2. What organizations regulate he market?
3. Pick a stock and give a summary of its yearly performance. You may NOT use someone elses. Why is it up or down?
4. What is the problem in Greece? Should the European Union bail them out and why.
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1. The stock market last week went trought a 1000 point drop. I don't really understand anything thier talking about. I think something went wrong with the machines or something cause the big drop. A donwfall with electronic trading is that you have to do it on your own. When yhou trade with an investor you get advise on what they think you should do. A plus is that its easier and faster to do.
ReplyDelete2. THe SEC, sercurites and exchange commision, regulates the stock market. They were formed in 1930 after the collapse of the stock market.
3. I picked the Harley Davidson stock. Well it just recently went up. In the last year its been going up and down. Over all though its gone up this last year. I think that the stock went up because the price for it went down a lot so a lot more peole started to buy it.
4. The problem in Greece is that they are in debt. I think that they should bail them out if they can show that they have good plans to get thier country back on thier feet.
1. The Dow dropped about 1000 points, and over the past four days there was a 771.4 point decline. This is the lowest rate that the Dow has been at since February 26th. The NASDAQ has fallen more than 10% recently.
ReplyDeleteA major benefit of electronic trading websites such as Ameritrade is the convenience it offers to the shareholders to buy and sell stocks and bonds. These websites also offer valuable knowledge to everyday citizens that would otherwise only be available to industry professionals. A major pitfall is that many people don’t understand that the cheapest commission doesn’t equal the cheapest trade. Also, that the way something is traded can really affect the profits and price.
2. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates the stock market. Congress also helps regulate the stock exchange because it forms laws to keep everything fair and legal. The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) also helps to regulate the stock market because it gives out dealing licenses.
3. Well I did my best to decipher these charts on Kraft Foods, Inc. Basically It recently has been doing very well lately compared to other years performance. It closed on Friday close to its 52-week high. Despite the dropping in numbers, Kraft actually has been doing steadily well lately.
4. Greece has been spending money more than their economy can keep up with for many years and have been not passing any financial reforms. Greece’s national debt is over 400 billion dollars, which is way bigger than the national economy can keep up with.
I think a small bailout could be helpful, but the fact that they have hiked taxes on things such as fuel and tobacco should also help alleviate some of the debt, so I don’t think a huge bailout is necessary.
1. According to some stock market thing on news.moneycentral.msn.com, the Dow's intraday (What ever that is) dropped almost 1000 points on Thursday. This was all blamed on computerized trade and electronic networks involved in the stock market. The good part about elecftronic trading is that you can do it much faster than by yourself. A computer can calculate prices and trends as well as place orders, which means pretty much everybody can do it. however with something called flash trading, some people can get stocks at a much less price than what is offered to everyone else so it seems completely unfair.
ReplyDelete2. The Security Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates the stock market. They ensure that the companies involved follow regulations. Congress also pass laws to regulate the Stock Market. They have laws such as the Securities Act and the 2002 Investor Protection Act, but after the laws are passed they just lay back and tend not to get directly involved.
3. I chose the toyota stock. As of recently, it went down...no surprise there. That might have something to do with with all of the recalls and accidents involving the breaks. Over the course of a year the stock seems to have gone down as well. Since the economy has been pretty bad people have not been buying as many toyotas apparently.
4. The Greek economy is close to a collapse. The problem is threatening Spain and Portugal as well. Greece is in debt and they want to impose new taxes on their citizens and many seem to be protesting. They probably should bail Greece out or else most of Europe's economy might collapse, or at least all the countries that use euro's will colapse. I believe it onlhy becomes a problem when they begin to bail out everything so maybe just this once, they should try and help everyone out.
1. The three major indexes, the Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ, all fell in negative territory for the year on Friday. Online trading has its advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include sure returns, variety of choice, and familiarity with stock. The disadvantages cannot be explained with a simple few word phrase. On the web, leverage is much lower. The web also bands short selling, or buying and selling stocks in a short time period for profit. Online trading also involves a cost that is incomparable to other forms of trading. This often means that stock prices are pretty high.
ReplyDelete2. Congress does most of the regulation of the stock market. Congress created the structure of the stock market and can pass legislation to regulate industry. Congress also authorizes budgets for regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission. Another major regulatory agency is the SEC. It requires industries to publish annual and quarterly reports and it also has an anti-fraud unit. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sets standards for stock brokers and other industry professionals and licenses them after examinations.
3. The Graham Packaging Company just came apart of the market on February 11, 2010. It has been trying to be a part of the market for years, but due to fluctuation, Blackstone Holding Company would not risk it. The stock opened at $10.00 a share. It had a steady incline to a max of $13.52, on April 8, with a unannounced low of 7.34 on March 16. The raise in stock prices in that time period was most likely attributed to it being a new stock. Today, the stock is 11.93, far from its high yet 19% higher than its opening price.
