1.Suppose that author kessel places an order to buy 100 shares of Google. explain how the order will be processed if it's a market order. would it make any difference if it had been a limit order? explain.
2.using a resource like the wall street journal or Barron's, find the latest values for each of the following market averages and indexes, and how each has performed over the past 6 months:
A. DJIA
B. S&P 500
C. NASDAQ Composite
D. S&P MidCap 400
E. Dow Jones Wilshire 5000
F. Russell 2000 3.using the stock quotations in exhibit 11.4, find the 52 week high and low for Nucor's common. what is the stock's latest dividend yield? what was the closing price, and at which P/E ration was the stock trading? Of the stocks listed in exhibit 11.5, which had the highest price/earnings ratio and the biggest change in price? which three stocks had the highest dividend yields, and which three had the highest closing prices?