Portfolio Managers: The Challenge Is Making More than One Winning Stock Pick
In an attempt to keep you current and in the know, we will be introducing articles from around the business world that are interesting, impactful and real.
What to do?
Right Click on the following article The Challenge Is Making More than One Winning Stock Pick about making investment decisions and building a winning stock portfolio > open in a new tab.
- Copy the Challenge article (ctrl a will select all the text)
- Open Word - file > save as ce_challenge
- Paste the article into your ce_challenge document
- Read the article about picking winning stocks
- Highlight key points in the article
- Margin Note important concepts(insert>comment in Word 2007 or in Word 2010 > click the Review tab >comment)-
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Copy and Paste the following article summary template into the top of your ce_challenge word document.
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Answer the following questions with detailed answers:
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- Explain James Early's comment that "Investing is about screening."
- Why would you choose to invest in a company with a declining stock price?
- ValueForum is one way you can research stocks online. What other resources does the Internet provide to help you make informed investment decisions? List at least two that you have used in class so far (think about the stock assignments we have done)
- When Early mentions in the article "investment managers usually spread their investments across dozens or hundreds of companies..." - what is this called (it is one of our WOW's) and why is it a good idea?
Save again and post to your worklinks as ce_challenge
