Name ______________________________________ Date____________________ Period_________________
Marketwatch Scavenger Hunt
You will use the website www.marketwatch.com and /or Google to help you answer the following questions.
1. What is the date and time you accessed marketwatch.com? This information is needed so that I can check your
answer.
2. Go to www.marketwatch.com – how is the overall market doing today? Hint: Look at the DOW or the S&P 500
3. Start typing “Metlife Inc” in the search box on the top right of the page. Select “MetLife Inc” from the drop-down list
by clicking on it. What is MetLife’s current stock price?
4. Is MetLife’s current stock price up or down for the day?
5. Expand the chart to 1 year by clicking “1y” below it. What is the highest point on the graph (highest price over the
year)?
6. What is the lowest point on the graph (lowest price over the year)?
7. Is the stock’s current price closer to the highest point or lowest point?
8. Looking at the chart and considering your answers above – do you think this stock is going to go up or down in the
future? WHY? Hint: no right or wrong answer as long as you say why, but think about it.
9. Click on “Financials” under the company name. Scroll down. What was MetLife’s Total Net Income” for the year
ended “12/2010?
10. Is this higher or lower than in 2009?
11. The million dollar question – Do you think you should buy stock in MetLife? Why or why not?
12. Choose another company of your choice (a big company). Type its name below.
13. What is this company’s current stock price?
14. Expand the graph to one year – DESCRIBE the chart. Example: The stock price was in the low 30’s in December 2009,
but has increased since then to about $40. In declined sharply in July 210.
15. What was this company’s Net Income for 2010?
16. Would you buy stock I this company? Why or why not? Hint: There is no wrong answer-as long as you say why you
feel that way.
17. What is a share of stock? (or, what are you “buying” when you purchase stock in a company?)
18. Why do people invest in stock?
19. What is risk?
20. If you buy 200 shares of stock in McDonalds for $50 per share and then sell them all for $55 per share, how much
gain or loss have you earned?
21. How do people make money off of stocks? Name the two major ways?
22. Look up the company General Electric (ticker: GE) on either marketwatch.com or yahoo. Find out what GE does (how
do they make their money?). This may take some searching, but you can simply copy and paste below.
23. Look up another company (of your choice). Type their “ticker” or “symbol” below.
24. What is this company’s current stock price?
25. Would you buy stock in this company? Why or why not?