Mrs. Nguyen’s OCT BW
Bellwork 10/1:
Begin a file called OCT BW and save it to your USB Drive in your Bellwork
folder.
1. If you were able to save 12% each month, you should be able to invest
some of that money. What is 12% of $2000?
2. What does investing mean? How could you do this?
Bellwork 10/2:
1. What exactly is a stock? Try to explain in your own words to show you
understand.
2. Why do some people invest their hard earned money in the stock market?
3. What does it mean when they say you should diversify?
Bellwork 10/3:
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Bellwork 10/4:
1. How much money do you start with for the Stock Market Game?
2. What is the broker’s fee for all buy and sell orders?
3. What is a dividend?
Bellwork 10/5:
What are your 5 stock choices and give a brief statement about why for each.
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Bellwork 10/8:
1. Look up Apple, what is its ticker symbol?
2. How much is Apple currently selling for?
3. How has Apple performed over the past 3 years?
4. What was the price of Apple stock in the month and year you were born?
5. If you had purchased 100 shares of stock when you were born, what
would they be worth today?
6. How much of a profit would you make if you bought them in the month &
year you were born and sold them today?
Bellwork 10/9:
Using websites we have tried out in class look up stock market information on
Merck and Company Inc.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. What do they sell?
3. What is their high price for the year?
4. What is their low price for the year?
5. Check out a 5 year stock chart. How are they doing? Might they be a
wise investment today or not? Explain briefly.
Bellwork 10/10:
Using websites we have tried out in class look up stock market information on
Pfizer Inc..
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. What do they sell?
3. What is their high price for the year?
4. What is their low price for the year?
5. Check out a 5 year stock chart. How are they doing? Might they be a
wise investment today or not? Explain briefly
Bellwork 10/11:
Using websites we have tried out in class look up stock market information on
YUM! Brands, Inc.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. What do they sell?
3. Suppose you were to purchase 120 shares of it today in the Stock
Market Game. How much would this cost you? *Don’t forget the
broker’s fee! Show your work.
Bellwork 10/12:
Using websites we have tried out in class look up stock market information on
Kellogg Company.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. What do they sell?
3. What is their high price for the year?
4. What is their low price for the year?
5. Check out a 5 year stock chart. How are they doing? Might they be a
wise investment today or not? Explain briefly.
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Bellwork 10/15:
How are you doing in the stock market this week? Explain briefly a bit about
each stock you own.
Bellwork 10/16:
Using websites we have tried out in class look up stock market information on
Morgan Stanley.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. What do they sell?
3. What is their high price for the year?
4. What is their low price for the year?
5. Check out a 5 year stock chart. How are they doing? Might they be a
wise investment today or not? Explain briefly.
Bellwork 10/17:
You purchased 150 shares of Big Lots Inc. stock at $30.56 per share 5 years
ago and today you are nervous because of the volatile market and want to sell all
your shares at today’s price and get out.
1. What was your total purchase price 5 years ago?
2. What was your broker’s fee (5 yrs ago) if the broker gets 1%?
3. What will you sell it for total today?
4. What will your broker’s fee be today?
5. Do you think you made a smart move? Why?
Bellwork 10/18:
 What is a dividend?
 If I have 200 shares of stock and the company decides to pay a $1.10
dividend per share, what will I be paid?
 What is the difference between a bull and a bear market?
Bellwork 10/19:
What is the biggest most important thing you have learned in our unit on the
stock market?
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Bellwork 10/22:
How are you doing in the stock market this week? Explain briefly a bit about
each stock you own.
Bellwork 10/23:
1. What is the difference between a bull and a bear market?
2. Are we in a bull or bear market presently?
Bellwork 10/24:
Look up WellPoint Inc.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. How much would 50 shares cost you today?
3. What would your broker’s fee be?
4. Check out this stock, is it a good buy or not today? Explain with
specifics why you think as you do. *(don’t forget things like Beta, P/E,
etc.)
Bellwork 10/25:
Look up Carmax Inc.
1. What is their ticker symbol?
2. How much would 75 shares cost you today?
3. What would your broker’s fee be?
4. Check out this stock, is it a good buy or not today? Explain with
specifics why you think as you do. *(don’t forget things like Beta, P/E,
etc.)
Bellwork 10/26:
Name 5 expenses related to owning a vehicle (whether it is new or used).
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Bellwork 10/29:
1. What is the mpg for 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid?
2. What website did you use?
Bellwork 10/30:
Find the price of a 2008 Acura MDX Sport Utility 4D, average mileage
Value / Price _______________________
Website used ______________________________________
Gas mileage (city & highway ) ______________________
Overall Crash Test rating ____________________
Bellwork 10/31:
Look up a vehicle you have not yet used:
Vehicle A: Year:
Make:
Model:
Price:
Annual Fuel Cost:
Monthly:
MPG:
Features:
E-mail OCT BW to me as an attachment, today, Monday, October 31st by
the end of your class. Your OCT BW will count like a test (200 pts.).
You should have 23 questions and answers that are easy for me to read. They
should be organized and neat. Each question will be worth 4 ¼ pts.