This project was one that I found to be very interesting being that I never actually paid much attention to stocks, how they functioned, or what the purpose of investing was. Every day and throughout the days, I would look forward to seeing how my stocks were doing and thus I would find myself getting frustrated, excited, and so forth about the changes.
First, the reason why I stayed with my last four investments is because they were generating growth (profits) at a stable rate, although at times I would also see losses. Additionally, in Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), I felt that with Google Inc., reorganizing into a new corporate structure of eight separate companies headed by Alphabet Inc., and how it was investing its profits back into new, risky …show more content…
With Tyler Technologies Inc. (TYL), I felt that because it is the country’s largest company solely dedicated to providing software and services to the public sector that the company was strong in many areas, such as: growth in earnings per share, growth in net income, growth in revenue, and has a solid stock price performance. Furthermore, with Abbott Laboratories (ABT), I felt that because they are a US pharmaceutical and healthcare company that their segments are strong, they are making money at a decent rate, they have an average dividend yield, they have fluctuating growth, and overall this company is very stable. Lastly, with SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), I chose this company because it focuses and strictly invests in oil and gas production and exploration companies. In addition, according to our lecture notes titled “Investopedia and the Stock Market”, it defines exchange traded funds …show more content…
are as follows: Current Ratio, the ability to pay short-term expenses, is 4.80. It is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities. Quick Ratio, the ability to pay its extremely short-term expenses, is 4.39. It is calculated by dividing current assets less inventory by current liabilities. Cash Ratio, price relative to the value of its assets, 3.83. It is calculated by dividing the company 's stock price by its assets.
Next, the diversifications of my portfolio is that I distributed my investments among different companies and industries in order to maximize my returns since they would all react differently to the same event. For instance, I invested in software and services, pharmaceutical and healthcare, oil and gases, Some risks involved with my stock are numerous; For example, inflation rates, exchange rates, interest rates, instabilities, market risks, country risks, business risks, financial risks, and so
First, the reason why I stayed with my last four investments is because they were generating growth (profits) at a stable rate, although at times I would also see losses. Additionally, in Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), I felt that with Google Inc., reorganizing into a new corporate structure of eight separate companies headed by Alphabet Inc., and how it was investing its profits back into new, risky …show more content…
With Tyler Technologies Inc. (TYL), I felt that because it is the country’s largest company solely dedicated to providing software and services to the public sector that the company was strong in many areas, such as: growth in earnings per share, growth in net income, growth in revenue, and has a solid stock price performance. Furthermore, with Abbott Laboratories (ABT), I felt that because they are a US pharmaceutical and healthcare company that their segments are strong, they are making money at a decent rate, they have an average dividend yield, they have fluctuating growth, and overall this company is very stable. Lastly, with SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), I chose this company because it focuses and strictly invests in oil and gas production and exploration companies. In addition, according to our lecture notes titled “Investopedia and the Stock Market”, it defines exchange traded funds …show more content…
are as follows: Current Ratio, the ability to pay short-term expenses, is 4.80. It is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities. Quick Ratio, the ability to pay its extremely short-term expenses, is 4.39. It is calculated by dividing current assets less inventory by current liabilities. Cash Ratio, price relative to the value of its assets, 3.83. It is calculated by dividing the company 's stock price by its assets.
Next, the diversifications of my portfolio is that I distributed my investments among different companies and industries in order to maximize my returns since they would all react differently to the same event. For instance, I invested in software and services, pharmaceutical and healthcare, oil and gases, Some risks involved with my stock are numerous; For example, inflation rates, exchange rates, interest rates, instabilities, market risks, country risks, business risks, financial risks, and so