How to invest

The first step when buying stocks is to decide what company to buy stock in. You can buy stock in any publicly held corporation, which means that the public can own shares and therefore can control the corporation. You cannot buy stock in a privately held corporation, which are corporations that are controlled either by a small group of individuals or by close friends and family. Fortunately, most of the larger companies are publicly held, and you can buy from them. When selecting a company to invest in, you should make sure they are in a strong industry and make sure the company is strong and growing. For example, Coca Cola Enterprises is a large company that is one of the strongest in the soft drinks industry. This would make it a good stock to invest in, although finding a newer company that is growing rapidly might get you more profits quicker.

From the Stock Project List of Companies (20 in total), you and your team members will investigate a minimum of 8 or 10 (2 companies per member of the team) companies (using the TSX) completing the Stock Market Company Investigation sheet.  Each member of your team will investigate two diferent companies.  You then will present your findings to your team and together then decide which 4 companies you will buy.

After you decide what companies you will invest in, you will complete your purchase by filling in the Initial Stock Purchase Sheet.  Now that you have made your initial purchase you need to build your spreadsheets to keep record of your stocks.

All sheets (Company investigation sheets and the Initial Stock Purchase sheet) must be submitted for marking.