Description

Pick three stocks in your portfolio:

  • AAPL (Apple Inc.)
  • MFA (MFA Financial Inc.)
  • VIAB (Viacom Inc. Cl B)

and answer the following questions:

  1. What makes you feel that this stock worth investing?
  2. How do you figure out the real value of the stock? What is the model that you have used? How risky is that stock? How much return are you expecting to earn from this stock? Show your calculations.
  3. Has the stock performed as expected?
  4. Have you observed any usual movements of the stock as a stockholder?
  5. What makes you feel that it is time to sell the stock? How much is your return from this stock? Show your calculations.
  6. Now looking back, do you feel that you have done that correctly?
  7. Most people tend to hold the losing stocks for too long, but sell the winning stocks too soon. Have you made similar mistakes? Any lessons learned?

Instructions

  • The paper should be three to five pages in length and in APA style
  • See attached files.