Economic analysis of selected stocks

Akarshit Mandhotra

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The purpose of this thesis is get a general understanding of the stock market and see how some companies that household names fare in this market are. Nowadays with the addition of cryptocurrencies a lot of general public is also shifting its focus towards trading and this thesis looks to start from basics to statistical analysis and a breakdown of the companies selected.In the theoretical part I focused on defining some terms that we would hear in our day to day life and might not have an idea about. Along with that a general idea of what are stocks and how and where they can be bought or traded. In order to make it a bit more simplified for the reader we take the example of NYSE as a whole.In the practical part observation, we made about Apple, Coca-Cola, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson and Amazon. We took the prices of these stocks during the time period 2005-2017 and based out findings around this time period and the data obtained. We observe how Apple and Coca-Cola have been performing against each other and then we compare the other three: HSBC, Johnson & Johnson and Amazon and trying to show that as an investment opportunity in past, present and future what the best option for an investor could have been or would be.

Keywords

Stocks, Stock market, Technology, Analysis, Innovation, Market, Competetion, Trends, Stock Index, Interest Rate

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 3. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management