Travis' Review

What I contributed to the blog was i started the blog and kept everyone on track as to of what they needed to do. When it came to figuring out who needed to do what post or posts for the week I helped figure that out. I learned during the stock market game that it does not matter on what you think is going to happen to some stocks, because that might not always happen and you can't rely on that alone to figure out which stocks to invest in. I also learned what Short selling is and that if you think a stock is going to go down that you should short sell it rather than do nothing with it. I also learned that a Mutual Fund is a good way to earn money because it spreads your money out into different stocks. A bond is also another good thing that I learned about. A bond is a loan to a company that they have to pay back with interest. During the stock market game I would have changed what some of the stocks were that we invested in and how we invested in the stocks. I would have kept the same on how we did some of the things for the stock market and investing in the stock market. I would have kept the short selling, and maybe have even of done more of that.

Competitor Review for 12/14/09 to 12/18/09

For this week I will be doing a competitor review. I will be comparing the stocks Microsoft to Apple. Microsoft is the stock that we hold while Apple is another computer maker. On Monday Microsoft was at about 30.11 points, while Apple Inc. was at about 196.98. On Tuesday Microsoft was at about 30.02, while Apple Inc. was at about 194.17. On Wednesday Microsoft was at about 30.10, while Apple Inc. was at about 195.03. On Thursday Microsoft was at about 29.60, while Apple Inc. was at about 191.86. On Friday Microsoft was at about 30.36, while Thursday was at about 195.43. At the end of the week Microsoft gained about 1.7%-1.8%. Apple Inc. ended the week by gaining 0.4%-0.5%.

Review of the portfolio (Week 10)

For the final week of the stock market game, no changes (buying or selling stocks) were made to our portfolio. Our rank moved up and is now at 325 of 973. Our cash balance is at $68,277.12 the total equity was at $99,718.12. Our totaly equity has moved but not very much for the final week. Hopefully these last couple days of christmas will bring the stocks up even by a small amount would be a nice touch. No stock splits or dividends for this final week.

Coltons review

I will be explaining and or telling you how i myself would be doing this "stock market game" differently. I will be telling you, What i have learned from this game, What would i change if i were to restart this game, and What i would be keeping the same. First, what i have learned. I have learned how to manage stocks, and funds, and when to short sell, and how to keep myself from going under meaning i have also learned how to research and look into what that company will be doing in the future, and what will they be changing. Next, what i would change if i were to start over. I would change the company/company's i and my team bought stock in, I would of bought allot more "blue chip" company's. Blue Chip company's are like gas stations and oil company's etc. Finally, i will be telling you what i would keep the same. I would be keeping the amount of stocks we have bought the same, as well as the rank we currently hold in this game.

Review of the Market for 12/14/09 to 12/18/09

The S&P 500 for Monday gained 8 points, or 0.7%, closing at the highest point since October 2nd, 2008. For Tuesday it went down 6 points, or 0.6%. On Wednesday it went up 1 point, or 0.1%. For Thursday it went down 13 points, or 1.2%. On Friday it went gained 7 points, or 0.6%. For the week, S&P 500 lost 0.4%.

The DJIA for Monday rose 30 points, or 0.3%, closing at the highest point since October 1st, 2008. For Tuesday it went down 49 points, or 0.5%. On Wednesday it went down 11 points, or 0.1%. For Thursday it went down 133 points, or 1.3%. On Friday it went up 21 points, or 0.2%. For the week, DJIA lost 1.4%.

The NASDAQ for Monday gained 22 points, or 1%, closing at the highest point since September 18th, 2008. For Tuesday it went down 11 points, or 0.5%. On Wednesday it went up 6 points, or 0.3%. For Thursday it went down 27 points, or 1.2%. On Friday it went up 32 points, or 1.5%. For the week, NASDAQ gained 1%.

Review an Article from the USA Today Money Page.

This weeks blog will be on Review an Article from the USA Today Money Page. Investors cash out of money funds in drove. Investors have yanked out Net worth $490 billion from money funds this year through October. And others have just cashed there money out of the stock. This is all due to people flowing there cash money funds and are going into bond funds. This occurrence has only happened twice in the last 26 years. They say this is happening because bill's and other payments have deepened in price in the last few years. "It shows how deep the recession is: They may be taking money out to pay the bills or the mortgage." says Vincent Deluard. Investors where noted to be chasing "red-hot returns" during the month of October but for some reason, they were not this come this month October. But investors aren't chasing hot returns. And since the end of October, money fund assets have fallen an estimated $176 billion, the ICI says. An estimated $9.4 billion has fled stock funds. And $50 billion has poured into bond funds. Some investors are probably leaving money funds because yields are tiny. Money fund yields are low because the Federal Reserve has been holding short-term rates down to boost the economy.

