GE- General Electric Company

General Electric was founded in 1878 by Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson and Edwin J. Houston. The company was a merge of the Edison General Electric and Thomas-Houston Company in Schenectady, New York. General Electrics is the largest company in the world employing over 323,000 workers. Jeffrey R. Immelt is the company's current Chairman and CEO, Keith Sherin is the company's current Vice Chairman and CFO and Keith Sherin is the current SVP and CIO of the company.

General Electric is organized into five segments: technology infrastructure, energy infrastructure, NBC Universal, consumer and industrial, and capital services. Financial services accounted for 43% of the firm's profit in 2008. The infrastructure segment is the main growth driver, thanks to its size relative to the overall portfolio (contributing 50% of industrial revenue and 53% of total segment profit), strong growth prospects, and favorable operating leverage.

General Electric is a one of a kind company. It was founded in 1878 by Thomas Edison. GE makes everything from TVs to wind turbines. It is affiliated with NBC universal and has 323,000 employees. In 2005 GE launched an environmental campaign called "Ecomagination" it was created to discover the potential in other energy sources like solar power, and electric cars.




Our group bought GE because everyone needs electricity and this company will be around for a very long time, along with designing some of the industries leading appliances we thought GE, definitely. We bought 800 shares of GE at $18.00. We sold all 800 shares on 4/12/2010 at $18.76 because it was the end of the game.

T- AT & T Inc.

AT&T was originally established in 1885. The company was originally known as American Telephone & Telegraph. During its long history, AT&T was at times the world's largest telephone company, the world's largest cable television operator, and a regulated monopoly. On January 31, 2005 SBC announced it would buy AT&T for $16 billion dollars and would keep the iconic name. The merger was finalized on November 18, 2005. Randall L. Stephenson is the company's current CEO, Chairman and President.

AT&T is the dominant local phone company in 22 states, serving about 50 million local phone lines and 16 million high-speed Internet users. The firm also provides phone and data services, such as Web hosting and data transport, to businesses nationwide, notably large corporations. AT&T owns 100% of AT&T Mobility, the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier with 82 million customers. The firm also owns a directory publishing business and a handful of international investments.

AT&T competes with other cellular providers such as Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, and Virgin Mobile to name a few.

We bought AT&T because we feel it is the most dominant phone company out there and with great phones such as the iPhone and great customer satisfaction we felt this was a must buy. Our group purchased 500 shares of T stock at $26.13. We sold all 500 shares on 4/12/2010 at $26.60. We sold the shares because it was the end of the game.

AAPL- Apple Inc.

Apple was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977. The company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company was originally known as Apple Computers Inc., on January 9, 2007, the company removed "Computer" from their name. The company has went from creating computers to being one of the most popular electronics company in the world. Apple was announced to be the most admired company in the world in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Steve Jobs is the company's current CEO and Chairman, Tim Cook is the current Chief Operating Officer, Peter Oppenheimer is the Chief Financial Officer and Phil Schiller is the Senior Vice President and in charge of Marketing.

Apple designs personal computer hardware, software, and consumer devices, such as the iPod music player, the Macintosh computer, and the iPhone. Apple's iTunes online store sells music and videos for download and is the largest retailer of music in the world. Apple sells its products online as well as through company stores and retail chains around the globe.

Apple competes with such companies such as Microsoft, Windows, Dell, Gateway and many other electronic and software companies.

Our group purchased APPL because apple is one of the greatest stocks and we believed that it will always end up going up, however, we were mistaken. We purchased 90 shares of APPL at $205.00 on 1/28/2010 a few days before the announcement of the iPad. The stock took a huge hit in the next weeks we sold 90 shares at $204.64 on 2/26/2010. We realize now that it was a stupid decision and we should have just waited because in the next month the price jumped to around $240.

GLW-Corning Inc.

First founded in 1851 in the Williamsberg section of Brooklyn, New York. The company later moved to Corning, New York were they took on the name. Like many companies, Corning's growth and change have led to the elimination or downsizing of many prior operations based within the city. However, Corning still maintains their world headquarters within the city itself. They have also established and continue to expand their nearby research and development facility as well as operations associated with catalytic converters and diesel filters. Corning has a long history of community development and has assured community leaders of their intent to remain headquartered in the city. Wendell P. Weeks is the current Chairman and CEO, James B. Flaws is the current Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and Peter F. Volanakis is the current President and Chief Operating Officer of the company.

Corning is the leading designer and manufacturing of glass and ceramic substrates found in liquid crystal displays, fiber-optic cables, automobiles, and laboratory products. The company has five primary divisions--display technologies, telecommunications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences--but most of its revenue stems from its display technologies and telecommunications segments, which generate about 45% and 30% of sales, respectively.

We bought GLW because it is in the technological area and technology is a huge part of our society. Especially when our group saw that they helped with LCD TV's they are huge now so we thought buy buy buy!

