YOU HAVE BEEN HIRED AS MY INVESTMENT ADVISOR. YOU ARE GOING TO RESEARCH 3 COMPANIES AND THEN CHOOSE ONE STOCK IN WHICH TO INVEST MY $10,000. The stocks you choose to research MUST be: listed as one of the top 1,000 stocks quoted in the Wall Street Journal every day in the Money and Investing section (WE WILL DISCUSS THIS IN CLASS BUT FOR THE MOST PART IF THEY ARE LARGE COMPANIES THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST) The companies can be from the SAME industry (ie. Competitors like Exxon, Shell, and BP) or they each may be from a different industry (ie. Microsoft, General Motors, and Walmart) First step: You must decide what stocks you wish to research. You might want to read the current Wall Street Journal or go back a week or so. Look at the Business/Finance section of the WSJ..It often includes interesting company news. Think about the companies that you see most often in your day to day life...often people's first investment is in a company they are personally familiar with. You might also want to read a few current magazines (Fortune, Money, Business Week..... Money's Investor's Guide 2024 or try some of the following websites to get you started. WSJ.comBarrons.comFinance.Yahoo.comSmartmoney.comFool.commsn.comthestreet.com