1. Investing in Stocks

2. What are stocks?
How can you buy them?

3. Louis wants to purchase 500 shares of Manitoba
Telecom. What will the shares cost him?
http://cxa.marketwatch.com/tsx/en/market/quote.aspx?symbol=mbt

4. If Louis' stock broker charges him a fee of 2% of the
order value, calculate Louis' total cost.

5. Calculate Mary's total profit/loss for the following
transactions:
Week 1: Mary purchases 100 shares of Astral Media
ACM.A for $26.75/share. Her broker charges her 3%
commission.

6. Week 2: Mary sells her shares of Astral Media for
$31.25/share. Her broker charges her 3% commission.

7. Assignment #3
Questions 1 ­ 4