LESSON 1

WHAT IS A STOCK MARKET?

HANDOUT 1: Company Snapshots

My Company:
Value of 100 Shares
Week 1

Value of 100 Shares

Week 2

Value of 100 Shares

Week 3

Value of 100 Shares

Week 4

Bombardier Inc.
Industry: Aerospace and Defense

other derivative instruments based on commodities

produced.

52 Week High:

BlackBerry
Industry: Communications Equip

52 Week Low:

Based in Quebec, this company manufactures

business jets, regional aircraft and rail
transportation equipment, and provides systems
and services in North America, Europe and Asia.
Operations include 69 production and engineering
sites in 23 countries and a worldwide network of
service centres.
Its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BBD.
Suncor Energy
Industry: Integrated Oil & Gas
52 Week High:
52 Week Low:
Calgary based Suncor produces bitumen recovered
from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta through
mining and in situ technology, which is upgraded
into fuel and other products. Explores for, acquires,
develops, produces and markets crude oil and
natural gas in Canada and internationally and
transports and refines crude oil and markets
petroleum and petrochemical products primarily in
Canada. Participates in energy trading activities
focused principally on marketing and trading of
crude oil, natural gas, refined products and by-products, and buying and selling futures contracts and

Fall, 2014

52 Week High:
52 Week Low:
This company based in Waterloo, designs,
manufactures and markets wireless solutions for
the worldwide mobile communications market
under the BlackBerry brand. Through integrated
hardware, software and services that support
multiple wireless network standards, the company
provides platforms and solutions for access to
email, voice, instant messaging, SMS, Internet and
intranet-based applications and browsing. In
addition, the technology enables third party
developers and manufacturers to enhance their
products and services with wireless connectivity
to data and third-party support programs.

LESSON 1

WHAT IS A STOCK MARKET?

HANDOUT 2: Lucky and Charming

Dear Diary:
I woke up to the sunshine. As always, I started the morning with a bowl of Lucky Charms and a glass of Minute
Maid orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen counter with Tilex and hurried to get dressed.
Gurjit was picking me up in a Civic Hybrid so I had to get ready. I washed my hair with Herbal Essences, put on
my Levis jeggings and ran out the door. The phone rang but when I answered it, the phone went dead. I was
worried it was Gurjit calling. I made a note to get a new Duracell battery for the phone today.
Gurjit and I didnt know what to do so we decided to use the Play Station at Jeff s house. Jeff took us to lunch at
Wendys. I better send Jeff a Hallmark card to thank him for the great day.

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Fall, 2014