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Lesson 3
Objectives: In this lesson, using the Internet, you will learn and practice finding stock symbols by company, industry, and country. Stock symbols are necessary to find company information such as stock charts, news, and financial data on the Internet. More importantly, the Global Stock Game (GSG) accepts only stock symbols in order to trade.
Background: The stock symbol, a unique name assigned by stock exchanges worldwide, is used to identify a company?s stock. You should not confuse the stock symbol with the abbreviated name usually found in the financial section of most newspapers. Here is a sample of the stock symbol for various corporations worldwide:
| Company Name |
Stock Symbol |
Stock Market |
| Microsoft |
MSFT |
Nasdaq, US |
| Hewlett Packard |
HWP |
NYSE, US |
| General Electric |
GE |
NYSE, US |
| Citigroup |
C |
NYSE, US |
| MPhase Technologies |
XDSL.OB |
OTC, US |
| Fidelity Magellan |
FMAGX |
Mutual Funds, US |
| Bouygues |
1250.PA |
Paris |
| Siemens AG |
723610.F |
Frankfurt |
| Vodafone |
VOD.L |
London |
| Laidlaw |
LDM.TO |
Toronto |
| Telebras |
TELB4.SA |
Brazil |
| Telstra |
TLS.AX |
Australia |
| TelMex |
TELMEXL.MX |
Mexico |
| Golden Harvest |
1132.HK |
Hong Kong |
| Nintendo |
7974 |
Japan |
Activities:
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Find the stock symbols for the companies listed below. Use Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/
| Company Name |
Symbol |
Market |
| Agilent |
|
US |
| Qwest Communications |
|
US |
| McDonald?s |
|
US |
| Pixel |
|
US |
| Coca-Cola |
|
US |
| Disney |
|
US |
| Gillette |
|
US |
| American Express |
|
US |
| Adobe |
|
US |
- For each industry, find the top three companies and their symbols. This is a warm up for Lesson 5 "How Do You Pick Winners" Use Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/
Industry: Internet software
and Services
| Company Name |
Symbol |
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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Industry: Apparel Stores
| Company Name |
Symbol |
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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Industry: Sporting Goods
| Company Name |
Symbol |
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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Industry: Toys and Games
| Company Name |
Symbol |
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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Industry: Pollution and Treatment Controls
| Company Name |
Symbol |
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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