Stock+Market


 * Remember, for each article, write on your search log 3 things you discovered, 2 things you found interesting, and 1 question you still have.**//Ms. Tamarkin//

=__Introduction__= The stock market can be very confusing. It can rise and decrease. You can make profit or lose money. It's like gambling for money because you never know when you're going to win or lose depending on your luck in the game. So far investors buy stocks and stockholders are the one that are in charge of stocks. Stockholders get dividends from the company when the stock market rises and the investors get money from the highest rate of return. In a stock market, it's better to invest in a large company rather than in a small company because the large company is more experienced while the small company does not know much about stocks and will most likely fail in business. //**One essential question that I still want to know is what really causes a stock market crash and why does it usually rise and decrease from time to time?**//

This pathfinder will allow readers to comprehend how the stock market works, how to make profit from stocks, what's the best way to invest in a stock, and how a stock market can crash.

**Glossary- Stocks**


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 * //__Topics in Economics class that I learned:__//** Consumption, producers, consumers, goods, services, stocks, business, interest, accounts, pension, rate of return, commercial banks, mutual savings bank, savings and loan associations, credit union, ATM(Automated Teller Machine), IRA(Individual Retirement Account), making money, how to save and invest, how to spend your money.

Two things that I found interesting in Economics are how to save and invest your money and how to do stocks. One question I want to ask is how the stocks work, why does it increase and decrease, and who is in charge of stocks.

I think of business when I think of Economics. I want to know more about stocks in the study of Economics. I think the pathfinders I looked at today were very interesting. They were very detailed and supportive of their chosen topics. 1-How stock works and changes 2-Stock market 3-How stock can make you money 4-Stock Profit
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Three things I discovered in this article were that people share ownership in the corporation, stockholders have voting rights in the management of corporation, and peoples' demand for securities have led to an increase of stock exchange. Two things I found interesting in this article were that there are stock exchanges in all important financial centers of the world and a stock can only be bought and sold if it is listed on the stock exchange. One question that I still have is what is the whole point of doing the stock market and how does it benefit people?
 * Title:** [|Stocks in finance(Encyclopedia)]
 * Source:** __The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition__ Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
 * Author:** Unknown
 * Publication Date:** 2003
 * Page Number:** n.p.
 * Database:** [|homeworkNYC.org]
 * Search term:** Stocks
 * Navigation:** Stocks-[|stock exchange]

Three things I discovered in this website were that stocks can rise if the investors buy the stocks, you can't guarantee profit if you buy a stock, and stockholders can sometimes make money when the company pays off dividends. Two things I found interesting in this website were that it was very basic, so it made it easier for me to understand, and the topic was broken down into many details, so I learned more about stocks on this site. One question that I still have is what is the difference between a stockholder and an investor?
 * Title:** [|Test Your Money Smarts]
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 * Navigation:** [|Internet Public Library]- [|TeenSpace]//- Search Term: Stocks-// [|Test Your Money Smarts]

Three things I discovered in this article were that stocks can go up and down freely when you invest, stocks are like our financial security, and stocks can be successful for the first few times, but later will decline gradually. Two things I found interesting in this article were that Federal Reserve Board showed that Americans have a larger share of our money invested in the stock market than at any time in the past 50 years, and the study showed that stock investments made up 28 percent of household and stocks accounted for 43 percent of financial assets. One question that I still have is that do we necessarily have to do stocks just to have financial security? Isn't there another way?
 * Title:** [|Riding the Bull]
 * Source:** The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
 * Author:** Stephen H. Dunphy
 * Publication Date:** May 3, 1998
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 * Database:** SIRS Researcher
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Three things I discovered in this article were that New York Stock Exchange has been improved in governance, the Securities and Exchange Commission split the roles of chairman to rescue the exchange from the series of debilitating scandals, and corporate governance experts want a clear separation of the exchange's regulatory and market functions to end conflicts of interest. Two things I found interesting in this article were that many big money managers thought that the Securities and Exchange Commission is not moving faster, but is damaging disclosures that the Big Board's internal police apparently slept while floor traders shortchanged investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission wants to put off their problems on a rainy day even when their financial markets are not doing well. One question that I still have is why is the Securities and Exchange Commission acting like there's nothing happening, even though their business is doing well?
 * Title:** [|NYSE Votes to Bless Reform]
 * Source:** USA Today
 * Author:** Thor Valdmanis
 * Publication Date:** Dec. 17, 2003
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 * Database:** SIRS Researcher
 * Service:** SIRS Knowledge Source <[|http://www.sirs.com]>

Three things I discovered in this article were that U.S. investors were acquiring foreign securities because they fear that restrictions on trading in foreign markets will sharply limit any gains they might realize from diversifying their portfolios, economists have long maintained that U.S. investors can benefit by diversifying their portfolios to include stocks from developed and emerging market countries, and international diversification brings gains, the argument goes, because returns on foreign securities do not correlate exactly with those of U.S. securities, which means that when U.S. markets perform poorly, foreign markets are likely to fare better. Two things I found interesting in this article were that U.S. investors were clung to domestic stocks while economists and market professionals were favoring diversification and this strong preference for domestic stocks, so clearly at odds with the prevailing economic wisdom, is known as the "home bias puzzle." One question that I still have is are the economists really benefiting the U.S. investors on stocks?
 * Title:** [|Should U.S. Investors Hold Foreign Stocks?]
 * Source:** Current Issues in Economics and Finance
 * Author:** Asani Sarkar and Kai Li
 * Publication Date:** March 2002
 * Page Number:** 1-6
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter
 * Service:** SIRS Knowledge Source <[|http://www.sirs.com]>

