What's going on! HSY

I will still invest in The Hershey Company. For one, this stock is still doing quite well as it did in previous months and years. When reviewing Hershey's stock information, I saw that the company's values never decreased, rather it continue raise thereby giving me ever more a reason to continue investing in this stock. In addition, compared to when we first invested some shares in The Hershey Company, the 52-week low and high have both increase. During our first few investments, the stock had previously hit a 52-week low of $33.70 and 52-week high of $43.58, now however, this stock has changed for the better. Yes, the 52-week low has stay the same, but this is actually beneficial because it shows that the company is not failing, instead it continues to prosper. The 52-week high is now $48.70. Hence this shows that the value of the stock is increasing due to the good conditions of which Hershey is now and has been. According to Bloomberg Business Week, "A pair of analysts raised their ratings and price targets for Hershey Co. on Friday after the candy maker's first-quarter profit almost doubled and the company increased its 2010 adjusted earnings and sales forecasts. On Thursday the maker of Hershey's Kisses and Reese's peanut butter cups reported earnings and sales results that topped Wall Street's expectations." This also shows reasoning behind the sudden increase of Hershey's stock. More evidence of the increase in Hershey's stock is shown when Bloomberg Business Week states, "Hershey Co.'s first-quarter profit of $147.4 million, or 64 cents per share, was almost double that of a year ago when it recorded earnings of $75.9 million, or 33 cents per share." He goes on in saying, "Revenue grew 14 percent to $1.41 billion, handily topping Wall Street's $1.29 billion." Because the stock has continually prospered, I am more than confident in purchasing more shares in The Hershey Company. Nevertheless we should keep up to date with our investments to keep track of how our money earnings are doing. Also, in cases similar to this one, with the continues increase of the stock's shares, keeping up to date will help you decide if you should purchase more in the hopes of making more.


Britney Mercer

Group - Hershey (HSY)

We are going to invest in Hershey's stock. Hershey is North America's largest chocolate producer and for quite some time now, they have been very successful. Hershey sells products in 50 countries under 60 brand names including, Hershey's, Reese's, and Kisses.Rising costs are a particularly difficult challenge for Hershey; in 2008 alone, input costs increased more than $100 million. According to Britney's research, "the company is particularly vulnerable to market prices of key ingredients like cocoa, milk, sugar and peanuts, all of which saw price increases in 2008. In order to combat rising costs, the company both lowered product weight and raised domestic wholesale prices. Given the price increases, Hershey has committed to refocusing on its core chocolate brands with a 20% increase in advertising spending through 2009." Yesterday, Hershey's stock closed at $42.98 and re-openeds at .So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $33.70 and 52-week high of $43.58. According to Alexander's research, according to the recent team-up of M&M and Mr. Wrigley, "Hershey's has decided to increase their marketing by 20% and has increased the company's long term annual sales target." This aslo shows that Hershey's stovk is ready for competition, and is ready to win. Hershey chairman seaid, "they won't let Hershey's company fall to the competition." In addition, according to Denisha's findings, "Hershey is currently above its 50-day moving average of $39.93 and above its 200-day moving average of $38.22. Look for these moving average to climb to confirm the company's upward momentum."


http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/c198055/hershey-the-trend-continues-higher-hsy

Google Inc - Spring Break

I decided to purchase a stock in the Google Corporation. Google Inc known as GOOG is an Internet technology company that maintains index of website and other online contents for users, advertisers, Google network members, and other content providers. Google closed at a about $566.22 as its last trade was $572.73, clearly increasing up approximately 1.54%, in which is higher than sum Internet carriers such as AOL Corporation. According to the article Google: Privacy Is Alive And Well written by Alma Written, "Privacy is alive and well. At Google, we're working to keep it that way." The users of Google claims "privacy is dead." However, thanks to Bruce S. privacy is once alive. I would buy this stock because not only is this corporation doing well, it is also a well respected corporation that people value. Speaking for my self as well, google is a very reliable website and I believe it serves it purpose well. This corporation will continue on doing fine as it has been for many years. Being one of the most prominant websites used in America, this corporation has nothing scary to worry about! Do you think you can live without Google and Gmail? =)
Denisha Balkissoon

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/12/privacy-facebook-gmail-technology-security-google.html?partner=yahootix

