You may have seen how financial news media provides real-time financial market reporting. They often produce stock-market news feeds for traders. These news feeds include a stock chart. The stock chart may include different filters that allow you to see how the stock is performing today or has performed over one or more years.
Many factors can affect pricing. Those factors can’t be controlled or accurately predicted. The approaches used to value stocks (determine what the stock is truly worth) are usually theoretical. You should consider what drives stock prices and why.
In this discussion, you will take a look at how the company you chose earlier (for Final Project Milestone Two) is doing in the marketplace.
Prepare for the discussion by going to Mergent Online and looking up your company. Next, find the Company Details tab. Under that, you will find the Pricing Chart. Click Pricing Summary. Filter the time period to one year.
In your initial post, discuss the following points:
Explain why the stock is in either an uptrend or a downtrend.
Try to persuade your peers to either invest in the company or not invest in the company. Explain the reasons for your argument. Note: The Company News section located on the Company Details page can help with this.
Respond to at least two peers. Your responses should include the following points:
Was your peer’s argument convincing? Would you buy the stock? Why, or why not?
Your responses should include information that your classmates have not already shared.
To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.
Please identify which peer post reply belong to which peer.