We purchased 70 shares of GLW at $18.06 on 1/26/2010. We sold 40 shares on 2/22/2010 at $17.77 and the remaining 30 shares on 3/8/2010 at 18.21, besides making a profit our other reason was the stock dipped after purchase and we sold the first 40 shares because we wanted to be safe just in case the stock tanked even more. We sold the remaining 30 when it was on a run, wanting to just get rid of it and still make a profit.

KMB- Kimberley-Clark Corporation

Kimberly & Clark was founded in 1872 by John A. Kimberly, Havilah Babcock, Charles B. Clark, and Franklyn C. Shattuck in Neenah, Wisconsin. The group's first business was operating paper mills, which the collective expanded throughout the following decades. In 1914 the company developed cellu-cotton, a cotton substitute used by the United States Army as surgical cotton during World War I. Army nurses used cellu-cotton pads as disposable sanitary napkins, and six years later the company introduced Kotex, the first disposable feminine hygiene product. Kleenex, the first disposable handkerchief, followed in 1924. Kimberly & Clark joined with The New York Times Company in 1926 to build a newsprint mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Two years later the company went public as Kimberly-Clark. Thomas J. Falk is the companies current Chairman and CEO and Mark A. Buthman is currently the companies Senior Vice President.

Kimberly-Clark is a leading player in the global health and hygiene category selling bathroom tissues, diapers, feminine products, and paper towels. Its brands include Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, and Kotex. Kimberly sells its products directly and distributes them through supermarkets, mass merchandisers, and drugstores, among other outlets. Sales generated outside of North America account for about 45% of the firm's consolidated sales base.

Kimberly-Clark's main competitor is Procter and Gamble. Procter and Gamble produces similar health items such as Bounty, Braun, Crest, Duracell, Gillette, Oral-B, and Vicks to name a few.

We bought shares in the Kimberly-Clark corporation because everyone gets sick and people will always be buying Kleenex and diapers. Health products will always be needed so we figured it would be a good idea to invest.

Our group purchased 30 shares of KMB at $59.96 on 1/26/2010. We sold all 30 shares on 2/24/2010 at $60.43 making a $.47 profit another reason why we sold it was just like XOM this stock took a hit for a few weeks and we decided to sell it once it got back on its feet.

XOM- ExxonMobil Corporation

ExxonMobil was founded in 1999 by a merge between Exxon and Mobil. Both of these companies are decedents of John D. Rockefeller corporation, Standard Oil which was established in 1870. After the expose of the company to the public, the Supreme Court ruled that this company was to be broken up into 34 smaller companies. Two of these companies were Jersey Standard which eventually changed its name to Exxon and Socony which eventually changed its name to Mobil. Rex W. Tillerson is the current Chairman and CEO, Mark W. Albers and Micheal J. Dolan are the current Senior Vice Presidents and Donald D. Humphreys is a Senior Vice President and Treasurer.

ExxonMobil is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2009, it produced 2.4 million barrels of oil and 9.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day. At year-end 2009, reserves stood at 14.95 billion barrels of oil (plus 8.03 billion for equity companies), 62% of which are oil. The company is the world's largest refiner with 37 refineries, and it is one of the world's largest manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals.

ExxonMobil competes with such gas stations as BP, Shell, Chevron, Texaco, Hess, Valero, and Sunoco to name a few in our area.

We bought XOM because everyone needs gas if they are going to go anywhere and we felt that ExxonMobil was a good company to invest in. Our group purchased 35 shares of XOM at $66.15 on 1/26/2010. We sold all 35 shares on 3/8/2010 at $66.72. We sold these shares because we made a $.57 profit and because shortly after we bought it the stock dropped so we just wanted to get rid of it while still making a profit.

LSI-LSI Corporation

LSI Corporation was founded under the name of LSI Logic in 1981 by Wilfred Corrigan, Bill O'Meara, Rob Walker and Mitchell "Mick" Bohn. On April 2, 2007, LSI completed its merger with Agere Systems, and rebranded the firm from LSI Logic Corporation to LSI Corporation. Abhi Talwalkar is the current President and CEO of the company.

LSI is a semiconductor firm that offers standard and customized integrated circuits that support applications in enterprise storage and networking. It also provides external storage systems and software applications for storage area networks. The company outsources most of its chip production, testing, and assembly to third-party vendors. It markets its products through direct sales and distributors to clients in the U.S. and overseas.

We bought LSI because the stock was rated as one of the top ten stocks on MSN money. Also because LSI produces circuits that can then be sold to third party vendors which in our technological age is extremely important. These circuits could be responsible for the next technilogical breakthrough.

Our group bought a total of 500 shares on 1/25/2010 at $5.81. We sold all 500 shares on 3/17/2010 at $5.97. We sold all of our shares at one time because the stock was going up and down 1 or 2 cents everyday or no movement at all. When it finally jumped to 16 cents profit we sold it all.

MED- Medifast Inc.

