After we work on some basic Personal Monthly Budget items, you will know a little about how to invest your money wisely. In anticipation of your lesson about Financial Literacy, and considering that April is Financial Literacy Month for Education, please review the following information on our Investopedia Stock Market Game.
To begin your investing journey, please read the following article: Investing VS Gambling Article (Click Here) and write a brief journal entry (Weebly.com) about your feelings about the main point of the article.
Second, here is a link to the Stock Market Basics Presentation from Class (Click Here)
We will be reviewing the following video together in class: Investing Basics VIDEO (CLICK HERE) and discussing how you can find stocks you might be interested in investing in for the project. Use the following sites to help you pick stocks for the game:
MarketWatch (Wall Street Journal) Website (CLICK HERE)
MSN Money Top 50 Stocks (CLICK HERE)
Finally, please click the following link and create an account in Investopedia.com. You will use this site, and the $1,000,000 in your account to purchase stocks in real time. Make sure you spend some time discovering how to use the simulator to BUY and SELL stocks. You will be able to track your purchases and look at class rankings after the system updates overnight. There will be some great prizes for everyone who participates and you can add some of the money in your account to your Personal Monthly Budget later in the program if you EARN MONEY over your initial $1-Million Dollar Investment.
http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/Game/JoinPrivateGame.aspx?GID=225228&PW=caatech13
GOOD LUCK!!
- Mr. S
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