more and had a much smaller gap between the highs and the lows. Also, I predict this stock continue to go up and reach around four or so dollars per stock in the next month.

7 comments:

  1. You mentioned the competitors and gave a little information on them but it didn't tell me much about them. Also, be sure to mention a catalyst if its a trade and if not why it's an investment.

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  2. I like how you mentioned why you bought it and how you compared it to the competitors. You might go a little bit more in depth of what sectors it falls into and what those sectors do or don't do for it.

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  3. i really like how you say why you chose to buy that stock. i also like how you did the sentences for your vocabulary.

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  4. This looks like mine! Except better because you gave information about the competition which is good I think. Its great! (:

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  5. You really did good on telling us why it was a good reason that you bought this stick and how much it has earned you. I would recommend that you talk more about the sectors but other than that good job.

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  6. Trade or investment?

    Good info but needs historical info to support it.

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