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Stock Market Assignment 2011 You are to work in groups of 3. You will start with an initial investment of $500,000 and a selection of the following 10 companies . You must invest all of your money. You can choose to invest in all ten stocks or a maximum of 25% in one stock. However, your investment decisions must be based on sound economic reasoning. You must make at least one trade each week. This project will take place over 6 weeks, Monday February 28, 2010 to Friday April 8, 2010, using Nipissing University’s Stock Market Simulation Game at . You will be required to hand in two reports: 1 one in the first week and 2 one in the 6th week. 3 You must also hand in a buy/sell sheet each week with a reflection . Company Name Symbols Market Industry Research In Motion Ltd. RIM.TO TSE Communications Tech. Starbucks SBUX NASDAQ Food Industry Citibank C NSYE Finance Potash Corp. POT.TO TSE Fertilizer Rio Tinto RIO NSYE Mining Magna International MGA NYSE Auto Parts Genentech DNA NYSE Pharmaceutical/Biotech Yahoo YHOO NASDAQ Internet China Mobile CHL NYSE Telecommunications Suncor SU.TO TSE Energy Week 1 – Monday, February 28 to Monday, March 7 Hand in: Report #1 – Due before class starts Monday, February 28, 2011 This report focuses on the selection of your stock and your group’s investment strategy. Your group’s investment strategy should have 2 components; reasons for your group’s selection of the individual stocks and reasons for your group’s overall portfolio strategy i.e. why did your group choose to diversify the portfolio the way they did? . Individual Stock Selection Strategy As an individual member of the group you will select two of the 10 stocks to analyze. Your analysis will be based on four things: Business Report Analysis of Stock Market Tables Comparison of Market Trend Indicators. Assessment of Financial Statements After you have completed these four steps you will write a brief summary as to whet