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Diversification Key to stock Porfolio

I agree with what Rowland said about putting some of your money in large companies, but at the same time put some of you money into smaller companies cause small and large companies dont have their time in the sun at the same time. Meaning when your large companies are down on the Dow Jones some of you smaller companies might be high and vise versa. So either way you may be making money in the stock. Timing is also everything in the market. The sooner you put your money in the more you may earn by your retirement time. So knowing where to put you money and timing isa big part of making money..


People have their own oppinion about the stock market and where they want to put their money. Many people rather not put their money into alcohol and tobacco companies becuase they dont want that in their portfolio. But my opinion is that some times you have to go beyond what you think if you really want to make money in the market. I mean i dont smoke or drink but I would put my money in an alcohol or tobacco company cause I know alot of people in the world use these products and I know these companies will do well cause of all the people that use them. So if I want to make money, thats somthing that I would do.

Ralph Lauren Polo

Ticker Symbol: RL

Polo Ralph Lauren
650 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022

*Goods Sold: Men, Women, Children, and Baby clothing, accessories-shoes, belts, pocket books, Home decorating supplies, Home Fragrance



* Corporation Officers: Mr. Ralph Lauren- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Roger N. Farah- President Chief Operating Officer; Ms. Tracey T. Travis- Chief Financial Officer, Principle Accounting Officer, and Sr. VP. of Fin.

*Price of each share-$90.86

* Number of Shares I brought- 33.02












Ralph Lauren Polo's company started off as a tie business and mens wear. By 1980 the company started selling a wide veriety of fragrances, accessories for men and women, clothing for boys and infants, and a veriety of housewares, furs, shoes, and jewelry, hats and eyewear. Lauren just wanted to make a clothes line that looked very stylish with men and women. He later then started make house equipment such as bedding, kitchen supplys and living room equipment. He went from a small tie bussiness, to a big time all over business.

Verizon

Ticker Symbol: VZ

Verizon Communications Inc.

Board of Directors

140 West st. 29Th Floor

New York, New York 10007

*Goods/ Services Provided: Cellular Phones, Phone and Internet Services, Cellular Phone gear, such as blue tooth, Cellular Cases.. etc.

*Corporation Officers: Ivan G. Seidenberg- Chairman and Chief Executives; John W. Diercksen- Executive Vice President; Shaygan Kheradpir- Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer...

Purchase of share: $29.80 *Number of Share I Brought: 134.22

Verizon Communications Inc. was formed on June 30, 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp and GTE Corp. Verizon began trading with New York Stock Exchange under the VZ symbol on July 3, 2000. The Symbol "VZ" was selected because it uses the two letters of the Verizon logo that graphically portray speed. Verizon is a 21st Century company, but the merger that formed Verizon were many years in the making, involving companies with roots that can be traced to the beginning of the telephone business in the late 19Th century.

Nike

Corporation address:
205 Bowerman
Dr. Beaverton, OR
97005-6453

Ticker Symbol: NKE

*Good Provided: football, basketball, and track/running shoes.. sport equipment.. sport clothing/gear. ect.


*Executives: Philip H. Knight, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mark Parker, President & Chief Executive Officer, NIKE, Inc; Charlie Denson, President, NIKE Brand


*This company was selling for:$75.39 *Number of shares I've brought: 39.79

{NI-KEY} is the winged goddess of victory according to Greek mythology. She sat at the side of Zeus, the ruler of the Olympic pantheon, in Olympus. The SWOOSH logo is a graphic design created by Caroline Davidson in 1971. It represents the wing of the Greek Goddess NIKE. In spring of 1972, the first shoe with the NIKE SWOOSH was introduced. The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing outfit located in the trunk of Phil Knight's car. By 1964, Knight had sold $8,000 worth of Tigers and placed an order for more. Coach Bowerman and Knight worked together, but ended up hiring a full-time salesman, Jeff Johnson. After cresting $1 million in sales and riding the wave of the success, Knight et. al. devised the Nike name and trademark Swoosh in 1971. By the late '70s, Blue Ribbon Sports officially became Nike and went from $10 million to $270 million in sales.