Project 1 (5 points):

1.Select two publicly traded companies. Do not pick Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, or Walmart.

2.Find the stock symbols.http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/lookup.asp

3.Research the following information about each company:

a.Name of company

b.Description of the company and its business

c.Major products or services that the company produces

d.Name of president and CEO (may be the same person) along with other leaders you feel are important

e.Information about the performance of the stock, including price, dividends, and yield over the past year.

4.If you were to invest in one of the two companies, which would you choose?Give your reasons.

Project 2 (6 points):

Review What is a Bond found in Content.

Please answer the following questions.

1.What is a bond?

2.Define the following terms related to bonds:

a.Face value

b.Coupon rates

c.Coupon dates

d.Maturity date

e.Issue price

3.What are the four primary categories of bonds?

4.Who rates bonds?

5.What are the highest quality bonds called?

6.What are bonds that are not high quality called?

7.What will happen to the price of existing bonds when the interest rates rise?

Project 3 (3 points):

Read Mutual Funds and Stocks found in Content

Please answer the following questions:

1.Define stocks and mutual funds.

2.What are the advantages of:

a.Stocks

b.Mutual Funds

3.What are the disadvantages of:

a.Stocks

b.Mutual Funds

Project 4 (3 points):

Read Mutual Funds: The Costs in Content

Please answer the following questions:

1.Describe the components of the Expense Ratio of a Mutual Fund.

2.What are Loads?

3.What is the difference between front-end loads and back-end loads?

4.What is a no-load fund?

5.Does paying for a load-fund mean you will get higher returns?

Project 5 (3 points):

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092815/how-diversify-index-funds.asp

1.What are index funds?

2.What are two reasons that index funds can be attractive to an investor?

3.Describe indexes for sectors.

4.What percentage of mutual fund managers do worse than the market?