Assignment 2: WSJ Price Quotes


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The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to become more aware of the different types of investment vehicles and their respective quotes as found in The Wall Street Journal, The Interactive WSJ and other internet sources. This is accomplished by answering the following questions regarding AT&T and a second company.

From The Wall Street Journal PUBLICATION DATE __________

Date of Closing Prices __________

DATA FOR AT&T DATA in blanks to the left and a second company ________________

 1.  _______________  _________________    Exchange listed on?

 2.  _______________  _________________    Ticker symbol?

 3.  _______ _______  ________ _________   Common stock's 52 week high and low?

 4. _______________  _________________    Common stock's dividend yield?

 5.  _______________  _________________   Common Stock's P/E?

 6. _______________  _________________    Common stock's closing price?

 7. _______________  _________________    Common stock's previous day closing price?

 8. _______________  _________________    Estimate of the latest annual EPS

 9. _______________  _________________    Common stock's annual dividend payment?

10. _______________  _________________    Common stock's latest quarterly dividend?

Fixed Income Securities for AT&T only::

11. _______________         How many fixed income securities are reported in the WSJ?

12. _______________        What is the closing price of the bond maturing in 2009?

13. _______________         What is the current yield on the bond 8 5/8 31?

14. _______________         What is the stated interest rate on the bond maturing in 2022?

15. _______________        What year(s) do(es) the bond(s) with the 6.5% coupon bond mature?

16. _______________       What does the s indicate in the bond quote 6s09?

17.  _______________      Are AT&T's bonds selling at a premium or a discount ?

Treasury Securities

18.  _______  ________    What is the ask price and asked yield on the 30 year Treasury bond?

19.  __________    What is the coupon rate on the Treasury bond that matures in August of 2015?

20 ___________    What is the asked price of the 8% Treasury bond due in November of 2021?

New sources of information become available everyday in a variety of formats. The internet provides the electronic dissemination of information. As business professionals you will be challenged during your career to learn new processes and procedures without detailed instruction or direction.

Internet Requirement:  Use a Stock Screen program to select not more than 20 stocks.  The following are suggested stock screening sites:  www.cnbc.com , quicken  , zacks , morningstar , moneycentral.

Print out a criteria and list of stocks. Turn in the graphs along with this answer sheet.


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