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One great resource that I have used numerous times in
the past few years is After explaining some basic terms like save, spend,
opportunity cost, inflation, and compound interest students are ready to learn
about investments. There are videos, articles, and games to play that
reinforce the history and function of the stock market. A short exam is
prepared to see what students learned. 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
Our
online e-trading system that we will use is called
Virtual Stock Exchange (VSE)
Have you spent all your parent's money? Time to send home a postcard showing how you have spent the $100,000.00 that your parents have trusted you to invest. Click here for the video showing how to send this postcard. Please note that some of the videos, quizzes, and games are fee based and require specific logins.
Past Sponsors:
 y now
you know that you are taking a 9 week Business simulation course.
What you didn't know is that your venture will end with an investment company
that you and your partner will form.
Students from our past classes are found on this web
page. A list of some our corporate sponsors are also listed. Winners of our
past competitions have worked very hard to build a winning portfolio of
great stocks that have outstanding value. I wish you the
Using http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/ can help with your investment decisions. |
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The Financial Planning Association - The Financial Planning Association (FPA®) is the leadership and advocacy organization representing the financial planning community.Stock Market Simulation Games:Contact information:
Amira Tart
Director, Pro Bono Services
Financial Planning Association®
Email: amira.tart@fpanet.org
Web: www.fpanet.org
www.fpanet.org/Connect/
ProBono/ http://www.sunamericafunds.com/sun.nsf/kids?OpenForm - The K.I.D.S. program grew out of SunAmerica Mutual Funds' interest in teaching young children the value and importance of saving for the future. One recent study noted that elementary school children's spending power is $15 billion annually, most of which is spent on food, beverages, clothes, toys and games.
http://www.ecb.org/finance/D912Kubeny.html -
Financial Literacy: TEACH IT! is a multi-media professional development resource designed around Wisconsin’s new Personal Financial Literacy standards. Twenty one short videos demonstrate effective teaching of each of the seven standards in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Additional resources available include links to lesson plans and online resources for each standard, as well as information for parents and a place for educators to share their experiences teaching financial literacy.
http://federalreserveeducation.org/ - A great site for educational resources. Also features some games.
Hoovers: Delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market information before you buy that company stock.
Smart Money: Get help with personal-finance issues in the Answer Center, or get investing ideas from Smart Investor.
Google Money: Financial news from http://www.google.com/finance
Bridge: Information Special Reports, Market Updates and analysis.
USA-Today: The newspaper online.
Other Cool Links:TD Bank’s Fantasy Stock Market game is your chance to experience the real-life stock market, virtually.
- Check stock quotes
- Look up ticker symbols
- Learn stock market terminology
- Track your performance daily
- Compete against your friends
Each player begins with $100,000 of fantasy money to trade on any of the more than 25,000 stocks listed on the New York, NASDAQ, American and other US Stock Exchanges. We’ll keep track of your portfolio and rank you against the other players.
The Virtual Stock Exchange (http://www.virtualstockexchange.c
om) web site is only one of several other stock simulation games on the web. I want you to be aware of others so you can evaluate each based on your own involvement. The following are other games to consider.
Consider: http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/
Check here for great kid-friendly investment ideas for both beginner and intermediate investors. Using something as simple as a lemonade stand enterprise, you can learn some basic money and investment terminology. Ever heard of the Rule of 72? Use the Stocks in Cyberspace financial goals calculator and find out how a small amount of money invested now can make you a millionaire! It was created in 1996 as a ThinkQuest competition.
Investors.Com - See this awesome new site to help those who want to invest for the future. A great place to visit.http://www.moneyinstructor.com/ - Great site for educators to help them teach financial literacy.
How do I save using compound interest?
How should I invest money?
Stock Glossary:
Four thing you can do with money; What are stocks, Why Buy Low/Sell High?; What is Last Trade?; What does Change mean?; What is Risk Factor?; What does E.P.S. mean?; What is Market Cap?; What is 52 Week Hi?; What is 52 Week Lo?; What are Shares Outstanding?; What does Wall Street have to do with stocks?; What does NYSE stand for?; What is a Bull Market?; What is a Bear Market?; What is the S & P 500?; What is the Dow Industrial Average?; What is Compound Interest?; Why invest in stocks?; Why invest early?;
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and eventually play a simulation business game. The students invest
with fake money but at real prices. Having their parents as a client
makes the game even more real to the students. As they play, they
are ranked on who has the highest return on their investment. 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 a business they one day
create.
The
competition you
are joining is judged based on your gains. This means that the person with the
most money will win. I wish you the best. So
you can see your progress, you will be ranked daily by your
progress. **Note: That person must end my class with an "A"
or "B" to be considered for any prizes! 
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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.
