Stock market crash

use that knowledge to invest responsibly into six stocks. We were given $100,000 to to invest. This challenge taught me how unpredictable stocks can be, and how tricky an investment can become. The six stocks I chose to invest in were Tesla Motors, Air Canada, Apple, Audi, Tim Hortons and Netflix. All together I made $10,530.63. The stock that made me the most money was Tim Hortons (invested $10,000 and has a current value of $21,038.36). The stock that lost me the most money was Audi (Invested…

most prestigious companies in the world yet don’t know the slightest bit of information on stocks. Simply unacceptable. Though your first year and a half at college is spent taking general education classes, understanding equity before specialized classes start will not only give you an advantage but will also allow you to see if it really does interest you. Where do I begin? I suppose by covering stocks in general. How amazing would it be to a wealthy business owner without ever having to…

But in the past two years the stake has almost halved in value to £4.3bn. The stock is now at least a quarter below the price at which Temasek invested in 2006 and 2007. Temasek will remain an important pawn in the potential story of Standard Chartered. Cutting workforce Standard Chartered recently announced to further reduce its…

Learning Team A Global Business Financial Environment ACC/300 Brandy Havens Alesia Batiste GM Motors uses SEC filings (US Securities and Exchange Commissions). Available-for-sale securities are one type of investment a company can make. Available-for-sale securities are any security not classified as a trading security or held to maturity security. These can either be debt or equity securities, however, the accounting is the same for each. An accountant must properly account and report…

Amazon http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-reportsannual Who is the audience for each section of the report? The audience for Amazon’s report are people interested in investing, future shareholders, and people that are interested in learning about Amazon and their services. This is the intended audience because Amazon’s report has financial statements, a letter to shareholders, and information about the company and amazon’s services. There is also Amazon’s 10-K to show…

From the table above, we can see that ABC’s Z Score is on negative amount in 2007, we suspect that it’s the result of their acquisitions, which mainly funded using debt. If we compare it to their performance in 2006, they were considered in the safe zone (Z Score > 2.6), which means the company is believed to survive in the future. Volatility of the share is also increased in 2007, which represents there are more risk associated compared to the previous year, so there’s a high probability…

ACT 8-1 - Business Applications Case: Statistic versus flexible budget variances a) Did Atlantic increase unit sales by cutting prices or by using some other strategy? Atlantic did not increase sales by cutting prices for the actual sales price was higher than the budgeted price which is as follows: The budgeted sales price was $33,000,000/150,000 units = $220 per unit (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Therefore, the actual sales price was $35,520,000/160,000 units = $222 per unit (Edmonds et…

so. Giant, well-situated companies more commonly pay dividends on a fixed schedule, however generally in addition they declare special dividends. The payment of dividends impacts the belief of a manufacturer in economic markets, and it might also have a direct effect on its stock cost. There are also different types of dividends. Organizations using the residual dividend policy select to rely on internally generated fairness to finance any new projects. Because of this, dividend repayments can…

stated that three stock should be bought and kept track of. This assignment would spark the competitive side of all involved. The stocks that were bought included; Apple, Kellogg’s Company, and Nike. Then it came time to sell one stock and buy two others. Kellogg’s Company was sold to buy Steve Madden and Johnson & Johnson stocks. As the class continued, three major stocks were also followed; The Dow Industry, S & P 500, and NASDAQ. With these major stocks, the trends of the minor stocks that…

Chapter 8: Problem 10 (Crude Oil Prices) Pricing and Accounting Policy Choices Predicted by the Bonus Plan and Debt Covenant Hypotheses of Positive Accounting Theory in Response to Increasing Crude Oil Prices Bonus plan hypothesis. The bonus plan theory asserts that managers will make financial accounting decisions in a way that best benefits them (Scott, 2012). When managers are faced with the decisions that affect their own bonuses, they will take into consideration current and future…