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    Stock Market Game (SMG)

    Marcus Lamar Walker – A. J. Moore Academy


    Welcome to the Stock Market
    Game (SMG)
    • You are about to embark on this
    semester’s stock market game. The
    following information, rules, and rubrics
    are as followed. Consider this an
    addendum to your syllabus.
    SMG Objective
    • The stock market contest will be a high-stakes
    competitive competition that will pit students
    against each other in buying and selling
    domestic stocks in a virtual stock market. Each
    student will begin with $10,000 virtual dollars.
    Each student will have a minimum of 5 publicly
    traded stocks to invest the entire $10,000 in.
    Table of Contents &
    Assignments
    • Objective
    • Rewards
    • Materials
    • Rules
    • Procedures
    Contest Rewards
    • The three persons (from 2nd, 3rd, and 8th
    period economics at AJM) with the
    highest percentage gain will win a prize
    To Be Determined (TBD) by the winners.
    This entire objective is subject to change
    at any moment without subjugation or
    discussion.
    SMG Materials
    • www.howthemarketworks.com
    – Set up a free account. You must have an active e-
    mail address.
    – Click on “Contests,” Click on “Classroom or Private
    Groups,” Type “Walker” in to the search bar. Click
    on “Walker’s Economic SMG.” Join the Contest.
    Password: eco2009. Begin trading.
    Stock Market Rules
    • Stock Markets are open Monday thru Friday 7AM-4PM. They
    are not open on weekends or holidays.
    • You may purchase any stock at any share value. You must
    wait 15 minutes after initiation to buy/sell any stock. You may
    invest in Mutual Funds. You may reset your accounts only one
    time and there is a $5.00 commission with each purchase or
    selling of any stock. So, BE CAREFUL!!!
    Assignment Breakdown
    Procedures: Time to Start!
    • Step 1:
    – Setup an account on
    howthemarketworks.com
    – 1 Daily Grade (100 points)
    Time to Start: Step 2
    • Complete the first assignment:
    – Initial Stock Investment
    – 1 Daily Grade (100 points)
    • Obtain a minimum of 5 companies and their stock
    symbols. Complete your research by using online financial
    resources (i.e. finance.yahoo.com). You may use any
    researched organization to select your companies.
    Time to Start: Step 3
    • After one complete trading day, please
    complete the 2nd assignment
    – Stock Research
    – 1 Test Grade (100 points)
    Time to Start: Step 4
    • Continue trading (buying and selling
    stocks – including research) for two
    weeks.
    • After the 10th trading day, it is now time to
    complete the 3rd assignment:
    – Status Report (Executive Summary
    Template)
    Time to Finish: Step 5
    • The stock market project will be ready to
    end no less than 3 weeks after the start of
    the project.
    • The winners will be announced the
    following school day.
    • Begin work on your 4th assignment:
    – 1st Draft Executive Summary
    Time to Finish: Step 6
    • Your last assignment for the stock market
    game will be the final draft of the
    executive summary.
    Congratulations!
    • You have completed the SMG Project.
    Thank you for participating.

    • Mr. Walker 

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