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If I were to invest $10,000 in four successive weeks, I would invest the sum in five stocks. The stocks would be those of Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Wal-Mart Stores. There are varied reasons why I would invest in the five stocks. First, the five growth stocks have registered marked success over time and have remarkable runways in front of them. Second, I would invest in the five stocks since the each of the five companies a business model that has been proven, a record of commendable success under an effective management, and stock growth catalysts that help propel its business.

Third, the five companies have by and large bulkposted solid growth in their earnings, as well as revenue, in recent times. They invest rather heavily in growing the earnings along with revenues, meeting targeted earnings and revenue estimates quickly as planned. The managers of the five companies espouse lasting mindsets, which make the companies enticing buy-and-hold types of stock. The managers are keen on growing the bases of their companies’ customers using varied technological applications such as Apple Pay along with Facebook Messenger.

Fourth, the five companies come off as keen on developing the choice portals for making payments for markets that appear to be almost saturated with online merchants. The portals present the companies with significant growth opportunities in the days ahead. Fifth, the five companies come off as lasting winners when one looks at their share valuations currently. Each of the companies continues to invest and recommit itself to finding novel ways of delivering their products to own consumers. The ways include Apple TV, mobile applications, and online platforms. That will help grow their brands into choice consumer products in the coming days.

Particularly, I have had a long-running desire to invest in the Google’s stocks since when news that Google was one of the most significant beneficiaries of the thriving online advertising market in 2014. The news had it that PricewaterhouseCoopers had estimated that the online advertising industry in the US had generated revenue amounting to $49.45 billion in that year only. PricewaterhouseCoopers projected that the industry will produce $83.45 billion in revenue by the close of 2019. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that the industry generated $145 billion in revenue in 2014 globally and that it would generate $253 in revenue by the close of 2018 (Cardenal, 2015).

The report and projections by PricewaterhouseCoopers convinced me that even if there was marked competition against Google in the online advertising arena, it would still bulkpost increasingly attractive revenue growths between 2014 and 2019. That heightened my desire to invest in the company. There is a high likelihood that the company will continue being one of the most significant beneficiaries of the thriving online advertising industry in the coming days. If I would have invested in the stock of Google five years before 2014 up to 2014, the worth of the stock would have grown by at least 130% as opined by Cardenal (2015). From that figure, one would estimate that the stock would continue to bulkpost attractive results up to the present time and beyond.

The S&P 500 index related to technology is expected to continue growing at a rate 1.3% in the next four weeks as it is currently growing by 16% annually according to Campos  and  Randewich (2007). Its growth rate this year is 16% and is expected to continue in the coming days. The stock of Apple is growing at a rate of 27% annually this year according to Campos  and  Randewich (2007). That means that the stock of Apple is expected to grow at a rate of 2.25% in the next four weeks. The stock of Google is expected to temporarily lose value at a rate of 0.47% in the next four weeks if the current trend holds. The stock of Amazon is expected to temporarily lose value at a rate of 0.36% in the next four weeks if the current trend holds. The stock of Facebook is expected to temporarily lose value at a rate of 0.40% in the next four weeks if the current trend holds. The stock of Wal-Mart Stores is expected to gain value at a rate of 0.21% in the next four weeks if the current trend holds.

If the current one month-growth rate of Dow Jones Industrial Average is maintained over the next one month (four weeks), one can estimate the change expected in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that will happen in the next four weeks. The expected change in the Dow Jones Industrial Average will be 0.26% in the four weeks. If the current one month-growth rate of S&P 500 Stock Index is maintained over the next one month (four weeks), one can estimate the change expected in the S&P 500 Stock Index that will happen in the next four weeks. The expected change in the S&P 500 Stock Index will be 0.41% in the four weeks. If the current one month-growth rate of Russell 2000 Index for Small Caps is maintained over the next one month (four weeks), one can estimate the change expected in the Russell 2000 Index for Small Caps that will happen in the next four weeks. The expected change in the Russell 2000 Index for Small Caps will be 0.59% in the four weeks.

References

Campos,  R. &  Randewich, N. (2017). “S&P 500 tech index edges toward $5 trillion while

Apple steals spotlight.” Reuters. Retrieved from: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-apple-idUSKBN1801AG

Cardenal, A. (2015). “3 Reasons Why I Own Google Inc Stock.” The Motley Fool. Retrieved from:

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/07/07/3-reasons-why-i-own-google-inc-stock.aspx