week 3

Stocks selected

a) Verizon Communication

b) General Motors

C) Axon

Explanation:

Reasons Why I selected:

a) Verizon Communication

It has a significantly high Earning Per Share of $3.89

It has an estimated dividend of 2.46 and an expected yield of 4.09%

It a also has a lower price volatility as evidenced in its beta of 0.47

b) General Motors

It has the highest EPS of $6.14

It has an estimated future dividend of 1.52 and an expected yeild of 3.98%

It has a lighly higher volatility which will cancel out the risk in the Verizon Stock

c) Axon

It has a significant EPS of 0.25

It also has a lower votality making it a suitable stock in the portfolio.

You must make updates for the stocks in the same way it is posted above. You may be following your stock every day, but if you’re not, for Week 8 you must: Record the current price of the stock for each company you selected in Week 3’s Stock Journal. You may use any price during this week (e.g., day one price, the opening, the low, the high, the close, or any price you find when you check it during the day). Using MS Excel spreadsheet or MS Word document, put your Week 3 and Week 8 stock prices side-by-side, to show your comparison. Determine the current value of your total investment. Do not make any changes to your investment at this time. Calculate your total based on the number of shares and the new price per share, for each company. Provide your opinion / assessment of your investments. Evaluate the results of your current investment. Are you happy with the result and the trend? Are you upset because you’re investment is worth less than $25,000. Feel free to speculate / guess at why you believe the stock increased, decreased, or remained static.