Understanding How To Read Stocks Charts

Using the stock market page from finance.yahoo.com - you will use each of the following categories to find out basic information about how to read a stock chart

For this assignment, you will:

  1. Open a Word document - Save it as read_stock_chart in your Intro to BUS/Mktg folder or as a google doc
  2. Copy and Paste from the chart below all the way down through #22
  3. Answer each of the questions below - #'s 1 - 12 are in regard to the Apple Chart - questions #13 - 22 you will find information on finance.yahoo.com

 

 

Open Word - then copy and paste #1 - 22 - save as read_stock_chart. Then answer each of the following quesitons 1 - 10 in regard to the Apple Chart above:

 

1. Name – Give the stock symbol for a company that stands for the company's name.

2. Asking Price - currently quoted price of the stock (what it is trading for right now)
3. Low - What is the lowest price of this stock today.?
4. High – What is the highest price of this stock today?
5. Prev Close– What was the closing price of this stock?
6. Up or Down Arrow– The increase or decrease in the market closing price from the previous day
7. 52 lo - What was the lowest price of this stock over the past 52 weeks (or 1 year)?
8. 52 hi –What was the highest price of a stock within the past 52 weeks, or one year.
9. Vol - VOLUME, what was the number of shares of stock that were traded on a given day?

10. Mulitply the asking price by the volume - list answer is dollars
11. Div & Yield – List he amount of dividends received per share of stock divided by the price of that stock reported as a percentage.
12. PE – List the Price-Earnings Ratio or PE Ratio is the stock's last price divided by the earnings per share for the latest year.


Locate the appropriate information for items 13-22. You will find information on finance.yahoo.com


13. Stock Symbol & Day Change for Wal-Mart
14. Stock Symbol & Volume for Gap
15. Stock Symbol & Prev Close for Disney
16. Stock Symbol & 52 low for McDonalds
17. Stock Symbol & 52 high for Microsoft
18. Stock Symbol & Div & Yield for Coca-Cola
19. Stock Symbol & High for AT&T
20. Stock Symbol & Low for Alcoa
21. Stock Symbol & PE for Lithia Motors
22. Stock Symbol & PE for Facebook

 

Save and post as read_stock_chart to worklinks (Kostman) or as your google doc - share completed assigment to Rogan .