Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Journal 9

Transactions
1.) Netflix has gone way down hill lately. Their 52 week information is now is 62.90-304.79. Their 52 week low use to be 76 dollars. I have sold them and rebought them at 64.13. They should come out with some great deal to get more money, so hopefully if they do the stocks will rise.
2.) I recently bought a new stock. The stock I am investing is Ford Motors, because I am looking into buying a new car that is a Ford. Their 52 week information is 9.05-18.96. I bought 500 shares at 10 dollars even.

Vocabulary
1.) I always value my assets.
2.) My work's account payable are to many other companies like where we get our food from.
3.)Accounts recievable
4.) Our comapny needs to start amortizing our debt soon.

Job Shadow

Hey, I get to miss school next Wednesday becuase I got a job shadow with a fine artist in Powell. I don't have to be at her house till 1P.M. so I get to sleep in. I am pretty excited to meet someone who got so invloved with art at a young age like I did.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

60 Minute Video Qs

1.) What is your opinion of the topic of the video? Explain.
- my opinion would be that it is not fair, but then again if I were in their place I would be using the benefits to make trades.

2.) What can you do about your opinion? How can you make your opinion count?
- I don't think I can do anything about my opinion.

3.) What is Insider Trading? What was the info that caused Martha Stewert to go to prison?
- Insider Trading is trading between corporation stocks or other securities.

4.) What is Black Friday? When did it get its name? What Cyber Monday?
- Black Friday is the major shopping day after Thanksgiving, and Cyber Monday is the same but online two days after Black Friday. Black Friday got its name from "Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving."

Friday, November 18, 2011

Journal 8

Transactions
1) I am selling and debuting Level Three Comunications because it is loosing me money and I hope it will go back up because this is about their lowest point.Their 52 week info is 13.80-40.05 and they Do not have a dividend.

2) I am doing the same thing with Apple Inc. Their 52 week info is 304.69-426.70 and I am selling my 45 shares and debuying them for cheaper.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Candy Stocks

WAS ABSENT ON MONDAY

I know if I were on the stock floor I would most likly go crazy after about a week. It is very loud and a million things are going on at one time that I would be so confused on what I am suppose to be doing. People from all around the world call in orders on the stocks they want and people on the floor get that order and buy it for them.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Game Standards

3.2 Students formulate solutions to economic problems.
- In the My Country game you need energy; by building windmills and power plants, to build more buildings. You need to hire workers before opening a company unless it cant be ran. You upgrade your buildings to make even more money. The more scenery you have the better ecology you have.

3.1 Students explain how different economic systems are organized for production, distribution, and consumtion of goods and servecis.
-In the My Country game there are multiple organizations used for production, distribution, and the consumption of goods and servecis. Like taxis, shoe company, candy company, and banks.

3.4 Students demistrate a understanding of economic principles that influence individual financle planning
- Students demonstrate a understanding in My Country by financing your money and buildings.

4.3 Students evaluate the impact of technology and how it has shaped history and influenced the moderen world.
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4.2 Students analys current events to better understand the world in which they live.
-We anaylize our My Country town's construction and comapre it to the real world.

4.4 Students explain how past events inpact present and the future.
-In My Country you need to place your buildings well cause in the future it will matter.

5.1 Students interpret charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, and events or environments.
- In My Country we interpret the land mass for what we can build on it.

5.3 Students demonstrate an ability to organize and process information about people, places, and environment.
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