Growing Your Money
Part One–Research
Imagine you bought 100 shares of stock three years ago and are selling it today. Select a company and
research its stock prices. If you know a company you want to invest in, you can simply Google “stock
price of [name of company].” Otherwise, choose a stock from the list below. Once you decide on a stock,
determine its purchase price three years ago and today's selling price.
Sample Stocks:
● Amazon
● Apple
● Chevron
● Exxon Mobil
● JP Morgan
● Merck
● Meta
● Procter & Gamble
● Tesla
● United Health Group
Part Two–Determine the Real Return
Calculate the real return on your stock investment using the following information:
● Purchase price of 100 shares of stock
● Selling price of 100 shares of stock
● 10% tax rate
● 3% inflation rate
● 2% administrative fee on the selling price of the stock
STEP ONE: Amazon
Company of Choice
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STEP TWO: 133.96
Stock price/purchase price three years ago
STEP THREE: 209.76
Price Today/selling price
STEP FOUR: 13,396
Purchase price of 100 shares
STEP FIVE: 14,609
Selling price of 100 shares
STEP SIX: 1,213
Profit (Subtract Purchase price from Selling price)
STEP SEVEN: 121.30
Calculate the 10% tax on profit
STEP EIGHT: 1,249.39
Calculate the 3% inflation on profit
STEP NINE: 24.26
Calculate 2% admin fee on selling price
STEP TEN: 1,103.83
Calculate Real Return (Deduct the taxes, inflation,
and fees) from the profit.
Part Three–Evaluate
Analyze your research and calculations, and answer the following questions:
What company did you select to buy stock in? Why did you select the company?
Amazon. Millions of people use Amazon everyday so i thought it must have good stock.
Consider the real return on the stock investment. Do you consider it a wise investment? Why or
why not? Be sure to use your calculations of the real return in your explanation.
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I think it was a decent investment. Ending up with 1,103.83 in profit is decent, I probably would have
made more if I invested in apple. I think this investment makes since but I think I would leave the
stock for longer.
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