Financial Planning Online Stock Research
1. Go to www.renaissancecapital.com
a. Describe what type of information available to investors
b. Summarize in general how IPOs have performed recently
2. Go to Finance section of Yahoo.com, where you can obtain stock quotes and inseert the stock symbol of a stock which you are interested.
a. What wa the last price of the stock youy looked at?
b. What is the P/E ratio of the stock?
c. Does the stock pay a dividend? If so, how much?
3. Go to Fince section of Yahoo.com to determine how stocks are correlated with various indexes
a. Enter "GE," the symbol for General Electric, in the box where you can obtain stock quotes. The Yahoo Finance Web site can generate a chart that shows historical stock price movements of GE or any stock you specify. It can also allow you to compare the stock's price movements to a stock index. Determine how GE stock performed relative to the stock index. You can choose various time periods from one day to five years. Repeat the exercise for various time periods.
b. Repeat part (a) except replace GE stock with a stock in which you are intereste Determine how your stock performed relative to the stock index. You can choose various time periods from one day to five years. Repeat the exercise f or various
time periods.
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Question One: Go to www.renaissancecapital.com
Part a: Describe the information available to investors.
Renaissance Capital is well-known for its proficiency in disseminating information about IPOs and the larger IPO industry (Da et al., 2014). By checking the Renaissance Capital website for the most recent information, here is a broad summary of the data that investors may usually find on RenaissanceCapital.com: There are three main pieces of information: IPO ETFs, IPO Center, and IPO Research (Renaissance et al.).
IPO ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds): Details about ETF performance, holdings, and investment strategies relevant to initial public offerings (IPOs). Details about newly listed stocks' performance, such as their debut day's opening and closing prices and subsequent trading activity
IPO Research: Thorough research reports on impending initial public offerings (IPOs), offering an understanding of the business's finances, market trends, and possible hazards and prospects. Renaissance Capital has created IPO indices, which serve as benchmarks for investors considering IPO-related investments by tracking the performance of recently listed companies. Moreover, IPO APIs on the