Sunday, December 18, 2011

1.   LIABILITIES- a companys legal debts or obligations that can be settled over time through economic benifits

2.   OVERHEAD EXPENSE- miscillaneous expenses such as tax and insurance, part of the total cost of staffing and maintaining a buisness.

3.   OWNERS EQUITY- difference between assets and liability

4.   PRODUCTION COST- what it cost to produce the items

5.   WORKING CAPITAL- a measure of the companys efficiency and short term financial health

6.   LOAN- give money or property, etc. for future payment in return

7.   LOSS LEADER- when a company sells a product that loses them money for the sake of offering  another product for greater profit

8.   SCARCITY- limited resources for peoples wants

9.   OPPORTUNITY COSTS- benifits you could have recieved by taking another course of action

10.  EXPLICIT COSTS- expense that is identified and accounted for, you can easily see cash outflow and profit

11.  IMPLICIT COSTS- cost not easily accounted for, excluding cash..hardwork, ect are examples

12.  PRICE- how much somethingg costs

13.  RELATIVE PRICE- the ratio of two prices

14.  INCENTIVES- encouragement to do something

15.  PROFIT- a gain in money

16. LOSS- loss of money

17.  EQUILIBRIUM- balance

18.   SURPLUS- having extra

19. SHORTAGE- not having enough

20.  MINIMUM WAGE- lowest price an employee can work for

21.  PRICE FLOOR- lowest price the government allows an item to be sold for

22.   BEAR MARKET- market condition in which the price of securities are falling

23.   BULL MARKET- market of a group in which the prices of securities is rising

24. BOOM- when sales increase very rapidly

25.  BILL OF EXCHANGE-  A non-interest-bearing written order used primarily in international trade that binds one party to pay a fixed sum of money to another party at a predetermined future date.
26.  BUDGET DEFICIT- amount of money spent over income

27.  CAPITAL- financial resources available for use

28.  SHORT SELL- selling of a stock you dont own in hopes of buying it for a lower price than you sold it for

29. SHORT COVER- buying the same number and type of securities that were short sold in order to make a profit


Thursday, December 1, 2011

Last Transactions- Week 9

Last week I bought Costco as a trade for Thanksgiving so I sold it this week as one of my transactions. Costco is in the consumer goods sector and they sell a large variety of things including food, clothes, etc. I bought 20 shares for $81.43 each which falls on the lower middle portion of the  $68.13 -$ 87.68 52 week range. I sold it for $82.09 so the good new is I did make some money, but I checked the price of Costco and it's selling for $87.02 today. I didn't sell at the right time. Some competitors are Walmart and Target are very high on the 52 week range right now too, I dont  wish I would have bought them instead I just didn't time my sale right.

The second transaction I made this week was investing in Caterpillar. It is int he services sector. Caterpillar is a construction machinery company; I bought them because they are doing really well I I think they will just keep getting better, but there is also construction going on everywhere so I feel like I will stay solid. I bought 18 shares for $91.44 each which falls in the lower middle of the  $67.54 - $116.55 52 week range. Some of Caterpillars competitors are CNH and VOLVY.PK, I chose Caterpillar because it's a bigger company, has more employees, and has a larger net income than any of them. It also has a dividend of 2%. I predict Caterpillar will go up $5 in the next two weeks. It's already selling for $96 and it's 1 year predicted price is $116.

Job Shadow

For my job shadow I'm going to the Powell Hospital to work with Cassie Tinsley. She works at the human resource office. I'm excited because I'm really interested in a lot of jobs in the medical field and I'm hoping I get to see what goes on every day at the hospital. I don't know for sure if I want to be in the medical field or not, but I think this will be a great opportunity for me to experience even if I don't decide to be a doctor. The thing I'm a little nervous about is what were actually going to be doing all day.