Stock Market Analyzer!

A Web Drop-in Activity for 7^th & 8^th Grade

Introduction:

Long gone are the days when you could work hard your whole life and save your change to live off of in your old age. These days investing in some kind of Stock or Mutual Fund (group of stocks) is imperative if you want to have enough money to be comfortable in your golden years. This activity will expose you to the basic ideas of analyzing trends in the stock market.

Directions:

1) Review the questions you will be answering for each Link provided below. They are located below the links.

2) Visit each link and analyze the graphs of each stocks performance for the past year.

3) Answer questions 1-4 for each link below. (May be short answer)

4) Write a paragraph explaining which stock you would choose for a long term investment and why.

This assignment is due at the end of this period.

Links:

Checkers Restaurant

McDonalds

Wendy’s

Questions:

1) What was this stocks starting price and ending price for the past year? What is the difference or gain?

2) Did the Stock show a gradual trend for the year or did it show a lot of volatile activity (sharp increase and decrease in price).

3) Do you notice any relationship between the stock and seasonal periods?

4) Does the trend for the last 30 days seem consistent with the last year or is the trend changing?