what is a good stock to research for my business mathematics class?

Answer 1

LittleMiss;

Cisco (CSCO), Mircosoft (MSFT), AT&T (A), Ford (F) General Motors (GM), Citibank (C), General Electric(GE) are all good text book favourites for US companies.

Best place to look is Yahoo!Fiannce http://finance.yahoo.com/
They give a break down of the stocks key performance indicators and you can read company info, balance sheets, income statements, executive bio's etc.

Or if you want international comapnies, some of the UK big names are Tesco (supermarket chain), HSBC (International bank), BP (British Petroleum), BT (British Telecom - national carrier like AT&T or Sprint) or GlaxoSmithKline (Chemicals and Pharacueticals)

Not sure what the main subject matter is, but you may want to compare your stock against movements in the key indicies like the NASDAQ, Dow Jones or FTSE100.

Thanks,
Brad M

Answer 2

Crox - the ticker symbol for Crocs - the shoe company. Stock price has moved upward steadily.

Aapl - the ticker symbol for Apple. Long history that reflects the ups & downs of the tech sector.

Answer 3

rimm aapl or goog for the techs

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=rimm++aapl++goog

Check the profile and key stats links for each .

Also bp bpt pwe and hte for fuels

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=bp++bpt++pwe++hte

And ibm ge and ba for the old stalwarts

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=ibm++ge++ba

good luck !

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