Week 1: 6 September to 8 September 2017
6 September 2016:
In Class: Hand out books and discuss the Class Expectations, and discuss some introductory study habits.
Homework: Read pages 4-15 in the text.
7 September 2016:
In Class: Discuss vocabulary (Section 1-1, page 4) and
Investment percents: [(individual investment) / (total invested)] * 100
Shares owned (x) from percent: (percent as decimal) * (total number of shares) = x
Individual investment from ratio: (Σ(total of ratio numbers) * (x) = (total investments)
8 September 2016:
In Class: Discuss vocabulary (Section 1-2, page 9) and
Differece between high and low: (high) – (low)
Convert shares in 100s to shares in 1000s: [(shares in 100s) * 100] / 1000
Find previous day closing price (x): x + change = close
Change as percent: [(current price – previous price) / (previous price)] * 100
Practice calculating cells in a spreadsheet (Example 6 on page 13)
Homework: Problems page 15 (12 – 16).
Note: 1st quarter ends 9 November 2017.