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Welcome to the Stock Market Game!!!!

You are going to learn some real world skills!!! But this exercise in math and reasoning requires dedication on your part. You will need to check this website and your portfolio often. Self Motivation will be the key to success in this year's game. Once you learn the basic terminology, you can begin trading. But to learn the basic terminology, you are going to have to apply yourself. You can do it, but it will take a little work.

I have created a Stock Market Vocabulary tab, it is located under the Stock Market Game tab. You will use this too luck up words that are relevant to the stock market. This is not a complete listing. I selected words that you will encounter during the game itself. But when you are reading the financial section of the newspaper or listening to news report on the stop market, you may need a more comprehensive listing of definitions. For a complete listing of terms, please use this link []. I may place a quiz on this site from time to time to ensure that you have reviewed the necessary vocabulary. Unless otherwise stated, the quiz will be for extra credit or a grade. Most quizzes will be for extra credit, but for my AG students some quizzes will be for a grade.

FRIST STEP:

Select the How to Read a Stock Ticker and How to Read a Stock Market Graph to the left. Read the article. Refer to it often as you study different stocks to purchase.

SECOND STEP:

All good investors know that the key to success in the stock market is research. You have to know what you are buying. I want you to read the financial page of the newspaper or use yahoo finance or a similar program to read about the current condition of the stock market. You can pick an industry, a stock, do a general summary of the market, or even summarize the current economic situation of the U.S. Make sure you write your source down. You can email me the your summary or hand it in on paper. I prefer email. No more than 3 to four sentences for this summary.

THRID SECOND:

Read the article, "HOW STOCKS TRADE": [|http://www.investopedia.com/university/stocks/stocks3.asp#axzz1XbJVpafI]

Write a one paragraph summary.

FOURTH STEP:

Select the Determining Stock Value tab to the left. Read it and write a short summary.

After reading the article, choose an industry and start to become an expert on it. Record what industries you choose to research and become an expert on.

FIFTH STEP:

Choose stocks from the industries you have selected. Complete a stock information sheet that describes each stock that you review. Fill out the sheet whether you buy the stock or not. Then select the first groups of stocks you want to invest in. For each stock, write a short statement describing why you choose each stock. What are its strengths and weakness? What does this stocks future look like?

You will not purchase the stock yet, not until you complete the next two steps.

SIXTH STEP:

Read "Stocks Basics: The Bulls, The Bears And The Farm" Let me know what kind of investor you will be. Then, let's see if you live up to your expectations.

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SEVENTH STEP:

You have had an extremely basic introduction to the stock market. Now you are ready to begin trading. The material will above will be supplemented from time to time to keep you up to date and to ensure that you are understanding what you are doing. Now it is time to introduce you to trading on the the stock market game.

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