America and its people were thriving. It was nothing like what they had seen before. Various factors led to the commotion and enthusiasm of the time: the economy and industry were prospering, new forms of the arts and entertainment arose, and new attitudes and fashion became popular, naming this era the “roaring” 20s. First, the success of the economy and industry contributed to the roaring nature of the 20s.
Massachusetts Stove Company return on Common equity ratio has fluctuated from 224% in year 3 all the way 32.6% in year 7. This change occurred because of the companies change in capital structure leverage. The reduction in the company's long-term debt and reduction in their deficit of retained earnings reduced their capital leverage, but this does not mean they are less profitable. Massachusetts Stove Company maintained a stable profit margin for ROCE from year 3 to year 7 and still saw increases in their net income. Over the past five years, the company has strategically crafted a niche market that is difficult for competitors to enter.
At that time the company was still planting its root, creating a name to remember and finding their place in the industry. The growth stage started with the expansion of the company into other states in the US and overcoming competitors who were trying to bad them from expanding their fields. Currently Southwest is at its peak development stage as compared to competing airlines; in other words at the maturity stage. The company reached a level where they maintain steady income and still have the chance and is willing for more growth and success. Achieved a will known brand and name; I would say they reached this stage and still maintaining it since 2011 till present.
I also knew that it had something to do with something called NASDAQ and DOW because the Stocks app on my father 's iPod showed how NASDAQ and DOW were doing with a chart. It showed its price and percent change, too. The highlights of the Stock Market Game were the times when we had to buy and sell because it was, to me, the most exciting part. You would buy the companies your group thought were good.
Many companies and brands face this similar problem of counterfeit products being available to the public. Having this problem grow gradually, the profits of Nike drops greatly as many consumers would now look for “cheaper Nike” products. For example, consumers are able to get $60 for a counterfeit Nike whereas the authentic pair would have cost them about $120. It has been said that the growth of Nike was expected to grow from 4.5% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2012 (“Why Nike Will Outspace Sports Apparel Market Growth”, 2013). However, due to continuous support from the consumers in counterfeit products, this hinders the growth of Nike by a huge percentage.
Although the news that is released, is very valuable, helping to decide whether a stock is a good choice. Alderon had been very steady only fluctuating a couple of cents for September and the starting of October. The exponential growth seen between the eighteenth and twenty-fifth of October was due to the announcement of Alderon engaging BBA, Inc. to prepare PEA on New Kami Mine Concept Incorporating Idled Wabush Scully Mine. The stock price had increased ten cents and the following day, the stock price had reached thirty-eight cents. The stock price had been declining following this announcement but had a big plummet during the presidential election.
Any downturn or disruption of sales, for an extended period of time, could adversely affect the Campbell Soup’s consolidated net sales (Campbell Soup Company Form 10-K Annual Report, 2014). These
(Song of the Depression: “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, 230). The new, strong consumer culture that was created caused people to buy stock on credit, but eventually people stopped paying the inflated prices. This was detrimental as the market became flooded with unwanted stock, causing stock prices to drop and a widespread panic. The new consumer culture is what led to 16.5 million shares being sold in one day, which was detrimental to the stock market as it caused the crash on October 29, 1929. Many lost a great deal of money, marking the start of the Great Depression.
Many speculators were shocked by the low numbers shown on Friday and wanted to get out of the stock market before all they had was lost. Many decided to sell their stocks. This caused a
H&M’s number of stores has increased under its brand (such as Cheap Monday, Weekday H&M and much more) due to their current expansion. H&M are pursuing licensing and wholly owned subsidiary as a mode of entry. Wholly Owned Subsidiary is one of the modes of entry that H&M are currently pursuing and the reason why H&M are pursuing wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore and Malaysia is, because those countries are politically stable. H&M gained competitive advantage of low risk and constant profit margin in Singapore and Malaysia, because it is politically stable. The reason why H&M pursues wholly owned subsidiary in countries such as in America and Canada is, because H&M can have a control (full) over their stores.
So far this has been my most successful stock. The Stock Market Game has put my stress levels through ups and downs, but in the end, I have continued to make the correct decision in order to obtain a profit. When my profit was negative I looked at the aspects of my portfolio that stayed steady, and I looked into other stocks of the same aspect. Towards the end of the game all of my stocks were steadily making money. I managed to maintain a diversified portfolio ending with the following stocks: American Express, Jack in the Box, Adobe Systems, Target, and
CanGo. Com CanGo is a new up and coming small business that growing by the minute. CanGo’s executives recently began to look into new ways to expand their already successful business. Selling new and used books has proven to be a great market for them, but they were looking into expanding their inventory to keep up with competitors, Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobles, and Book-a-million. CanGo’s CEO and visionary, Liz Blackman and senior leadership opened the company to Initial Public Offering to increase capital.
I then bought more DTO stock and had a total of 222 shares. Between week 3 and week 4, DTO went up so much that it took me out of the hole, but in week 4, it took a downturn and each share went down by $20, which destroyed that stock. So I sold DTO and bought back Amazon stock. I stuck with Amazon for the rest of the simulation because it was still going up in value. Also Amazon had gone up $100 for each
I hoped it would work in my favor. Towards the middle of the simulation I started to get worried because Tesla was down $20 per share, and Panera was down $10 per share. Luckily Johnson & Johnson was up $16 per share. Since Johnson & Johnson was a low risk stock and it was up $6 I decided to sell my 1 share for $112.54, profiting $6 on that stock.
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