The performance of multinational corporations (MNCs)
This cumulative investing project will help you to understand the factors, decisions, and ethics that influence the performance of multinational corporations (MNCs) and foreign stocks in the international financial environment.
In this unit, you will continue to work with the stock portfolio you created in Unit II, consisting of at least three U.S.-based MNCs and two foreign stocks. You will monitor the performance of the portfolio during the course. In Unit VIII, you will attempt to explain why each stock increased or decreased in price and why your portfolio performed well or poorly. Your explanations should offer insight into what is driving the valuations of the companies.
For this unit, continue to use the spreadsheet you created in Unit II to track your investment. As a reminder, the Unit II spreadsheet consists of the following data points:
firm name;
ticker symbol;
amount of investment in each stock ($10,000 per stock for a total of $50,000);
price per share at which you purchased the stock;
exchange rate;
percentage change in stock price, which will be updated again in Units VI and VIII; and
change analysis, which will identify the primary reason for the change in stock price. (This column will be updated again in Units VI and VIII.)