This document contains questions about reading stock tickers for Walmart, Starbucks, and another publicly traded company. It asks for stock symbols, exchanges traded on, share prices, potential investment amounts if purchasing 100 shares of each company's stock, and reasons why the additional company might be a good investment.
1. Name_________________________
Economics: Reading a Stock Ticker
1. What is Walmart’s stock symbol? ___________
2. Which stock exchange is Walmart stock traded on? ___________
3. How many shares of Walmart stock exist? ___________
4. How much has Walmart’s stock lost in value today? ___________
5. How much money are all those shares worth? ___________
6. What is the highest price this stock has traded for during the past year? ________
7. If you bought 100 shares of Walmart right now, what was your total investment? $___________
8. Who are two of Walmart’s competitors? ___________ & ___________
9. What is Starbucks’ stock symbol? ___________
10. What is the highest price this stock has traded for during the past year? ________
11. How much has Starbucks stock changed in price today? ___________
12. Which stock exchange is Starbucks stock traded on? ___________
13. If you bought 100 shares of Starbucks right now, what was your total investment? $___________
14. If Starbucks stock increases to $40 per share, how much would your investment be worth? $_______
15. If you sold your original 100 shares at the new price of $40, how much money would you have made? $______
16. Look up a NYSE or NASDAQ stock. Company _____________ Symbol ____________
17. What is the price of 1 share in this company? _________
18. What does this company do?
19. Why would this company be a good company to invest in?