You will create a financial portfolio that will track and analyze its performance throughout the course. You
Question:
You will create a financial portfolio that will track and analyze its performance throughout the course. You need to analyze the market you choose over the length of the course. What economic factors are driving the market? Which markets are the most successful, etc. You can use any of the markets for your analysis. You can use the Dow Jones Industrial Average] and its component stocks (or (Yahoo Finance] .. Click on Dow and you will see approximately 30 component stocks. Choose at least five stocks to monitor. Chart the closing prices at closing each week for the indices you use (see the Webliography tab for a list of Indices). The Presentation should answer all of the following questions: · What do you think caused the changes in the market and the indices? · What has happened over each week that was consistent with what you have learned about security investments in this course? · Did the stock price react quickly to news?
Stock is : Dow Jones Industrial Average
Company | Price | Change | % Change | Volume | YTD |
MMM 3M | 180.81 | +0.83 | +0.46% | 1,319,039 | +20.03% |
AXP American Express | 65.19 | +0.33 | +0.51% | 3,131,691 | -6.27% |
AAPL Apple | 107.73 | +1.00 | +0.94% | 26,802,450 | +2.35% |
BA Boeing | 131.16 | +1.26 | +0.97% | 2,631,047 | -9.29% |
CAT Caterpillar | 81.69 | +0.24 | +0.29% | 2,449,377 | +20.20 |
Finance Applications and Theory
ISBN: 978-0077861681
3rd edition
Authors: Marcia Cornett, Troy Adair