400 per share or $67.50 for the 125 shares. Arizona Public Service Company Ticker Symbol: AZD Shares Bought: 400 Beginning Stock Price: $25.5000 Ending Stock Price: $25.375 Holding Period Return: .9951 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.0253 This, like most utility companies, is a very steady stock with few fluctuations. Its 52-week high occurred last October at a price of $27.50 per share. It declined to right above $25 per share when I bought it. Nothing much happened at all for this stock. Heinz H J Company Ticker Symbol: HNZ Shares Bought: 200 Beginning Stock Price: $43.5000 Ending Stock Price: $42.6250 Holding Period Return: .9799 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.1005 Heinz's stock was selling for over $60 per share for much of the month of October 1998. I bought the stock right at its 52 week low. I was initially happy as the stock price rose to $48 per share, but then it went back down again. Sears Roebuck & Company Ticker Symbol: S Shares Bought: 250 Beginning Stock Price: $33.5000 Ending Stock Price: $32.6250 Holding Period Return: .9590 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.1289 Sears Roebuck's shares sold for around $65 per share in May of 1998. In April of 1999 it was selling for around $52 per share before dropping to its 52 week low of $30 per share roughly a week before I bought it. It initially went up a little, before declining to $28 per share, and is now on an upturn again. Nordstrom Incorporated Ticker Symbol: JWN Shares Bought: 325 Beginning Stock Price: $26.9375 Ending Stock Price: $24.5000 Holding Period Return: .9095 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.3901 Nordstrom's stock was selling for over $35 per share in July. I bought Nordstrom's stock at its 52 week low. It kept declining after I bought it to around $22 per share. It has since started increasing again, but not enough to help get a positive return. Barnes & Noble Incorporated Ticker Symbol: BKS Shares Bought: 425 Beginning Stock Price: $25.0000 Ending ...
