8th or 9th Grade Stock Project

It’s Time to Choose a Stock

See the examples to help guide you through this research process. Please write thorough answers for all of the questions.

Directions:

Go to www.morningstar.com

Q. List 5 things this website will do for you
1.________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________

Click on the article: Our Take on the 3rd Quarter
On the left hand side, click on Best and Worst Performing Stocks

Q. Based on this report, what type of stock should you choose if you want your money to grow the most? Why?



Go back to the article. Choose Stock Performance by Industry on the left hand side.

Q. Based on this report, what type of stock should you choose if you want your money to grow the most? Why?



Go back to the HOME page. At the bottom of the page, go to Mutual Fund and Stock Market Data. Chose Top Performing Stocks. (See the example) Check 3 stocks that you are interested in and see how it has performed. Do this by typing the name of the company into the search at the top of the web page. Click the ticker to get stock information. (See the example)

Fill in the following information about each stock.

For each stock, click on the DATA INTERPRETER and find information to prove that this stock is a good buy or a bad buy and why.

Information Stock Name

_______________ ______________ ______________

Open Price __________ ___________ _________

Last Price __________ ___________ _________

Day Change __________ ___________ _________

Day Range __________ ___________ _________

52 Week Range __________ ___________ _________



Data Interpreter

Good buy or Bad buy ________ __________ ________



Why?????



My final stock choice is……_________________________________

Because, _________________________________________________