The World Trade Center tragedy of September 11 impacted the world. The stock market reflected this tragedy. What happened to airline stocks after September 11 ? Was the effect the same for all domestic airlines? What happened to the defense industry stocks? Understanding, comparing and interpreting graphs from the stock market will uncover these relationships.
Read about the losses to the people and the economy of our country.
Your task is to find out
enough about the workings of the stock market to be able to analyze
and interpret the charts on Yahoo's Finance page and to be able to
draw some conclusions about the effect of September 11 on the airline
and defense industry. You will write a press release accompanied by
charts, facts and news to support your conclusions.
1. Define some basic terms about the Stock Market.
Stock Market Definitions
2. Look up airline and defense industry stock symbols on Yahoo's Finance Page and record in chart.
Symbol Chart
3. Pick an airline and look at a Price and Volume chart for it. Explain what you see happening.
Price and Volume Chart
4. Make comparisons in Yahoo. Create 3 different comparison charts and briefly explain your results. Make some guesses about why the prices and volumes changed as they did,
Comparison Chart
5. Make a spreadsheet and chart showing the price history of 3 airlines and 1 defense stock.
Spreadsheet and Chart
6. You are the Director of Investor Relations for your chosen airline or defense stock. Discuss the effect(s) of September 11 on your company. Document your conclusions with charts, facts and news events from the Yahoo site.
Press Release
You will need to hand in 6 finished pieces of work.
created 3/2002 by S. Collins, Integration Technology Specialist and M. Silin, Math Teacher