Lessons: Chapter 12 - Evaluating Stocks: Understanding What Companies Do


Important Links

You can find the stock symbols of any company through many financial websites. We often use the following sites :

YahooFinance 

MarketWatch

Assignments

12.1: True or False. Unlike fundamental analysis, technical analysis focuses on a company's ability to grow and make more money in the future.

12.2: Find the stock symbols of the following companies: Yahoo!, PepsiCo Inc., eBay, by using the YahooFinance site or any other site you prefer.

12.3: Find the snapshot or summary of The Walt Disney Company by using the MarketWatch site or any other site you prefer. In the MarketWatch site, do the following:

  1. Find the search menu and enter DIS, which is the stock symbol for The Walt Disney Company

  2. You will be taken to the Walt Disney Page -- on that page, you should click a selection labeled "Profile" to get to a Company Description

  3. Click the "expand" button next to the Company Description for the full description for the company.

     

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