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These web pages and resources are designed to
help my students earn their Stock Broker License and then in turn apply for a
business license to create their own investment company. From the lecture
in class to the Brain Pops and articles online, there are more than enough
resources to answer the questions on the exam.
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)
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 PRESS RELEASE Lawrenceville, GA, October 14, 2009: Vidhi an 8th grade student at Crews Middle School has been awarded a gift card and the book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey complements of Barnes & Noble Book Store. It was a very close battle between Vidhi and Jon Austin to determine 1st place. 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. Having their parents as a client makes the game even more real to the students. As they play, they are ranked on who has made the most gains. 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.
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.  y now
you know that you are taking a 9 week Business Simul ation Course.
What you didn't know is that your venture will an investment company and you
will be working with a partner. The following students are winners of our
past competitions. They worked very hard to build a winning portfolio of
great stocks that have outstanding value. I wish you the
 same success that
they received. Remember that you can ask family member, conduct internet
research and/or watch the stock channel for additional help on picking stocks. You will be given a very limited
time throughout
the nine weeks to work on your portfolio. The rest of your time on
the stock market can be done from home or after you finish your daily assignments.
You can check your stocks before typing each day. There are questions that we will
answer as a class.
 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!
See: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/ for our research project we will do. |
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http://www.sunamericafunds.com/sun.nsf/kids?OpenForm - Neat source of learning about saving the the history of the DOW.Stock Market Simulation Games:http://www.ecb.org/finance/D912Kubeny.html -
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fred/ : 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.
The Virtual Stock Exchange (http://www.virtualstockexchange.com) 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.Other Cool Links:
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.
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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.
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