Raina You
UC Riverside Extension Center,
1200 University Ave,
Riverside CA 92507-4596
Tel : (951) 329 – 2536
Email : [email protected]
I invested 40% of my money to Walt Disney Company due to the fact that the company
has stable resources. At the first day of the stock project, the share prices of the company were
$39.12, so I bought 307 shares.
There are two parts that show the change of share prices. The first part is from July 18 to
22. I think the reason why the share prices was going up is movies that made by Walt Disney
Company. Summer is good season for releasing a movie, especially animation for children.
Before this first part in the stock project, Winnie the Pooh, classic animation of the company, just
opened, and the other animation Car 2 had stayed in the high ranking at the box-office record.
The share prices were going down steadily between July 23 and August 1. A $454
million offer for UTV, a Indian TV channels, was made by Walt Disney Company. This contract
can bring good results because Indian market is growing so fast; however, it is also a common
thing for investors that cannot ignore the risk of the offer. On the other hand, the box office
record of the animations is in the low ranking that each animation is ranked at 10th and 11th.
Although Walt Disney Company is a blue chip company, the share prices is not stable.
Especially the new animations didn’t work what people expected, and there are new movies that
have strong power like Harry Potter.
The Company in My Country: Gravity Co., Ltd. (GRVY)
Gravity Co. supplies and develops of online game, and Ragnarok online is regarded as
the company’s major work. Online game industry has a future for other business like overseas
export and animation. Ragnarok online is exported to other countries like Japan or Brazil, and it
makes many spin off merchandises such as an animation, books and games also. Success of the
game establishes a stable business foundation; therefore, stable foundation can be guaranteed to
successful investment for next work.
Gravity Co. also has a high risk to investment. Online game market is growing as a part
of the Internet business, and the market has solid customers. The company made many games,
but the company’s major promotion is focused on the Asia market. That is why the share prices
is low than other companies I chose. I spend 20% of my money to buying 3529 shares at $1.7 per
share.