Economics
Project 1
Investment Stock Table
Type your answers to the questions in the corresponding box in the chart below. Company
Symbol
Price of Stock - 1 year ago
# of Shares Purchased - 1 year ago
Highest value over last 12 months
Lowest value over last 12 months
Current Worth of Stock
Value +/- over last 12 months
(Current worth - Price at purchase)
Exxon-Mobil
XOM
88.01
1245
96.00
84.70
38.51
JP Morgan Chase
JPM
40.73
231
57.22
39.88
57.12
General Motors
GM
24.60
54
39.18
24.40
38.51
Johnson and Johnson
JNJ
69.59
986
95.75
68.60
95.10
Life Partners lphi 2.46
65
4.47
2.40
1.80
Total Gain
$
Total Loss
$
Net worth of stock portfolio
(Total Gain minus
Total Loss)
$
1. Record the full name of the five companies in the chart that have been invested for you and its stock symbol in the table. Use www.finance.yahoo.com to find your company’s stock symbol. Click on the investing tab at the top of the page. Once at the investing page, there will be a quote search box. Start typing the business name in that box to get the three to four letter symbol.
2. The producers of the show invested $10,000 dollars in each company one year ago. Go to www.finance.yahoo.com and search for each company; then, select historical prices on the left, and select your date range. How much was the price of each stock one year ago? How many shares of stock were the producers able to purchase for you
