STOCK MARKET ASSIGNMENT

1. Assume you have $100,000 to invest in a financial security. To make the calculations a bit easier, you will simulate purchasing partial shares. Your goal is growth: you want to pick a security that you expect will increase in price as much as possible.
2. Pick a stock listed on a recognized exchange, or any other financial security that you can find on Google Finance https://www.google.com/finance/.
3. Explain why you chose the stock. I am looking for a rational financial reason such as company profitability, analysts' recommendations, growth prospects, etc. I expect to see that you have researched the company. Please tell me the price/earnings ratio and dividend yield.
4. Tell me how much you paid per share and how many shares purchased. Do not include any broker's or trading fees.
5. Keep your money invested for 6 months using the calendar function in Google finance to get the prices for specific days. Make a copy of the provided google sheet and plug in your data, a graph is already programed into the spreadsheet.
6. Sell your stock after 6 months. Record the selling price per share and calculate your profit or loss, both in dollar amounts and a percentage return or loss on your investment. (ROI)
7. Save your google sheet as a pdf and upload it for grading.