Feline Friendly Fridays

On April 11th I went to the Manner and started my project. I took two cats from the shelter that were declawed and older. They well behaved and tolerant of all of the new people. When we got to the manner no one was really there at first, then people started showing up. At first the cats were shy, but then they started sitting in people's laps, and socializing. It seemed to make the older people happy and the cats. I was there for an hour, then, when it was time to leave, they were all asking when I would come back. So far I think my project is successful. The next FFF is this Friday, April 25th.

End of March Feline Friendly Fridays.

This month I did not accomplish as much as I hoped I would. I did, however, get some things done for Feline Friendly Fridays. I made my survey that I will be giving to the participants to measure the effectiveness of my project. I also finished setting up the project with the Manner and the shelter. We will be starting Friday the 11th of April. I will post the survey on here later. 

Stock Journal

         I have 40 shares of Wells Fargo stock, WFC. I bought it yesterday at $49.65. Today it is up to $49.93. WFC stock has been continually going up since 2011. My dad, who is the president of the Powell branch of Big Horn Federal and a stock specialist, told me that WFC is going to either keep going up by how it has been doing, or it will split. He thinks that it may split soon because they have not had a split since 2006, and their stock is high right now so they are likely to split soon. WFC also decided recently that they are going to raise their dividend 16% in the next quarter. I expect WFC to hit $53.00 by the end of semester.

        I also bought YUM! Brands stock. YUM is a growing company in competition with Starbucks and Dunkin' Brands Inc. It's current stock price is $76.31. I bought 15 shares of it at $76.69. By the pattern from the chart on its prices it should be going up. I expect it to hit $79.00  by the end of the semester. 

Black Jack

"21" vs. investing
       After listening to Mr. Kapptie talk today, I realized that I made a big mistake yesterday while playing Black Jack. I didn't let the odds work in my favor. I didn't always bet the same, sometimes I bet low, and sometimes high. It was a very random way of doing things. This applies to the market because when investing, the odds should always be in your favor. You can not just go in and by a stock and know nothing about the market or that stock. That will make the odds work against you. Yes, there had to be risk in the stock market to make a large gain, but not without knowing what your odds are.