In the world of investment, my tolerance for risk is generally high. For starters, I am attending one of the most expensive schools in the state of Iowa to receive an education that I am planning on using in the future to have a good career and make a good amount of money. I think that makes my tolerance for risk relatively high when we are talking about investing. .
In this investment exercise, I am obviously being more risky and taking a lot more of a chance with my money because of the fact that the money is not real and it is only a class assignment. If this were my $500,000, I would most likely invest some of it in stocks and bonds, but not all of it. I would like to put a lot of it in the bank to collect interest. If I was granted $500,000 and I could do anything that wanted with it, I would put about half of it ($250,000) in the bank to collect interest, I would invest $200,000 in stocks and bonds, and I would use the last 50,000 to buy a car, go shopping, and last of all, go to the casino!.
My investment goals are to have my stocks rise 10%-15% throughout the investment exercise. .
I have chosen to invest in two different companies that I believe are on the rise throughout the world today. .
The first company that I have chosen is Wal-Mart. I chose them because they have been on the rise all over the world in the past years. In the past two years, I have resided in either Storm Lake or Sioux City. In both locations (Storm Lake and Sioux City), a Super Wal-Mart has been built in these past two years. Personally, I find myself going to a Super Wal-Mart whenever I need supplies, food, beer, or any other kinds of accessories. The reason I always choose to go to Super Wal-Mart before K-Mart, Target, Hy-Vee, etc. is because I am so comfortable going there. I have had the most success there and this makes me feel much more contented when I am shopping at a Super Wal-Mart. Also, in my experiences, I have noticed that the employees at Wal-Mart are much more polite then the employees anywhere else.