Lesson
14
Dear
Taka,
Thank you for your fifteenth message. My comments follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis
Dear, Professor Garreis,
Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.
I will answer your last question.
【Homework】
1.A.
Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from Yahoo! Finance.
To
find a stock price quote on Yahoo Finance,
(1)
go to the main page
(2)
enter the stock symbol, AMAT, at the top of the page in the space that looks
like this:
Do
NOT enter the stock symbol on this lesson page.
(3)
Click the "Get Quotes" button.
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O.K. I can operate a computer.
1.B.
Tell me:
(1)
the date of the quote,
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Today is October 24th Wednesday.
(2)
the time of the quote and
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18:40
(3)
the stock price.
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$20.52
Correct.
Thank you.
1.C.
Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock price quote.
List
the URL for your source.
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http://finance.aol.com/quotes/applied-materials-inc/amat/nas?tabs=quotesandnews
2.A.
Tell me the stock price quote that you found.
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$20.52 +0.06 (+0.29%)
Correct.
2.B.
Is it the same as the one listed on the company's web site at
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=amat&script=200&layout=9
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Yes, it is. It is the same.
Correct.
2.C.
If the quotes have different prices, why do you think they are different?
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Because it is the same. But, if the quotes have different prices,I think
time lag.
I agree. Most differences are caused by a time lag.
It declined again today to $19.36. I saw it again today.
The
stock was off (declined) all week. Analysts expect demand for chips to be
less next year.
3.
How easy was this lesson for you?
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The accounting was about
right.
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The English was somewhat hard.
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Getting to and using the linked web pages was very hard. Because the web pages opened
slowly.
I
am sorry about that.
Thank
you for your feedback.
I'm
waiting for your reply.
Sincerely,
Taka