Stock Market Webquest

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Stock Market Webquest

• A Financial Portfolio
• By Alex EighthGrader

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Introduction

• For this webquest I set out to find 3-5 companies
  to invest a tidy sum of 50,000 in. I researched
  some web sites, primarily www.bigcharts.com, and
  followed the stock prices of 5 companies over the
  course of about a week and a half, recording the
  results in Microsoft Excel. Then I put all of
  this information into colorful charts. From the
  charts, it is easy to see that the three
  companies I chose rose slightly over the week and
  a half. Finally, I decided how many shares of
  each stock to buy. I used as much of the 50,000
  as possible.

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Conclusion

• I would choose to invest the 50,000 in three
  companies Dell, Panera, and Verizon. They have
  shown reasonable growth in the past five years,
  and each seem to have potential for more.
• 511 shares of 37.01 each in Panera Bread Co.,
  totaling 18,912.11
• 400 shares of 41.88 each in Verizon
  Communications Co., totaling 16,752.00
• 501 shares of 28.60 each in Dell Computer Co.,
  totaling 14,328.60
• Altogether totaling 49,992.71, with 7.29 left
  over.