Cal Careers, which was chosen as an encore class for many. This specific class consists of many topics such as investing in the stock market, choosing a job, working on budgeting, buying a home, and the egg drop. The stock market was what we mostly focused on. Personally I was able to pick my own stocks which on how popular some companies were in my own view. Knowing what was popular or big in our society helped me figure out what companies to invest in for this project. Over the past six weeks, many of my stocks have gone up and down. I didn’t start gaining money until the last 2-3 weeks. Some of the stocks went up a week and down the next. I started with a total of $4,998.03 and ended with a total of $5,125.13. When I had a total almost too $5,000, there was a shot at getting higher than $5,000 every week. Once all our the class’s stocks were dropping, I lost large amounts of money, like $5 every single week. I invested in 8 stocks had a wide variety of numbers that went up and down. My stocks include, Walt Disney Company, Hershey, Johnson and Johnson, Ulta Beauty, Adidas, Target, Costco, and Sprint. …show more content…
Either I would lose about $3 or gain about 9. At the end of the six weeks Ulta has a rise of 30.37. They started at $208.29 and ended with $239.66. Ulta Beauty has been in business for 25 years and has sold many product in those years. Some of these products include, makeup, hair, skin, fragrances, and cosmetic things. These products have been used by many beauty addicts of our society and are well known. In addition to sell their own brand, they sell many others like, Benefit cosmetics, bareMinerals, Calvin Klein, Maybelline, Michael Kors, Olay, Revlon, and many more. Their main headquarters and in Illinois but they sell and have stores all around the