Directions Step 1: Go to http://finance.yahoo.com (The following screen capture shows the home page for Yahoo Finance.)

Step 2 : In the Get Quotes search box, key in Best Buy. Notice that a drop-down box appears, showing all world stock exchanges that list Best Buy stock. (Screen Cap 2)

You need to select the stock that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Also note that the abbreviation for Best Buy is BBY. This is called a ticker symbol.

If the window doesn’t advance automatically, click on “Get Quotes”

(The following screen capture shows the home page for Yahoo Finance)

Step 4: The Summary page for Best Buy is then displayed. It contains valuable information pertinent to this assignment. On the screen capture shown below, I’ve arrowed some of the important data. Please take the time to explore the links on this and other pages.

After keying in Best Buy and clicking on “Get Quotes” the drop down menu appears and shows all the stock exchanges that list a company named Best Buy. You need to select Best Buy Co, Inc. listed on the New York Stock Exchange (a.k.a. NYSE) Note the ticker symbol for Best Buy (BBY). In the future, you can use that as the company’s identifier instead of keying in the entire company name.

Step 5: Use the information from this Summary page, as well as information from the Company Profile, Key Statistics and Analyst Estimates pages to complete the stock data table for Best Buy.

Note: In Step 1 you were instructed to download a blank copy of the stock data table from the class web site and open it in word processing. If you have done so, key the information you find during your search of information into the appropriate cells.

What if you can’t open the blank data table? If you cannot open the blank data sheet in the word processing program that you’re using, key the information into a word processing document, using the exact headings used in the table to identify your information.

Do you need help understanding any or all of these financial terms? Posted on the class website is a special stock market webpage containing this form, with hyperlinks to definitions for each of the terms (and even some videos). Check it out!

You’re here, on the Summary page.

Co. Name, Ticker Symbol, Stock Exchange offering this stock for sale.

The ending price on Friday was 15 cents per share lower than the previous day.

Previous price of the stock at the end of the previous day.

You’ll be going to these web pages for the data table info.

Price/Earnings Ratio N/A indicates that it is currently a negative number.

Dividend paid per share and its yield – the past quarter.

Just click on the link to the Stock Market Resource Page and you’ll get to this page…

Then click on the link for the Stock Project Data Table and you’ll get to the data table with hyperlinks for each stock market term. See below. BUS 1101 – Widdel Stock Mkt Project Part 1 Sec 01 S13.docx

There is also a link for key definitions on the Key Statistics page in Yahoo Finance. (Scroll to bottom of Key Statistics page. Click on Key Statistics Help.)