You  may have seen how financial news outlets provide real-time financial  market reporting. They often produce stock-market news feeds for  traders; these news feeds include a stock chart. The stock chart may  include different filters that allow you to see how the stock is  performing today or has performed over one or more years.  There are many factors that will influence pricing that can’t be  controlled or predicted accurately. The approaches used to value stocks  (determine what the stock is truly worth) are usually theoretical. You  should consider what drives stock prices and why. For this discussion, first go to Mergent Online. Find the pricing chart under the “Company Details” tab, then click on Pricing Summary  for your selected company. This is the company you have selected for  your Project Two assignment. Filter the time period to one year. In your initial post, address the following: Discuss how the stock for your company is trending. Explain why the stock is in either an uptrend or downtrend. Discuss some of the factors, including environmental, sustainable,  and governance (ESG) factors, that you believe have impacted the stock  performance and why. Convince your peers to either invest in your chosen company or to not invest in the company. Explain your reasoning. In your response posts to at least two peers, discuss the following: Do you agree with your peer’s argument to either invest or not  invest in their company? Explain why or why not, making sure to also  include information not previously shared by your peer Post by Joshue Brown Discuss how the stock for your company is trending. Explain why the stock is in either an uptrend or downtrend. Tesla's stock has a positive trend over the past year.  The stock has  ranged from a low of $187.06 a year ago to a high of $883.09 on January  26, 2021 (Yahoo, 2021a).  Tesla's shares have skyrocketed more than  20,000% since it went public in 2010, with its price rising more than  700% over the last year (Levin, 2021).  This growth has made Tesla the  most valuable car company in the world.  There are many reasons for this  epic growth.  After years of not turning a profit for years, Tesla has  finally shown a profit for the last 6 quarters.  Tesla also beat  estimates by producing more than 500,000 vehicles and selling its fifth  vehicle, Modle Y, ahead of schedule (Levin, 2021). In addition, Tesla  was added to the S&P 500 on November 16th, 2020, which helped the  share price spike.  These are the main drivers of the success of Teslas  stock over the past 12 months.  Another positive trend that has factored  into the growth of Tesla's stock is the growing demand for EV stocks in  general. Tightening emission regulations and the government's continued  push towards renewable energy have also help Tesla's shares rise.  Discuss some of the factors, including environmental,  sustainable, and governance (ESG) factors, that you believe have  impacted the stock p.

1. You may have seen how financial news outlets provide real-
time financial market reporting. They often produce stock-
market news feeds for traders; these news feeds include a stock
chart. The stock chart may include different filters that allow
you to see how the stock is performing today or has performed
over one or more years.
There are many factors that will influence pricing that can’t be
controlled or predicted accurately. The approaches used to
value stocks (determine what the stock is truly worth) are
usually theoretical. You should consider what drives stock
prices and why.
For this discussion, first go to Mergent Online. Find the pricing
chart under the “Company Details” tab, then click on
Pricing Summary
for your selected company. This is the company you have
selected for your Project Two assignment. Filter the time
period to one year.
In your initial post, address the following:
Discuss how the stock for your company is trending. Explain
why the stock is in either an uptrend or downtrend.
Discuss some of the factors, including environmental,
sustainable, and governance (ESG) factors, that you believe
have impacted the stock performance and why.
Convince your peers to either invest in your chosen company or
to not invest in the company. Explain your reasoning.

2. In your response posts to at least two peers, discuss the
following:
Do you agree with your peer’s argument to either invest or not
invest in their company? Explain why or why not, making sure
to also include information not previously shared by your peer
Post by Joshue Brown
Discuss how the stock for your company is trending. Explain
why the stock is in either an uptrend or downtrend.
Tesla's stock has a positive trend over the past year. The stock
has ranged from a low of $187.06 a year ago to a high of
$883.09 on January 26, 2021 (Yahoo, 2021a). Tesla's shares
have skyrocketed more than 20,000% since it went public in
2010, with its price rising more than 700% over the last year
(Levin, 2021). This growth has made Tesla the most valuable
car company in the world. There are many reasons for this epic
growth. After years of not turning a profit for years, Tesla has
finally shown a profit for the last 6 quarters. Tesla also beat
estimates by producing more than 500,000 vehicles and selling
its fifth vehicle, Modle Y, ahead of schedule (Levin, 2021). In
addition, Tesla was added to the S&P 500 on November 16th,
2020, which helped the share price spike. These are the main
drivers of the success of Teslas stock over the past 12 months.
Another positive trend that has factored into the growth of
Tesla's stock is the growing demand for EV stocks in general.
Tightening emission regulations and the government's continued

