need done either tonight or tomorrow 7/10/18 by 12pm
need done either tonight or tomorrow 7/10/18 by 12pm
One of the things we are studying this week is percent. Percentages have many applications in consumer math and the more you understand about percent and percentages, the more informed decisions you can make. For example, the price of a stock is one thing to consider when investing, but the change in value over time might be an even more important thing to consider. We will use percent change to investigate this topic.
Percent and Percent Change
Companies can be privately or publicly held. The main difference is that publicly held companies have shares that can be traded publicly on the stock market with stock prices going up and down over time.
Post 1
Choose your favorite company or brand and do a Google search for that company and “stock price history”. For example, enter “graham holdings stock price history” to find the price history for that stock. If the company or brand that you chose is not publicly held, choose another one of your favorites and try again.
- Find the price of the stock today and the price of the stock when it was initially offered (or as far back as is available). List both prices and dates and the web address where the information was found.
- Find the percent change in the stock price using the following equation.
- Is the percent change positive or negative? How much time elapsed between the two stock prices? What does that tell you about the price of the stock over time?
Review an example of a response for this Discussion.
Post 2
- Find one of your classmate’s posts that has not been checked and check it. Do you agree with your classmate’s calculations? Why or why not? If there is an error, tactfully explain the error, but do not post a correction. Instead, allow your classmate to post the correction. NOTE: Check only ONE problem so that everyone will have a problem to check.
- Assume that you invested an amount between $5,000 and $100,000 in the stock at the original price posted by your classmate. Use the percent change equation to determine how much the stock would be worth now.
Review an example of a response for this Discussion.
CLASSMATES POST
Toyota Motors
Current Price- 129.56 on July 6, 2018
Previous Price- 2.55 on Aug 19, 1976
129.56-2.55/2.55*100
127.01/2.55*100
49.8078431*100
=4980.78%
The percent change is positive. I found that the time between the current and the previous is 41 years, 10 months, and 18 days. This information tells us that the price for this stock stayed at a positive price for many years. I found my information on these sites.
Post 3
You are a very cautious investor. You prefer investing in something with a guaranteed rate of return, rather than investing in stocks which have a variable rate of return. Compare the amount that a classmate earned in his or her Post 2 with the amount that you would have earned on a certificate of deposit paying 5.25% simple interest. Which investment earned more, the stock or the certificate of deposit? What does that show about the difference between investing in a certificate of deposit and investing in a stock?