Medifast, Inc. is a diet food company that was founded by William Vitale, M.D. in 1980. His products were sold directly to doctors, who in turn prescribed them to their patients. Since then, over 20,000 doctors have prescribed or recommended Medifast to over a million customers. Medifast is now available to consumers by being publicly traded at the New York Stock Exchange.

The Medifast company makes soy based medical meal replacement products used by qualified medical practitioners and their patients. These products are sold under the Medifast brand name and are used as high-protein diet products. The products are manufactured by subsidiary Jason Pharmaceuticals. The company's Take Shape for Life product line, a medically supervised program for long-term weight loss, is marketed through drug wholesalers, diet and fitness centers, and the Internet.

The reason why we chose to purchase this stock was because we wanted a pharmasutical company because people will always need pharmasuticals. Also the MSN stock scouter rated it a 10 a time of purchase currently it is a 2. So we sold the shares just in time.

Our group purchased a total of 100 shares of MED at $21.40. We sold 50 shares on 2/18/2010 at $22.51 and another 30 shares the very next day at 21.86 because i saw that the stock was tanking and i still wanted to make a profit, we sold the final 20 shares on 3/1/2010 at $22.59.

EBAY- eBay Inc.

This online auction site was founded as AuctionWeb in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995. A French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar started this site.The very first item to be sold on this website was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. As the company grew and expanded, eBay when worldwide, buying out many other auction sites around the world. eBay also bought PayPal to help keep payments safe and secure around the world. eBay also sold Skype for $2.75 billion and still own 30% of it. Pierre Omidyar is currently the Chairman John Donahoe is the current President and CEO of eBay.

eBay is an online auction marketplace. eBay provides an online trading platform in 37 markets for buyers and sellers of a wide variety of items, such as used cars, consumer electronics, computers, clothing, and books. EBay has 90 million active users. The company's online payment service, PayPal, has 80 million active accounts around the world.

eBay's competitors are online auction sites like Amazon.com, and Buy.com. Also one could even consider Craigslist a competitor as well. Even tho it is not a publically traded company.

We bought eBay because we thought that since there are over 90 million active users they have to be doing something right. We bought a total of 200 shares (50 on 1/25/2010 for 23.54 and 150 on 1/26/2010 23.92) We sold all 200 shares on 3/1/2010 at $23.82

BUD- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA ADR

Anheuser-Busch began as a small brewery located in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1860, Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, became owner of the struggling brewery. Adolphus Busch, Anheuser’s son-in-law, became partner in 1869, and became president when Anheuser died in 1880. In 1876, Busch introduced America’s first national beer brand Budweiser. Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewer in the United States in 1957. Anheuser-Busch International, Inc. was established in 1981, and is responsible for the company's foreign beer operations and equity investments. However, after the InBev takeover, A-BII essentially has been shut down and those respective operations were transferred to the other InBev zones where the interests are located. The company's headquarters is currently located in Leuven, Belgium. Carlos Brito is the company's current CEO and Peter Harf is currently the Chairman.

Anheuser-Busch/InBev is the largest brewer of beer in the world. Anheuser-Busch controls about 25% of global volume. Its brands include Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, and Beck's. Anheuser-Busch was created by the 2008 merger of Belgium-based InBev and U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch. InBev was formed in 2004 when Interbrew bought a majority stake in Brazil-based AmBev. The firm's major markets include Canada, Brazil, the U.S., and Western Europe.Dave Peacock is the current CEO and Luiz Fernando Edmond is the current President of the North American section.

Anheuser-Busch competes with other brewers in the world such as Miller, Coors Samuel Adams, Beck's, Tsingtao, Amstel, Heineken, and many others.

We bought 25 shares of BUD on 1/25/2010 at $48.29 and sold it on 2/11/2010 at $49.24. We bought this stock because the super bowl was coming up and we knew that people were going to be buying a lot of beer.

LUV- Southwest Airlines

Company Slogans - "A Symbol of Freedom" - "Grab Your Bag. It's On"-"You are Now Free to Move About the Country"

Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier in the United States. It is a carrier that is based in Texas. Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Southwest Airlines specializes in short-haul routes, offering frequent flights to 64 cities in 32 states. Southwest's fleet consists of more than 530 Boeing 737 aircrafts, and it employs almost 36,000 people. Gary C. Kelly is the current Chairman, CEO and President of the company.

Southwest Airlines competes with other airline companies such as American airlines, Delta, Jet Blue, Song, Continental, and US Airways to name a few. It's motto is "You are Now Free to Move About the Country".

We bought Southwest Airlines because it seemed to be the only airline that was giving great deals for air fare as well as MSN stock scouter's rating of Southwest Airlines as an 8. Our group bought a total of 250 shares (100 on 1/25/2010 and 150 on 1/26/2010). We sold 125 shares on 2/9/2010 because the price was $11.69 compared to $11.31 when we first bought it. We sold another 25 shares the very next day 2/10/2010 when the price jumped to $11.88 also we sold another 50 shares on 2/22/2010 for $12.62.