3. push towards renewable energy have also help Tesla's shares
rise.
Discuss some of the factors, including environmental,
sustainable, and governance (ESG) factors, that you believe
have impacted the stock performance and why.
Since taxpayers subsidize most of Tesla's business, their ESG
rating, such as environmental, sustainable, and governance, is
important. Tesla's total ESG rating is 31, which is high and
places them in the 62nd percentile. Their environmental risk
score is 3, the social risk score is 17.3, and the governance risk
score is 11 (Yahoo, 2021). While Tesla is an environmentally
friendly company, the production of its products harms the
environment. The production of their cars is C02-intensive,
and the production of their batteries takes many raw materials
to make, such as nickel, cobalt, aluminum, and graphite which
are prone to cause deforestation and water contamination
(Tesla Valuation, n,d.). Overall the reduction in CO2
emissions of their cars generates 50% fewer emissions as a car
with an internal combustion engine. Therefore the overall
impact on the environment is positive (Tesla Valuation, n,d.).
Tesla also scored low on water conversation (Tesla
Environmental, n.d.).
Tesla does not rate well in the governance portion of the ESG.
The "bailout: of Elon Musk's cousin's company. Soar City
caused shareholders to sue. Second, musk was forced to step
down as chairman of the board in 2018 when he had to settle
fraud charges with the SEC regarding a tweet about taking
Tesla private. Third, several of Tesla's board members have
ties with other Musk companies, which creates a conflict of
interest. Finally, Musk's compensation package had caused
scrutiny when the board of directors approved a compensation
package that made Musk the highest-paid CEO in US corporate
history (Is Tesla Sustainable, 2020).

4. Convince your peers to either invest in your chosen company or
to not invest in the company. Explain your reasoning
With all of Elon Musk's controversies with his involvement in
cryptocurrency, the SpaceX program, his solar endeavors, and
his erratic behavior, I would not recommend investing in
Tesla. The stock is already near its all-time high, and
competition in the EV field will reduce its market share. In
addition, the history of Musk's behavior, such as smoking
marijuana during a live podcast, tweeting about taking Tesla
private, and comments on Saturday Night Live regarding
cryptocurrency he is involved with, have had an immediate
negative effect on Tesla's stock price.
Is Tesla Sustainable? How Does Tesla Perform On ESG
Ratings?
Your Green Wealth. (2020, December 10).
https://yourgreenwealth.com/esg/is-tesla-sustainable/.
Levin, T. (2021, February 7).
Tesla's stock price has left Wall Street analysts scratching their
heads. Here's what's fueling the searing rally.
Business Insider.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-price-rally-
explained-elon-musk-electric-vehicle-frenzy-2021-
2#:~:text=Here's%20what's%20fueling%20the%20searing%20ra
lly.&text=Tesla's%20stock%20has%20surged%20more,frenzy%
2C%20and%20frontman%20Elon%20Musk.
Tesla Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Profile
. censible.co. (n.d.).
https://esg.censible.co/companies/Tesla-environmental-social-
corporate-governance-profile.
Tesla Valuation based on ESG factors

5. . GRIN. (n.d.).
https://www.grin.com/document/417956.
Yahoo! (2021, June 9a).
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Interactive Stock Chart
. Yahoo! Finance.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/chart?p=TSLA#eyJpbnR
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Ratings
. Yahoo! Finance.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/sustainability/.
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Post by Bonnie
Class,
The company I have chosen for the projects within this course is
Disney. Upon reviewing the pricing summary for Disney
through Mergent, the one-year period stock prices have ranged
between $201.91 and $109.10. As of Monday June 7, 2021, the
closing price was $176.99. The trend has been slowly moving
upward from the low a year ago of $109.10 although it is
6.37% below the high of $201.91 during the past 100 days.
This does pose a risk of further decline. (Mergent 2021).

7. In March 2020 Disney suspended its cruise operations and
closed theme parks in California and Florida due to the spread
of coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic. (Sloan 2020). Due
to the pandemic Covid-19, Disney had an increase in their
streaming division since people were staying home and theaters
were closed. The theme parks are slowly expanding their daily
capacity limits as the more people are being vaccinated and the
CDC guidelines are less restrictive.
I believe that Covid-19 played a significant part in the stock
prices for Disney. Due to lack of operations in their travel
section, and theme parks stocks would decrease. The upswing
in the streaming division during the pandemic helped to
prevent a massive fall in stock. Though the overall stock did go
down without the increase in the streaming, I feel the stocks
would have plummeted further.
Even though Disney had to shut down their cruise lines, theme
parks and many of their resorts they have plenty of cash to
manage these disruptions. Disney has seen phenomenal growth
in their streaming platform and has managed to keep generating
cash flow. (Ballard 2020). For reasons such as this, buying
stock in Disney is a great long-term investment.
Best,
Bonnie B.
References
Ballard, J. (2020). 3 Reasons Disney is a Safe Stock to Buy
Right Now. Retrieved from:
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/11/04/3-reasons-disney-is-
a-safe-stock-to-buy-right-now/

8. Mergent. (n.d.).
Disney (Walt) Co.
Retrieved June 8, 2021, from:
https://www-mergentonline-
com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/companydetail.php?compnumber=2488&
pagetype=synopsis&isprintpage=1&timeperiod=1%20year
Sloan,
G. (2020). Disney Cruise Line to Suspend Operations Due to
Coronavirus. Retrieved from:
https://thepointsguy.com/news/disney-cruise-line-suspends-
operations-due-to-coronaviru
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