Coca Cola’s Stock Price Stock and Market Game and Profile
Part 4: STOCK PRICE (2 points)
Each week you will monitor the stock price and news regarding the stock that you selected. If you notice a significant change in the stock price on a particular day/week, review the news about the stock to determine what caused the change in price. Include the stock price for 5 weeks.
Part 5: STOCK MARKET GAME (3 points)
Assume you have $10,000 to invest in the company’s stock. Use the stock quotations section of your newspaper or a financial website such as www.finance.yahoo.com to find the current stock price. How many shares of the stock can you purchase with your $10,000? ($10,000/price per share = ____shares)
Some stocks pay a dividend, which is shown next to the stock price in the stock quotations. The dividend is normally quoted on an annualized basis and is paid four times a year, so assume that you receive one dividend payment over the semester (one-fourth of the annual dividend).
At the beginning of the semester, you will fill in rows 2 through 4 in the table below. At the end of the semester, you will sell your shares to determine how your investment performed. At that time, you can determine your return on your investment by filling in rows 5 through 8 in the table.
Record the following:
- Your initial investment $10,000
Stock price beginning of the semester_______
- Number of shares purchases _______
- Dividend per share received (if paid) _______
- Dollar amount of dividends received equal to row 2 x row 3) _______
- Stock price at end of the semester when you sell the stock _______
- Dollar amount received from selling the stock
(equal to row 2 x row 5)_______
- Total amount of dollars you have at the
end of the semester (equal to row 4 + row 6) _______
- RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT
equal to (row 7 – row 1) _______
Part 6: COMPANY PROFILE (5 points)
Refer to the assignment sheet attached.
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