Spring Break Blog

I will purchase Netflix inc. stock for SMG. According to data this stock has been doing well for quite some time. This stock is up .76 at the moment. Netflix closed today at 83.18 which is extraordinary because their 52 week high is just 83.97 just barely missing this peak. Their annual low is 36.25 which is a great gap between highs and lows but if they continue to sell at a volume of 1.74 mil a day for the price they are now Netflix will continue to prosper for quite some time. The Netflix net profit margin is now at 6.94%. Compared to their competitor blockbuster Netflix is skyrocketing. Netflix has a relative finance strength of 94 in the last 3 months while blockbuster has a strength of 3. The blockbuster sock is doing poorly they have a negative sale percentage of -7.7 in the last 5 years and a negative net profit of -528.7 mil. Not only are they barely capable of making profit but the price of their stocks have become so cheap due to their lack of success now selling at .29. In a news article titled independent for how long? on yahoo finance April Taylor says that now is a good time to be netflix who has soared through the recession with growing subscribers and profits of up to 31%. April goes on to say that this business should continue to expand and broaden their horizons with limited competition from blockbuster. I expect for Netflix to prosper and continue on its journey to becoming a great company. I am pleased to be investing in this company and i hope that my business partners will be pleased with my decisions.

Aleander Simpson

Best Buy- Spring Break

I will buy a stock in Best Buy Incorporation. Best Buy is the biggest consumer electronics outlet in the United States. The company operates more than 3,900 stores throughout North America, Europe, China, and now Mexico. Best Buy stores sell a wide variety of electronic gadgets, movies, music, computers, and appliances. In addition to selling products, the stores offer installation and maintenance services, technical support, and subscriptions for cell phone and Internet services. Thus because technology is constantly used in our society, it should be a good incorporation to trust in buying a stock; Best Buy's "Geek Squad" adds to the safety and reliability of buying electronics. Over time, technology will only continue to grow, thus people will have to rely more on it, thus Best Buy should be the way to go. According to yahoo finance, Best Buy's stock day's range lies between 44.77 - 45.10 and it is presently at 45.01. It had previously closed ate 44.89 and opened the next time at 45.00. This has been the successful trend of Best Buy for quite some time now, and I am not that surprise. Because many people have been buying flat screen televisions and other updated electronics and Best Buy has the best warranty, customer service and prices, I will expect their stock to be successful and hence, it is. According to statistics taken from Best Buy's incorporation, from February 2010 their sales are approximately $50 million with a one-year growth of 10.4% and a income growth of 31.3%. Robert Walberg goes on in saying, "Best Buy’s stock is also a good investment, even after a 10% bounce since the earnings news. Don’t be surprised if the company keeps beating expectations."


-Britney Mercer-

Spring Break - RSH

RadioShack Corp. is a chain of electronic retail stores. Although everything seems very good, I will not buy this stock. The previous close was at 23.04 and the days high is at 23.51. The days low is 22.71. The 52 week High is 23.91, and the 52 week low is 9.11. When looking at the charts, although at times the price would decrease, it is always followed by rapid increases, which would be beneficial. However, i chose not to buy this stock, because according to moneycentral.mcnbc.com "Radioshack may face serious challenges from more diversified stores like bestbuy...". (http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=BW&Date=20100302&ID=11190808&Symbol=RSH) This means that it has the potential to decrease significantly, and its competitors will do better. therefore it is better not to buy, because if people chose places like bestbuy, we will lose money. for that reason, i will not buy.

Elvira Huseynalieva

Automotive-Toyota

I will not buy toyotas stock. The stock right now is up .52%. The days high is 81.24 and the previous close was at 80.33. The yearly high is 91.97 and the low is 63.00, so it is right now closer to the high that it is to the low. Over the last 12 months, the income growth is +193.10%, meanwhile their sales growth is -21.90%. "Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles." (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35971650/ns/business/). This is the reason i will not buy the stock. Because there are problems with the accelorator in millions of vehicles less people will buy it and more will probably chose a different brand car, wich will cause the price to drop. also because of the "sudden drop." this means that buying this stock would be very risky, considering it is capable of sudden drops. We are moderate risk takers so this stock would be too risky.

Elvira Huseynalieva