rly January before falling to $29 per share in April. It then went up to $46 again before decreasing to $35 where I bought it. Initially it was my best pick as the price soared to $45 per share in just a few weeks before falling back to $39 per share. Tyson Foods Incorporated Ticker Symbol: TSN Shares Bought: 525 Beginning Stock Price: $15.7500 Ending Stock Price: $17.5635 Holding Period Return: 1.1151 Annualized Holding Period Return: .7652 Tyson Food's is a very stable stock that has had few upturns and downturns in the past year. The stock price was near its year low and it was cheap so I thought it would be a good fit in my portfolio. Coca Cola Company Ticker Symbol: KO Shares Bought: 175 Beginning Stock Price: $54.9375 Ending Stock Price: $60.5000 Holding Period Return: 1.1053 Annualized Holding Period Return: .6535 Coca-Cola stock was selling for $85 per share in August of 1998. It reached its two year low of just under $50 per share in early August of 1999. Because Coca-Cola is such a huge corporation I was pretty confident that the price would go back up. The week after the investment period Coca-Cola was selling for $68 per share. Quixote Corporation Ticker Symbol: QUIX Shares Bought: 775 Beginning Stock Price: $14.9375 Ending Stock Price: $15.5000 Holding Period Return: 1.0377 Annualized Holding Period Return: .2126 Quixote Corporation is a low priced foreign stock that was very close to its 52 week low. I thought that it would be a good buy for international diversification even though I had never heard of the company. Wachovia Corporation Ticker Symbol: WB Shares Bought: 125 Beginning Stock Price: $80.3750 Ending Stock Price: $82.000 Holding Period Return: 1.0207 Annualized Holding Period Return: .1100 Wachovia's stock reached its 52 week low of just under $76 per share in August. While I owned it the price shot up to over $88 per share and then went back down again. Dividends were received for this stock in the amount of .5...
