InvestWrite Essay

Hi Everyone,

Below you will find the sample introductory paragraph that I promised you would be on the blog. Well, here it is. Please remember that the essay's thesis (it's main idea) must be to discuss one reason why the price of a stock can increase and one reason why it can decrease. Read my sample introductory paragraph carefully and notice how I have tried to do this. I would like you to do the same for homework tonight when writing your introductory paragraph. OK, here it is:

"I can’t tell you how many times I have walked into GameStop and have just felt as if the store was calling out to me. I can always remember when I went in there to buy my first Nintendo game. I felt as if Christmas and my birthday had just arrived together and that if there was a heaven, this must be the place. I have always wanted to know more about GameStop and what might make the price of their stock increase or decrease. One thing that comes to mind immediately is the economic law of supply and demand. GameStop always has a constant supply of the newest video games and equipment and a huge supply of used video games. This means they can offer their customers all the products that are on the market for a very reasonable price. No other store seems to be able to do this. The only thing that could decrease the price of the stock is if another video store opened and was able to offer the same products at a lower price. Then GameStop, according to the law of supply and demand, would have to adjust their prices to remain competitive. This could hurt the price of their stock because the company might lose money. However, at this moment I don't see this happening and I think GameStop is a great investment!"

Please use this as a model for your own introductory paragraph.

Secondly, I am attaching a link for and essay outline that we will use in class tomorrow and Wednesday. It would be great if you could print this at home and bring it to class tomorrow. If not I will try to have some copies made at school. Take a look at it tonight and we will begin discussing and using it tomorrow in class.

http://www.idecorp.com/teacher/documents/tatem_persuasiveEssay.pdf

Have a great night and I will see you tomorrow!