Thank you so very much for the $10,000 you have given me to invest in stock this month. I understand that this is a lot of money for you, but thank you for trusting to make wise decisions with it. This is a lot of responsibility for me to take on, however I feel it will be a great learning experience regardless of the outcome.

As you have requested I have chosen exactly five companies to invest in. I have decided to distribute this money into 2 categories, conservative and chancy. In my conservative category I have chosen 2 stocks, Coca-Cola and Standard and Poor's Depository Receipts. In my chancy category, high risk, I have chosen Nasdaq, Pfizer Inc, and Bank of America.

Coca-Cola, KO, is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It manufactures, distributes and markets nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, including fountain syrups, in markets across the world. This stock costs...