Please note that this assignment is based on a pretend scenario and fictitious money. However, the assignment is based on actual stock pricing in real time situations. Do not invest your personal money for this assignment.

To assist you with your Journal entry please use the following template by clicking here.

NOTE: After adding the information in the spreadsheet template that has been provided, copy/paste the chart into the journal assignment submission box located below. Note: You DO NOT have to use the provided template. You can create your own chart using Excel, Word, PPT or any other software you choose to use. Just copy/paste the results into the assignment submission box in Blackboard.

You may be following your stock every day, but if you’re not, for Week 8 you must:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Your final journal assignment will be to report the final value of your shares in Week 10.