Stock Price: $22.4375 Holding Period Return: .8975 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.4310 Barnes and Noble's stock sold for almost $48 per share in early January. It went down to around $20 per share in July, which was at its 52 week low. I felt confident that this stock would continue its upward swing in the fall. The stock price, unfortunately, slowly declined after I bought it. Rambus Incorporated Ticker Symbol: RMBS Shares Bought: 125 Beginning Stock Price: $91.6250 Ending Stock Price: $82.1250 Holding Period Return: .8463 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.4349 Rambus Incorporated's stock price was over $115 per share in early July. Right after I bought it, the price decreased all the way to $60 per share. It then went up to over $100 per share before declining again. Eastman Kodak Company Ticker Symbol: EK Shares Bought: 150 Beginning Stock Price: $73.8750 Ending Stock Price: $65.6250 Holding Period Return: .8883 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.4607 I had a good feeling about Eastman Kodak as I saw that their stock price had fell $5 per share in the week before I bought it. After I bought the stock, it continued a slow and steady decline. Kellogg Company Ticker Symbol: K Shares Bought: 275 Beginning Stock Price: $38.7500 Ending Stock Price: $34.3750 Holding Period Return: .8871 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.4646 Kellogg had its 52 week low of $32 per share a month before I bought it. After I owned it the stock price went up to $41 per share and then steadily declined to give me a loss. Lance Incorporated Ticker Symbol: LNCE Shares Bought: 650 Beginning Stock Price: $12.7500 Ending Stock Price: $11.0000 Holding Period Return: .8627 Annualized Holding Period Return: -.5369 Lance's stock has declined steadily over the last year since its 52 week high of around $30 per share in July of 1998. I bought the stock right at its 52 week low. Unfortunately the stock has continued to fall ever since. Allstate Corporation Ticker S...
