Vocabulary Week 8:

-Currency- money

   Sentence- The government needs more currency with all the doubt we’re in.

-Treasury Bond-  A bond with a fixed rate issued by the government.
  Sentence- The government gave the army many treasury bonds to help pay for the war.

-Accounts Receivable-money which is owed to a company by a customer for products and services provided on credit.

  Sentence-There were many customers who owed Wal-Mart money for keeping their items on lay-a-way.

-Accounts Payable- money which a company owes to vendors for products and services purchased on credits.

    Sentence- Since I kept taking paint from the body shop I had accounts payable for all the paint I used and kept taking.

I am the 53%

The reason why i am the 53% is because even though i care for those out there trying to find a job and support their families i do believe that there is a job somewhere out there for anyone/everyone. High or low, minimum, or above, or even below wages there's a job. Whether its fast food, cashier, and doctor; if you have cofidence and your desperate in needing a job then don'[t expect the highest go with whatever you can. Thats people's problems the want to much at one time they cant just be happy and settle for average. I just think that its better that people take responsibility for their actions and not let people feel sorry for them.

Vocabulary Week 5:

Gross Domestic Product: Market value of goods—also used to show country’s standard of living.

   Sentence- The president had to have an inspection o see how they were doing with the GDP.

Russell 2000: 2000 small business’s.

   Sentence- In our stock game there is Russell 2000 maybe even more.

Assets: Items of ownership that can be sold.

    Sentence- The government gave an asset to the people interested in a new car.

Infrastructure: The base physical systems of a business or nation.

   Sentence- The stocks are the infrastructure to the stock game.

Journal for Week 5:

Commented on:

1. Cameron
2. Brandi
3.Tess
4. Mariah
5. Asia
6.Haley
7.Brooke N.
8. Korrie
9. Seth
10.Justin
11. Jake

Journal Week 4:

I have not made any new transactions this week, but a recent stock that i purchased was (GOOG) Google. I bought this stock for 549.70 a share. Wasn't worth it in the begining, but in the 52 week range its suppose to go up a few percentage amounts. And so far its doing well. Bing is one of googles biggest competitors; why? because bing tries to give out more information, details, and pictures like google, but google has more informaion.

Vocabulary Week 4:

Economic System- A combination of the various agencies that provide economic structure.
   Sentence- Without the economic system our goverment cant go anywhere.
Ecnomy- The large set of related economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how resources are used.
   Sentence- Our economy is filled with a variety of food courts when fair comes to town.
Inflation- Rising and falling of prices.
   Sentence- During christmas there is a big inflation at the mall.
Supply and Demand- Price determintaion for murchindise in a market.
   Sentence- Blairs was hard to set up becuase of Supply and Demand.

Journal Week 3:

I had bought Barrik gold (ABX) for 54.01 a share. In the 52 week range (ABX) was doing good and was suppose to go up. Not sure of many competitors, but this stock isn't very good. So i am going to short sell it.

Jim Smucker the owner of folgers coffee is another stock i bought. I got this stock at 73.67 a share. Foldgers coffee is the biggest coffee company and has a lot of cometitors such as Star Bucks, Dunkin Donouts, and Mcdonalds. In the 52 week range for Jim smucker its was suppose to go up about 3-5%. So i bought it thinking it would go up, but it hasnt much yet.

Vocabulary Week 3:

S+P 500- Stocks chosen for market size, meant to perfect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe.
 Sentence- Because my stock is known as one of the highest stocks it is in the S+P 500.
Dow Jones- A system of telling how the stock market is doing,
 Sentence- I use Dow Jones to get to know the top 30 stocks in the market.
Private Companies vs. Public Companies- Private companies dont sell there securities to the public, but public companies to.
 Sentence- Myspace is a private company compared to Wal-mart which is a public company.
Small Cap- Stocks with small market capitalization.
 Sentence- Bir- t is a small cap today.