Research project instructions for stocks and non-profits

1. Research
Corporations

2. Corporations are
identified by a STOCK
SYMBOL when
referenced on trading
exchanges
SYMBOLS range from one
to five letters long

3. Each of you will be assigned
a corporation to research
by drawing a slip from a
box.

4. Every student will be getting
a unique business. No 2
students will get the same
corporation to research

5. Write the symbol you drew from the
box in the “Corporate Symbol” space on
the questionnaire you are given
Return the slip you
drew to your teacher.
(Not the box)
This stock symbol is for Wal-Mart,
but you may not know your
corporation until you do your
search.

6. Make sure you include the word “stock” with
your corporations symbol. You are not interested
in going to Wal-Mart’s online shopping website.
You want to know about their stock.
Use an online search engine
to get information you need
about a companies stock.
GOOGLE is great!

7. Your search will return multiple
web pages where you can find
information. You might have to
visit several pages to find all the
information you need. (Click on
one to see what you find)

8. The official name of this corporation is:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

9. The price the
stock sold for
at the end of
the trading
day yesterday

10. This stock is selling right now at $75. 95.
That is down 47 cents from it’s morning
opening price. That is a decline of 0.62%
so far for the day. (FYI: Today’s opening
price was $75.95 - .47 = $75.48)

11. The
highest/lowest
price the stock
has sold for
today

12. Many stocks are traded on a public
exchange. This stock is traded on
the NYSE. (New York Stock
Exchange)

13. A clear description of
the business will be
found so you can
learn more about the
business

14. Look around to locate the
corporations home office
address.

15. Volume means how
many shares of
stock have sold so
far TODAY

16. The
highest/lowest
price the stock
has sold for
during the last
year

17. Notice that this is in
millions so it translates
to 3,291,000,000.
shares outstanding
Notice that these shares of stock have
voting rights. That means that they are
classified as common stock.
Shares Outstanding is how many
shares of this stock are actually
sold right now.

18. Corporations share
their profits with their
owner/stockholders by
paying a dividend

19. Research
Non-Profit Organizations

20. Draw a non-profit from the box.
Each student will have a different
non-profit to research.

21. Write the web address of your non-profit
organization on the “Web Address” section of
your questionnaire.
Return the slip you
drew to your teacher,
not to the box

22. Insert the web address of your non-
profit in the browser search box. Hit
enter and begin your research