• Economics Current Events Assignment (Scroll Down for Stock Watch Assignment)
     
     
    Reporter  

    You are to find a news article that reports about events happening around the United States or the world that pertains to the topics we are discussing in class. Read the Article and complete the following:

     

    1. Article Summary: What is the article about, written in your own words. DO NOT Plagiarize; plagiarism is the passing off of someone else’s work as your own.
    2. Article Analysis: Answer the following in analyzing the affects of this news: 
      1. How does this news affect the people living in the area that it occurred? 
      2. How might this news affect you? 
      3. How does this News connect to what is being discussed in class?
      4. What made you choose this article?
    3. Article Citation: You must cite the source of your news Article using the MLA Style of citation:

     

      1. Newspaper or Magazine Article

    Author’s Name (last name first). “Article’s Title in quotation marks” Name of Newspaper or Magazine - underlined Date of publication page # or section

     

                   Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern

                   Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3.

    1.   Newspaper or Magazine Article on the Internet
    2. Author’s Name (last name first). “Title of article in quotation marks” Name of Newspaper or magazine (underlined) volume or issue number Date of publication Date accessed <web address in angled brackets>

                    Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It

                    Goes, But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."Astronomy  64- . Jan. 1999: 7 Feb. 1999 <http:// web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.

    Articles must be at least 4 paragraphs long, your report will be TYPED and you should use proper spelling,  grammar, and punctuation.

     

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    Current Events Schedule Spring 2024
     

    Current Events HW

    Due Date

    #1

    9 Feb 2024

    #2

    23 Feb 2024

    #3

      8 March 2024

    #4

    22 March 2024

    #5

    5 April 2024

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Stock Watch Assignment
     
     
     Stock Ticker
     
     
     
     
     

    The following assignment is due according to the schedule below.  You will choose one of the companies listed in the S&P 500. Your job is to keep track of the stock for this company. You need to do the following:

     

    Company Name:_______________________________

     

    Stock Ticker Symbol____________

     

    1. Track the stock each day. Include:

     

    Closing price for each day

    Volume for each day.

     

    2. A summary of a news event for your company for the period between due dates. You may use newspapers, magazines, web sites, etc. provide analysis of the news story including a brief summary of the news and your interpretation of its importance to the company and investors. 

    Be sure to answer the questions in detail in your analysis: How does this news affect the company? & How would this news affect investors?

     

    Possible sources: 

    Your company’s web site

    http://finance.yahoo.com

    hoovers.com

    quicken.com

    fidelity.com

    Any news site

    Most Newspaper – NY Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. 

     

    Preliminary Stock Watch – Choose a company from the S&P 500 AND:

     

    Briefly describe what goods or services the company provides

    Describe why you chose this company

     

    1. Article Citation: You must cite the source of your news Article using the MLA Style of citation:

     

      1. Newspaper or Magazine Article

    Author’s Name (last name first). “Article’s Title in quotation marks” Name of Newspaper or Magazine - underlined Date of publication page # or section

     

                   Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern

                   Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3.

    1.   Newspaper or Magazine Article on the Internet
    2. Author’s Name (last name first). “Title of article in quotation marks” Name of Newspaper or magazine (underlined) volume or issue number Date of publication Date accessed <web address in angled brackets>

                    Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It

                    Goes, But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."Astronomy  64- . Jan. 1999: 7 Feb. 1999 <http:// web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.

    Articles must be at least 4 paragraphs long, your report will be TYPED and you should use proper spelling,  grammar, and punctuation. MUST BE submitted to turnitin.com failure to do so results in a ZERO on the assignment 

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    Economics Stock Watch Schedule Fall 2022 - 2023

    Preliminary Stock Watch Due 10 Nov 2023

    Assignment

    Date Range

    Due Date

    SW #1

    10 Nov 2023 - 23 Nov 2023

    27 Nov 2023*

    SW #2

    24 Nov 2023 - 7 Dec 2023

    8 Dec 2023

    SW #3

    8 Dec 2023 - 21 Dec 2023

    22 Dec 2023

    SW #4

    22 Dec 2023 - 4 Jan 2024

    5 Jan 2024

    SW #5

    5 Jan 2024 - 18 Jan 2024

    19 Jan 2024

     

    Economics Stock Watch Schedule Spring 2024

    Preliminary Stock Watch Due 5 April 2024

    Assignment

    Date Range

    Due Date

    SW #1

    5 April 2024 - 18 April 2024

    19  April 2024

    SW #2

    19 April 2024- 2 May 2024

    3 May 2024

    SW #3

    3 May 2024 - 16 May 2024

    17 May 2024

    SW #4

    17 May 2024 - 30 May 2024

    31 May 2024

    SW #5

    31 May 2024 - 13 June 2023

    14 June 2024

     
     
     
     


    **Subject to Change