4. Greece is broke. The government spends more than what their economy can keep up with in; not far from the U.S. now is it? Their debt is over 400 billion. Should we bail them out? Short answer: NO. I don’t know if people remember that the U.S. has a multi-trillion dollar debt, but we do! Can we first focus on eliminating our debt, helping the poor in our country, because believe it or not we do have citizens living on the streets, figure out a working health care reform, and finish this war the U.S. have been in way too long to begin with.
1. The stock market dropped 1000 points Thursday. They think this was caused because of a computerized selloff caused by a simple typogaphical mistake.
ReplyDelete2.Congress regulates most of the stock market. They pass major laws that affects how it operates. The SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, is also at the top. They oversee the securitite industry.
3.I picked Att and their stocks..i really dont understand how to read these but i think its gone down im not sure why but the graph shows them going down.
4.The trouble in Greece is that they dont have enough money for how much they are spending..basically they are going bankrupt because they dont have enough money. We are afraid that the effect greece has will affect the global market. I think that European union shouldnt bail them out bc this is their own problem and they did this to themselves but then again they will proly never get out of this debt.
1.On Thurday the Dow Jones Industrial Average index fell almost 1,000 points. The drop was a result of economic fears over the uncertainty in the European and Greece financial sector. This was the worst drop the market has seen since October 19, 1987. That day has been referred to as Black Monday previously. Some have expressed concern that the fall could be a sign of things to come for the U.S. and also could signal things to come for countries overseas as well. The market was able to bounce back before the closing bell, and finished at a 341 point loss, and currently sits at 10,526.
ReplyDelete2. The Congress regulates the majority of the Stock Market. The SEC, Securities and Exchange Commisson, and the NASD, National Association of Securities Dealers, also help to regualte the Stock Market.
3. The Walt Disney Stock market I think has gone up in the past year. Probably because more people have started to buy shares in stocks again.
4. The govenment in Greece is using more money than what they have counted for. It is causing the economy to collapse as well as countries who use Euro's, like Spain and Portugese.
I think that the European Union should help Greece out of the crisis, that way other countries aren't affected and Greece's economy can reform
1. The stock market had a huge scare on thursday with a 1000 point drop. No one is quite sure what cause the drop though. Europe however was worse affected by the plunge. A benefit of online trading is that it is quick and can virtually be done anywhere. The downside is that there is sometimes techincal errors and people are not getting the financial advise from stock brokers.
ReplyDelete2. The SEC regulates the stock market and creates laws for it. The NASD administers different regualtions and enforces federal securities acts.
3. I chose to do kellogg company stock. The company had a small drop recently but overall stocks have risen greatly since last year.
4. Greece is going bankrupt. They have too many debts and not enough money to pay it off.Yes i definitiely think the EU should bail them out because they all depend on one another. If one country is hurting they're all going to be hurting. The world is interdependent so we have to help each other out.
1. The New York Stock Exchange experienced a large point decrease this past week. This was apparently caused by concerns of Greece's debt problem according to usatoday.com. The Dow dropped almost 1,000 points while the Nasdaq and Standard&Poor's indexes also suffered. A benefit of electronic trading is the convenience. Transactions can be made quickly and effectively and all participants have the same advantages like cost and speed of execution. A disadvantage is electronic trading can easily lead to overtrading.
ReplyDelete2. U.S. Congress passes laws that affect out the stock market operates. It authorizes budget for the SEC which is the Securities and Exchange Commission. There is also the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA which sets standards for stockbrokers and others involved with stocks.
3. I tried to find the performance for The Coca-Cola Company stock. For the first quarter of 2009 the revenue started at $7.169 billion. It increased to $8.267 billion for the second quarter. Since then it has decreased to $7.51 billion for the final quarter of 2009. The decrease is a result of consumers preference for healthier drinks rather than carbonated soft drinks. However the stock isn't doing too bad because there are increases in other countries. International sales and currency fluctuations lead to ups and downs for this stock.
4. Greece is having a major debt crisis right now. The European Union should bail them out because this could negatively affect other economies in Europe. However they shouldn't bail them out because it is Greece's responsibility.
Brittany H.
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ReplyDelete1. The big problem with the stock market this week is that the DOW stock dropped about 1 thousand points, and S&P and NASDAQ dropped too. This was blamed on electronic trading and the economy issues in Greece.
2. Along with Congress, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission regulates the stock market. Together, these two oversee and control the regulations and security involved in the stocks.
3. I picked the Nike (NKE) stock. The graph on the website (http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:NKE) shows that the Nike stock has gone up significantly since the start of 2009. It looks like it had dip right around March 2009, but since then it has been climbing, and continues to climb until now, May 2010.
4. The problem in Greece is that their economy is failing. They are in over $400 billion in debt and simply do not have enough money to pay it back. If this goes on any longer, their economy will eventually collapse. This would greatly affect the world trade market, so yes, I think the European Union should find a way to bail them out. Improving the economy in Greece would, in turn, improve the economy in Europe which is a big aspect of the overall financial stance of world.