Brian Dunnum 12/6/2013 Intro to Business At the end of this game I compiled a total of 117 transactions and a profit

of .27%, a total of $1,715.55 profit. These numbers had me ranked 13th. In the end I held 8 stocks and only had $28,060.05 invested in the game.

Ticker CAT

Number of Stocks Buy: 50

Price Paid $83.70

Statement I mainly chose this stock because Caterpillar is known for their agricultural equipment and planting season was in full force when I bought it. I bought this stock because it was dipping and I knew it would make a rebound. I bought this short because I thought there would be no way YELP would be on the rise. IBM has been down in recent months, at least compared to what it was and I thought it would be a good idea to buy at a cheap price.

TSLA

Buy: 50

$176.13 Price Sold $184.81 $57.97 Cover $60.37 $174.36

YELP

Short: 30

IBM

Buy: 50

AAPL

Buy: 25

$494.99

I bought Apple stock because it is a solid stick to have in my portfolio..

The company I chose to research was Apple. I bought this company rather early in the game and sold it later in the game. I did not include this stock in the table because I wanted to show diversity within my stocks. Apple is in the computers and software market. Although Apple is a very healthy company, it still has competitors. Apples competitors include Microsoft and HP. There market stretches from computers and music. Theyre computers compete with many pc companies and they have iTunes which competes with companies such as Pandora. EPS is defined as earnings per share. To calculate basic EPS, divide net income by the number of shares outstanding. The most recent years EPS of Apple was 8.31 in March of 2013, 7.54 in June of 2013, and 8.31 in September of 2013. It seems as if Apple had made a small dip but it went right back up and only looks like it can go up from here, but overall, healthy. A PE ratio is a valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings. Of the last three open days at the stock market Apple recorded a PE ratio of 14.29, 14.26, and 14.16. These are very healthy numbers but they do show a slight drop. If I were Apple I would not be worried about these numbers at all, again, they are very healthy.

A dividend yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. A of today the yield is at 2.17%, a good healthy yield.

The long-term prospects for this company are good. This company shows great consistency. The numbers in all the categories are quite strong and steady. The only thing that has shaken this company up in the past was the death of Steve Jobs and that has not changed anything, stock market wise. With this company releasing iPhone, iPods, iPads, and many computers there really isnt much that could shake this company up. If one product were to maybe fail, there would be a hit to the company, but nothing that would destroy the company considering they are diversified. Overall, I learned a lot from this game. As a student that has never been involved in a stock market game, it was a learning experience in which I enjoyed. In the beginning I read through the book that I should diversify my stocks. So when I first started I bought a lot of stocks. I had so many stocks that it was hard to keep up with. Not only did I have a lot of stocks, but also I had a lot of different companies. At the end of the game I had about 113 transactions including a lot of buying and selling. So in the end I learned that I should probably keep the amount of stocks and companies to a reasonable number. The overall benefit of this game is unmatchable. What other investment in life can be practiced before we actually do it? So I was very happy to practice something that I know I will be doing later in life. It was a learning experience that I enjoyed and benefitted me a great deal. In the end I thought I benefitted from participating in this game and I might play it for fun later.