Three things I discovered in the blog were that an outline should be made for each category, resources should be cited and annotated, and let your audience know what you do each day. Two things I found interesting in this blog were that it was very organized and it explains how you should give information about your categories. One question that I still have is how does this blog benefit us?
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 * Publication Date:** August 2006
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One question that I still have is that do we necessarily have to do stocks just to have financial security? Isn't there another way? Search Terms: -Financial Security from Stocks -Stocks benefiting people(checked but not useful)

Three things I discovered in this article were that the stock market can crash if companies often sold stocks and bonds on the basis of glittering promises of fantastic profits without disclosing any meaningful information to investors, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are two primary sets of federal laws that come into play when a company wants to offer and sell its securities to the public, and these laws were enacted to administer the stock market crash. Two things I found interesting in this article were that the Securities Act of 1933 requires companies to give investors "full disclosure" of all "material facts," the facts investors would find important in making an investment decision and it also requires companies to file a registration statement with the SEC that includes information for investors, while the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires publicly held companies to disclose information continually about their business operations, financial conditions, and managements. These companies, and in many cases their officers, directors and significant shareholders, must file periodic reports or other disclosure documents with the SEC. In some cases, the company must deliver the information directly to investors. One question that I still have is what is the point of making these laws if the stock market can still crash these days?
 * Title:** [|Q&A: Small Business & the SEC]
 * Source:** Q&A: Small Business & the SEC
 * Author:** Unknown
 * Publication Date:** May 1999
 * Page Number:** 1-36
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter
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__**Sites to Stock Market Crash**__ http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html http://www.homeworknyc.org/search.results.cfm?Trg=1&topicid=94310&keywords=Black%20Monday http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crash/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/crash/

This graph shows that the stock prices kept increasing in the R.C.A., even though the stock market crashed on October 1929, but no dividends were paid. It was considered one of the hot tech stock of the Twenties.
 * __Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) Stock Prices__**
 * Navigation to Graph:** [|SIRS]- //Search Term: Stock Market Crash-// [|WebSelect Sites]//-// [|Crash of 1929]- [|Special Features]- [|A Hot Stock]

Three things I discovered in this website were that many people committed suicide after the stock market crashed, some people lived comfortably when the stocks were rising really high before the stock market crashed, and people took money too seriously at that time. Two things I found interesting in this website were that many people started having vacations before the stock market crashed, which they never had before, and they started losing all their money and properties at the end when the stock market crashed. One question that I still have is couldn't the government have made more currency if the stock market crashed?
 * Title:** [|Crash Memories]
 * Source:** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
 * Author:** Unknown
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 * Navigation:** [|SIRS]- //Search Term: Stock Market Crash-// [|WebSelect Sites]//-// [|Crash of 1929]- [|Special Features]- [|Crash Memories]

Three things I discovered in this website were that stocks were representing the capital in the 1920's, people totally trusted and counted on stocks to try to make money, and the stock market had a rapid drop of 80% in the year 1929. Two things I found interesting in this website were that banks invested depositors' money in the stock market too and they went bankrupt when depositors found out because the depositors immediately withdrew money from their bank account. Many banks then failed to function and President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to close all banks in the United States for three days, called the "bank holiday." One question that I still have is what was the cause of the stock market crash?
 * Title:** [|Stock Market Crash [1929]]
 * Source:** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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 * Database:** [|Librarian's Internet Index]
 * Navigation:** [|Librarian's Internet Index]- //Search Term: Stock Market Crash-// [|Stock Market Crash [1929]]

Three things I discovered in this article were that Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) marked the beginning of a global stock market decline on October 19, 1987, investors' anxiety about U.S. international trade and financial deficits could have caused the decline, and the automatic computerized selling of stocks could've caused the decline too. Two things I found interesting in this article were that mass panic could have caused the crash to escalate and multiple mechanisms have been built into the market to prevent panic selling since Black Monday. One question that I still have is how can peoples' anxiety make the crash worse?
 * Title:** [|Black Monday(Encyclopedia)]
 * Source:** __The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition__ Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
 * Author:** Unknown
 * Publication Date:** 2003
 * Page Number:** n.p.
 * Database:** [|homeworkNYC.org]
 * Search term:** Black Monday

Three things I discovered in this website were that Thailand requested "technical assistance" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for their crash, the Philippines requested help from the IMF too and the IMF responds to them by using its first action called the "emergency funding mechanism", and the IMF gave loans to other countries when their stock market crashed too. Two things I found interesting in this website were that 1998 had the biggest global financial crisis ever where many countries were affected and needed help from the International Monetary Fund and people think stock market crashes are unpredictable. One question that I still have is why are stock market crashes still unpredictable if so many crashes had happened already?
 * Title:** [|The Crash]
 * Source:** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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 * Navigation:** [|SIRS]- //Search Term: Stock Market Crash-// [|WebSelect Sites]//-// [|The Crash]