Penny stock

From my experience during the stock market game I found out that the market is very random and could take the wrong turn at any moment. There will be days where the market will just crash on you or it could go the other way around and you could accumulate a ton of profit. At the beginning of the game I didn’t know what to do so I just bought random stocks that the website suggested to me. I got my friend, who was already familiar with the stock concept because he was in Mr. Barton’s Finance…

Street tells Jordan Belforts journey as he embarked on one of the biggest stock market manipulation schemes and how it all came crashing down. The book details the demanding nature of being a stock broker back in the 80 's-90 's and the amount of sex and drugs that encapsulated a young Jordan Belfort into conning people out of hundreds of millions of dollars. After being laid off from his first job as a stock broker due to the stock crash of 1987, Jordan founded his own firm, Stratton Oakmont…

to a stock fraud that involves inflating the price of an owned stock through misleading positive statements, in order to sell the inexpensively purchased stock at the raised price. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s goal is to protect investors and maintain fair, efficient markets. They have exposed multiple cases of pumping and dumping, which has become a fairly common practice in finance. In July 2015, the SEC released information about three men who pumped the price of penny stocks as…

Choice #1: Ethical Business Management Sometimes, in firms, the interest of the stockholders and that of management will diverge and misalign thereby resulting in mismanagement of the business. Such separation leads to what is known in the finance world as an agency problem. Moreover, one of the five principle foundations of finance is principle number five (5) which points out that a conflict of interest will cause this agency problem (Keown, Martin, & Petty, 2014). Presented is an analysis…

Earnings per share of common stock: Profit allocation to outstanding shares on common stock is measured by this ratio. Company G jumped from a $0.672 in 2001 to a $1.03 for the year 2012. Benchmarks for the quartile industry are 0.83/0.87/0.9. Earnings per share of common stock for Company G represent and increment above average. Earnings per Share of Common Stock represent strength for Company G. L. Price earnings ratio: This ratio values current share price and compares to earnings per…

Acme Products, Inc., requires a new machine to produce a part for a heat generator. Two companies have submitted bids, and you have been assigned the task of choosing one of the machines. Cash flow analysis indicates the following: Year Machine A Machine B ---- --------- --------- 0 -$1,000 -$1,000 1 0 417…

Midwestern Contemporary Art The case study presented, Midwestern Contemporary Art, illustrates a classic power conflict between two men, Peter Smith and Keith Schmidt. Peter is the chairman of the board and former municipal judge who, along with his wife, loves contemporary art. He and his wife became involved with the Midwestern Contemporary Art (MCA) museum when they began collecting art pieces, and he was eventually named chairman of the board. Keith is the executive director of the…

Fiduciary duty refers to a legal obligation to act purely in the interests of another party. The party that owes the duty is known as the fiduciary, while the party to whom the duty is owed is known as the principal. The fiduciary is not allowed to benefit from this relationship unless the principal expressly consents to it. In addition, the fiduciary should not have any conflict of interest with the principal. Furthermore, in cases where the fiduciary has several principals, the fiduciary…

understanding of investing will lump stocks and bonds together when talking about investing in markets. While they do share some similarities, there are also significant differences one needs to be aware of, such as how the investment works, the outside forces that influence value, liquidity, and the markets where they are traded. It is also important to understand rates of return, so I shall include multiple examples using a stock with and without a dividend component. Stocks are probably the…

Supply, Inc. has released its annual report. This report includes a five-year financial summary for the fiscal years 2016-2020. Financial summaries are used to help investors throughout the decision making process of investing in a company’s common stock. Some of the strategies involved in this decision are evaluating the growth of the company’s income, net sales, and inventory turnover, along with dividend payout. The combination of these strategies and the annual report should give an investor…