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FOCUS QUESTION FOR THIS SECTION

  • How do investors evaluate and select stocks for their portfolio?

Investing

Section 2: Stocks

SECTION DESCRIPTION
In these lessons, students begin the process of choosing a stock. They first find out how to determine what it costs to own a stock and how they might go about choosing a stock. Choosing a stock includes reading financial information, researching simple information, and comparing the stock to its peers. The lessons conclude with students constructing a portfolio based on what they have learned.

A stock is shared ownership in a company. Investors make money on as stock by either holding on to the stock and receiving a share of the company’s profits (dividends) or by selling the stock at an increased in value of the stock over time.

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LESSON OBJECTIVES

  • Read a stock table. Identify the terms used in a stock quote.

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LESSON OBJECTIVE

  • Interpret stock quotes.

  • Compare stocks for competing companies within an industry.

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LESSON OBJECTIVES

  • Apply information from a stock index to draw conclusions about purchasing that stock.

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 LESSON OBJECTIVES

  • Research financial news stories published about current companies and analyze factors that are likely to affect the stock price of those companies.

  • Examine a financial news story and deduce whether the company’s stock price will increase or decrease as a result of the story.

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LESSON OBJECTIVES

  • Create a stock portfolio based on an investor’s financial needs.

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