Stock Reflection

My stocks had increased over the time that I had tracked them. I think the performance was what it was because there has been much more enhancements in technology and the amount of people willing to purchase this great technology are plentiful. Google, Starbucks, Apple, and Microsoft have had advances with their companies and their consumers. The performance was a little less than I had expected. I thought stocks were very hard to keep track of and there would be struggles in investing into companies. There were no tremendously significant decreases or increases in stock price. I thought that I would have gained more money than I actually did. I hypothesized that my company would increase in stock price. I was correct, but it did not increase

They seem to be gaining more money, but their stocks are a bit pricey. I would have to cut out some of the stocks that I had bought from other companies. I would mostly cut down from Starbucks and Microsoft. If I had experienced big percentages of losses, I would consider selling my stocks at the highest price that I could have sold it for. The next step would be researching the companies that gain more money and invest with more thought. I do not think I would deal well with losing all of my money. Under this circumstance, I would probably try to sell my stocks and stop trying to invest so much money into them. If I had experienced a 20 percent or 30 percent gain, I would invest more money and buy a few more stocks for the companies I would be investing in. In this circumstance, my next step would probably be to have a partner to help me understand how to manage my money. I did not like the concept of earning and losing money in a manner that is outside of my control. In my mind, people should earn and work their way to the top. Labor, mentally and physically is something to be exploited. I would have preferred to invest my money into something less volatile than stocks, like putting my extra money aside in order to have a healthy amount of savings when I retire. I like taking risks, but these kinds of chances are not really what I would enjoy. The economic principle of opportunity is also the opportunity cost. The opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone where, given limited resources, a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives. This connects to the risks of stock investment because there are different alternatives that you have to think about when you decide on something. There is always a way that something can go