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Directions Step 1: Go to (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)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 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. Dividend paid per share and its yield – the past quarter.Price/Earnings Ratio N/A indicates that it is currently a negative number.You’ll be going to these web pages for the data table info.You’re here, on the Summary page.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.Co. Name, Ticker Symbol, Stock Exchange offering this stock for sale.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 Company Spotlight Page in your portfolio for Best Buy. ................
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