Answer & Explanation:Please see attached documents for full details.I have provided 4 weeks of information on the stocks that were chosen.
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Play Money Paper (1–2 pages/Times New Roman/12 Point/APA)
Pretend that you have $10,000 to invest for four weeks. You are to “invest” this money in stocks
or mutual funds and to track your investments on a weekly basis for four weeks (see schedule for
due date). Pick five different stocks or funds to follow.
Write a report on
1. why you selected the investments you did
2. whether any noteworthy company results, news events, or economic events impacted
your investments during this period (show your gains or losses for the period)
3. how your investments’ performance compared with the performance of the S&P 500
index during this period
4. your tracking of the following three stock market indexes:
Dow Jones Industrial Average
S&P 500 stock index
Russell 2000 index for small caps
The play money paper is worth 10 percent of your final grade.
Written Paper Rubric
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Organization Arranges ideas Arranges ideas
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adequately to
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logically to
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general,
frequently fail to
support the
purpose or
although ideas make sense
purpose or
argument; links sometimes fail together; reader
argument; ideas between ideas are to make sense cannot identify a
flow smoothly generally clear; together; reader line of reasoning
and are
reader can follow remains fairly and becomes
effectively
the line of
clear about what frustrated or
linked; reader
reasoning for the writer intends loses interest
can follow the most part
line of reasoning
Content
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Contains specific Has some
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specific
information.
specific
does not address
information.
Addressed all of information.
all assignment
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Addressed many components. No
the assignment components. Is of the
evidence of
components.
relatively
assignment
having given the
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detailed. Shows components.
assignment real
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Apparent
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No
assignment
submitted
or
submitted
late
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assignment
submitted
or
submitted
late.
illustrates critical some critical and
and reflective
reflective
thinking.
thinking.
Well thought out Relatively well
response.
thought out
response.
Technical / Execution is
Well executed.
Grammar
excellent. No
Few grammar or
grammar or
writing errors.
writing errors. Reads easily.
Reads easily. Is Is fairly well
well organized. organized.
Not detailed.
thought.
Poorly thought
out response.
Execution is
poor. Many
grammar or
writing errors.
Hard to read.
Poorly
organized.
Falls short of the No
required length assignment
for the
submitted
assignment.
or
Very poorly
submitted
written. Very
late
difficult to read.
No organization
is evident. Reads
like a last minute
effort.
Total investment $10,000.00
Table 1
September 14, 2016
Company/Stock Name
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
AT & T (T)
H & R Block Inc. (HRB)
Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)
GoPro Inc. (GPRO)
Number
of Shares
105
51
101
30
100
Price
Percentage
Total Cost
$19.30
$39.89
$22.20
$79.56
$13.07
-2.38%
-3.25%
3.79%
1.23%
-10.30%
$2026.50
$2034.39
$2242.20
$2386.80
$1307.00
Price
Percentage
$19.70
$40.57
$22.84
$80.70
$14.97
-0.35%
-1.60%
6.78%
2.68%
2.75%
Price
Percentage
$19.52
$40.85
$22.92
$81.65
$16.99
-1.26%
-0.92%
7.15%
3.89%
16.61%
Price
Percentage
$19.05
$39.90
$22.59
$82.59
$16.89
-3.74%
-3.23%
5.61%
5.09%
15.92%
Table 2
September 21, 2016
Company/Stock Name
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
AT & T (T)
H & R Block Inc. (HRB)
Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)
GoPro Inc. (GPRO)
Number
of Shares
105
51
101
30
100
Total Cost/
Loss or Gain
$2068.50/$42.00
$2069.07/$34.68
$2306.84/$64.64
$2421.00/$34.20
$1497.00/$190.00
Table 3
September 28, 2016
Company/Stock Name
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
AT & T (T)
H & R Block Inc. (HRB)
Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)
GoPro Inc. (GPRO)
Number
of Shares
105
51
101
30
100
Total Cost/
Loss or Gain
$2049.60/$23.10
$2083.35/$48.96
$2314.92/$72.72
$2449.50/$62.70
$1699.00/$392.00
Table 4
October 4, 2016
Company/Stock Name
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
AT & T (T)
H & R Block Inc. (HRB)
Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)
GoPro Inc. (GPRO)
Number
of Shares
105
51
101
30
100
Total Cost/
Loss or Gain
$2000.25/-$26.25
$2034.90/$0.51
$2281.59/$39.39
$2477.70/$90.90
$1689.00/$382.00
Note: Each loss or gain is calculated from the number figure in table 1 under Total Cost minus the table
for each table afterwards in the Total Cost column.
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