Please note that the Stock Market Movie can only be viewed at Crews since I only have one copy.  The article should answer all the questions found on the Stock Broker Exam.  It will be a 25 question T/F multiple choice test.  You can also be prepared by playing the game on the left of this screen called "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".  It is a great way to test your knowledge of the stock market.

While you are waiting to take the exam you can be working hard to get your business license completed.  You will need to work with your partner to get a business name, motto (slogan), and address.  Once you do this, you can proceed to creating your business card for your company and writing a letter home to your first potential client (your parents).  Once this is complete we will work hard to begin researching company stocks and picking the best stocks.

Our e-trading system that we will use at Crews is called Virtual Stock Exchange (VSE) How do I register for an account -VIDEO  on how to register for a VSE account).  This simulation software is excellent and I have found very easy to learn.  Just remember to be in our competition you must first get an account then join our contest.  You will then be asked for a contest name and password.  I will provide this to you in class.  If you are at home then please click on the HOME video version.

So how have you spent your money? 

Time to send home a postcard showing how you have spent the $100,000.00 they have given you to invest.  Click here for the video showing how to send this postcard.

CREWS NEWS RELEASE

Contest Winner Awarded Dinner for entire family

Lawrenceville, GA, May 21, 2009:  Brandi D. an 8^th grade student at Crews Middle School has been awarded a complete family dinner complements of Red Robin Gourmet Burger (NASDAQ: RRGB).  Red Robin also awarded the top 10 winners with a dinner of their choice and further donated a free milk shake to all participants in their class stock market contest.  Mr. Hames, their teacher at Crews has incorporated a dynamic hands on learning course where students own and operate their own investment/brokerage company.  They write letters to solicit business, create business cards, design websites, and eventually play a simulation business game.  The students invest with fake money but at real prices as their parents are their first clients.  As they play, they are ranked on who has returned the best investments profits.  In the end, Mr. Hames hopes they have learned valuable principles related to saving, investing, and basic entrepreneurship and will eventually apply their entrepreneurial skills to either a business they create or one they work for.

Congratulations to Joey, Julie and Blake. They have all won our stock market contest!  For their great efforts, they receive a wonderful gift donated by Best Buys and Intel.
 

he prize winners for each nine weeks is determined by overall ranking.  The Virtual Stock Exchange software updates these rankings at night.  I have no way of controlling this part of the software.  If you feel there is a problem with the game competition, please let know and I will email the company.  If you are ready to register click here.  I have a picture of our last winner on the following page:  

See:  http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/  for our research project we will do.