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

Autootive-Daimler

i will buy the daimler stock which is up at .72 percent. According to their stock quote daimler has not been down and has no negaative change. Their trades for the past week are in their 52 week range and closer to their high. Todays last trade was 46.60 only ten points away form their yearly high. According to industryweek.com mercedes has raised its sales by 14.6% in the first half of last year. This stock is on a rise and for the past year has been doing extremly well while their competitors sales arent flourishing as much as the mercedes business.

alexander simpson

Automotive- Honda

I will buy a stock in the Honda industry. Honda uses the same basic design for most of its models. This means fewer differences in parts and supplies and fewer production lines. The fewer, the cheaper. Furthermore, in making this decision, I compared their stock rates to their competitors, Ford and Toyota, and found that they are in lead. According to moneycentral.msn.com their last price of weekly high activity was 37.23, which compared to their low of 28.16 is not that bad. In addition, their income within the last year is $110 million. Now although they have a -21.7% income within a 5-year period, that statistics is actually pretty well considering we were just in what we refer to as "The Great Recession." Tanya Clark supposrts my decision by giving statistics that shows their industry to be successful. She says, "The last fiscal year was Honda's best ever, the second consecutive "best" year. On a consolidated basis, sales were up 13.3% to ¥6 trillion (more than US$43.4 billion). Operating profits were up 15.2%, at ¥462 billion (nearly US$3.4 billion). Ordinary profits rose 13.5%, and aftertax profits of ¥261 billion (about US$1.9 billion) were up 17.8%." There's your statistics and facts so what more is needed?


Britney Mercer

Automotive -Ford

I would purchase the Ford Motor company. Ford Motor Company is a producer of cars and trucks. Ford and its auxiliaries also engage in other businesses, including financing vehicles. Operating under both Automotive and Financial Services, the Automotive division includes the operations of Ford North America, Ford South America, Ford Europe, Ford Asia Pacific Africa and Volvo. The Financial services contain the operations of Ford Motor Credit Company and Other Financial Services. According to the article by Jeff and Angela, Americans Saying ‘No’ to Toyota; Ford Most Popular (Update2) “Americans are turning against Toyota Motor Corp. after sudden-acceleration complaints forced it to recall more than 8 million vehicles worldwide, while Ford Motor Co. is the most popular automaker.” I would invest in Ford because it has a conservative risk tolerance. It is a large corporation that has long history and a fixed income.

Denisha Balkissoon

Cell Phones - AT&T

I would buy AT&T because according to the stock market chart. AT&T is the one of the world's most leading providers of data, voice and high speed DSL Internet access service. AT&T have recieved a few honors through commitments kept and relationships developed with customers, employees and served communities. Due to the previous close (25.90)and opening with 25.95, I conclude that the service is slowly progressing. This means the stock did not drastically decrease or drastically increase. This shows that the stock has great potential and possibly will do the same in the future. AT&T is clearly a telecommunications company. I would also buy this stock based upon the products used such as the iphone. The iphone is a top selling phone currently being sold by at&t. Being a new product iphones hit the store with a bang!
Denisha Balkissoon

cell phones

I choose to invest in research in motion (RIMM). For today they are down .12% but according to analysts there will be a 28% fiscal growth for 2010. Todays hight is 75.22 which is closer to their yearly high of 88. according to christina wise in the research in motion article they are a solid sales growth in recent quaters. i am a blackberry user myself and the convenient bbm feature also plays an effect in my investment. i see this as a profitable future investment that will have a fair sales growth. Many consumers are buying blackberrys and this is definitely effecting the market. I personaly love the blackberry for its full keypad, internet, and instant messenging . As a coonsumer that supports RIMM i will buy this stock.

Alex

Cell Phones

I will invest in the Google Android ( Goog) because right now they are up 97 cents.

The previous close was 565.56, and so far todays high is 568.44 . Also according to the news article, studies show that users of the blackberry were willing to switch to either an iPhone or the Android. However, AAPL high for today is 224.42. I think that this stock has the potential to increase if we give it a little bit of time. Since I have this phone, i would recommend it to anyone. for that reason i think if people gave this phone a chance, they would buy it.