Competitor Review for 12/7/09 to 12/11/09

For this week I will be doing a competitor review. I am going to compare Sprint Nextel Corp, (S) to the company that we have shares in Verizon Wireless (VZ). On Monday Verizon and Sprint had about the same amount of points. For Tuesday Verizon gained about 0.5% in points, while Sprint lost 6.5% in points. On Wednesday Verizon lost about 0.2%-0.3% in points, while Sprint gained about 5.3%-5.4% in points. For Thursday Verizon gained about 1.0%-1.1% in points, while Sprint lost about 2.5%-2.6% in points. By the end of the week Verizon gained about 0.1%-0.2% in points, while Sprint gained about 0.9%-1.0% in points. In the end Verizon gained only 1.4%-1.5%, while Sprint lost 2.6%-2.7%. Verizon came out on top this week in the stock market against Sprint Nextel Corp,.

Review of The Market (week 9)

DJIA: The Dow for the week started at 10390.1104 and slowly dropped about 100 points the first day. The second, third, fourth, and fifth day each went up about 50 points ending the week at 10,471.50

NASDAQ: The NASDAQ started at 2189.6101 and more than 15 the first. The second day started and rose a little over 9 points by the end of the day. Third started out slow but gradually rose about 7 points. The last day was really boring and had a very slow drop and ended the week with 2190.3101

S&P 500: The S&P had quite the week just like the NASDAQ and the Dow. The S&P dropped about 12 points. The second day rose about 4. Third rose about 7 points. The last day rose and the week ended at 1106.41

Review of Portfolio: 12/7/09 to 12/11/09

For this week we didn't buy or sell any stocks. Our Portfolio is ranked 358 out of 969. We have a Cash Balance of $68,028.32 and a Total Equity of $99,702.32. Our Portfolio increased since last week. We are hoping with Christmas coming up that our stocks will increase with the last minute shoppers buying things. There were no stock splits or dividends.

Review an Article from the USA Today Money Page.

For this weeks blog, i will be doing Review an Article from the USA Today Money Page. Can home market bounce back without more help? The housing market was supposed to be picking up. The year is ending on a brighter note than it began. Sales of existing homes are running at the highest pace in more than two years. Inventory of unsold homes is the lowest in more than a year. And home prices are falling at a much slower pace than they were this time last year. This is all due to the goverment assassistning with home buyer tax credit. Next year should be a roller coaster, likely to bring only slight improvement, given high unemployment and tight credit. For now, the housing market is feeding on the home buyer tax credit, falling home prices and low mortgage rates. Average rates on 30-year mortgages have been about 5% this fall.

Competitors

The company that I am going to compare to a competitor is Activision Blizzard (ATVI). The competitor is going to be Electronics Arts Inc. (ERTS). On Monday ATVI and ERTS was at about the same amount of points when they closed. On Tuesday ATVI gained about 2% while ERTS gained about 0.5%, meaning ATVI lead ERTS for the day. On Wednesday ATVI lost almost 3% while ERTS lost about 0.7%, meaning that ERTS lead ATVI for the day. On Thursday ATVI lost about 0.3% while ERTS lost about 1.7%, meaning ATVI lead ERTS for the day. On Friday ATVI lost about 2.5% while ERTS lost about 2.1%, meaning ATVI lead ERTS for the day. For the week, all but one day was lead by ATVI. Both stocks lost money for this week, but ATVI still came out on top.

Review of Portfolio (week 8)

For this week I will be reviewing our portfolio. We did not sell or buy any stocks for the week. We paid no commission for any of our stocks for this week due to no buying or selling. Our total equity is 99,620.53 which is a $643.28 increase since Friday. Our cash balance is $67859.53. We valued our portfolio went up because with the holidays coming near, companies are having sales and people are buying more stuff. No stock splits and dividends for this week. We are ranked 349 out of 965 contestants.

Review of the Market for 11/30/09 to 12/4/09

The S&P 500 on Monday went up 4 points, or 0.4%. On Tuesday it went up 13 points, or 1.2%. On Wednesday it stayed at about the same as it finished on Tuesday. On Thursday it went down 9 points, or 0.8%. On Friday it went 6 points, or 0.6%. Finishing this week with a positive gain.

The DJIA on Monday went up 35 points, or 0.3%. On Tuesday it went up 127 points, or 1.2%, closing at its highest point since October 2nd, 2008. On Wednesday it went down 19 points, or 0.2%. On Thursday it went down 86 points, or 0.8%. On Friday it went up 23 points, or 0.2%, to close at 10388.90 after hitting a 14-month high of 10,516.70 in the morning. Finishing this week with a positive gain.

The NASDAQ on Monday went up 6 points, or 0.3%. On Tuesday it went up 31 points, or 1.5%. On Wednesday it went up 9 points, or 0.4%. On Thursday it went up 12 points, or 0.5%, being the only one to raise its stocks for today. On Friday it went 21 points, or 1%. Finishing this week with a positive gain.

New products/services

For this weeks blog, i will be doing "New Products/services provided in an industry you hold.". And i will be doing it on "Blizzard". Blizzard is expanding their "World of Warcraft" franchise into foreign country's expanding their 11million people rank to even higher. And into 2010, they will have "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo III also Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty " all will have world record sales but the one to come in first place down right would be "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm". This release alone will have millions and millions of people buying up on it.