Elvira Huseynalieva

Cellphones: Verizon (VZ)

Verizon Wireless:

I will not purchase a stock within Verizon Wireless. Indeed, Verizon Wireless is one of the largest cell phone companies around the country. They are even said to have one of the most progressive industries, even with AT&T invention of the I-phone. Yes, Verizon Wireless has came out the Google Droid and seems to be the new cool phone out. After all it is touch screen, has a full keypad, and has all the latest apps in 4G! But don't let appearances fool you. According to my friends who own one, it is not such a great invention as one may believe. The service sucks, phone calls drop, apps take years to download and the battery goes dead at least 2 or 3 times during the day; yet still it is a cool looking phone so people continue to use Verizon Wireless' services. Thus, because everyone, especially teens, wants to be in tune with today's society, the Google Droid is their final decision. Because I trust my friends' decision and actually tried the Google Droid for a day and saw how much the service suck, I would not invest in their stock. It is too much of a risk; sure the phone had all the latest services, but what is the use if the phone is dead or all the apps that you enjoy take years to download and most importantly if your phone calls continuously drop?
Nonetheless, stock history also shows their progress to be successful in that their low has been $29.9500 which compared to their high ($30.2500) is not so bad. If you compare both rates to their closing ($30.1500) , you will see that Verizon is quite productive and successive as well. However on the other hand, although this may show that Verizon's stocks are successive when analyzing their money flow, you will see that it is at a continuous fluctuation; meaning at times they are successful, then they fall, they increase again, then fall and so on. In fact they fall more than they increase. This is a BIG problem. Investing in Verizon's stocks is like playing a very risky gamble and due to the fact that we are moderate spenders, this will be too much of a risk to take.

*Britney Mercer*

Blue chips

I will buy coca - cola becuase right now they are up .09%. This is the largest manufacturer of non alcholholic beverages. Their biggest competitors pepsi are not doing as well and their stocks are down. As a stock investor i would buy shares in the the flourishing coca cola company. Today pepsi is down .15% so this is a sign of s a stable company because they have been up for the last week. Accordiong to a yahoo aritcle coca-cola will now invest in malaysia spending 302 billion dollars to build new plants . This expansion will be good for thier business in other news they are an award winner for the decade award in 2010.

Alexander Simpson

Blue-Chips.. McDonalds

McDonalds
I will not buy McDonalds. Although right now it is +.14%, there were times when the stocks percentage drastically decreased. This isnt good because i am at risk of losing all my money. One of its competitiors (Starbucks) have been doing better and are +3.64%.

Blue-Chip: Bank of America

I will buy a stock in the Bank of America's Corporation (B.A.C). It is one of the largest with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other and risk management products and service. There are approximately 53 million consumers throughout the country due to their service which include: ATM's, online banking, and various retail banking offices. Compared to their competitors: Sun Trust Banks, Popular Inc., and Wells Fargo & Co., B.A.C seems to have the best increase of stock. They all hit a low fall on only one day of the week, but Bank of America's Corporations seems to hit the least fall, meaning it is doing better than the competitors and has the best increase in stock. Evidence of such is shown within Bank of America's data. It has previously closed at 16.85 and opened the next day at 16.97, which means the company was trading through the night and had succeeded. In addition, as of today the stock has range from 16.91 to 17.07 meaning it has only increased and thus I will conclude it will continue to do so.

Britney Mercer

Risk

Our risk tolerance is moderate. We don't want to be low risk because they don't guarantee high profit. However with high risk, we may gain a lot of money, and at the same time we can lose it all. We are moderate because it is in the middle, and not too risky; it's either you lose some and survive or lose it all and end up with nothing.

The goal of our group is to invest in several stocks, that way we have a widespread of our money which may give us a better chance of making more money.Whereas if we only invest in one stock, we either will lose all our input or gain just a little. We would invest in stocks based on their previous success; if they did good before, then they will do good now and in the future, however if their previous records so they were not so successful or perhaps had a drastic downfall, then we will choose another stock.

We will divide it amongst 4 people, but the head will make a little more profit. This means each participant will get 24% and the head will receive 26%. This way the head makes more due to the fact that they have to make sure the team stays on task.