Please
do not print this!!!! I tell you when and what you may print!
TUESDAY
What are we doing?
You are entering a contest with
other people where you are given $50,000 to invest in the stock market. You
will “play” the market for a week. Whoever has the most money at the end of the
three days will get to keep the money. You will have to be smart with your
money. You will research various companies and decide which companies you want
to invest in. You will pick four companies to invest in. You will track your
investment for one week (two separate times). You will record your investments
in a portfolio (on a separate sheet of paper).
Some
questions to answer before you choose your companies:
Answer each of these questions
on a separate document in word. DO NOT PRINT. I am not looking for anything
flashy with different fonts, colors, and graphics. All I want are the answers
and your name. When you are finished, save it to your number. Save as your name
and stock. For example, I would save it as Coffeystock.
Please answer in complete sentences.
1.
What is the stock market?
2.
Why do stocks go up and down?
3.
What is a stock?
4.
How do people buy and sell stocks?
5.
How do people keep track of their stocks?
6.
What is a mutual fund?
7.
What is a ticker symbol?
Check
out these websites to help you answer the above questions:
To go to these web pages, put
your cursor over the link, hit the Ctrl button and click on the link.
www.howstuffworks.com/stock.htm
www.teenanalyst.com/stocks/stockbasics.htm
www.invest-faq.com/vse/stock-a-basics.html
www.invest-faq.com/vse/trade-a-basics.html
www.invest-faq.com/vse/mfund-a-basics.html
www.cbsnews.com/sections/business/main500395.shtml
WEDNESDAY
Some companies you may be
interested in:
IBM
Apple Computers, Inc.
Dell Computer Corporation
Coca Cola
Hershey Foods Corp.
Kellogg Company
The Gap
Inc.
The
Limited, Inc.
Nike, Inc.
The Walt Disney Company
Abercrombie and Fitch
Dave and
Busters, Inc.
Now that you have chosen your
companies, please fill in the table that is on the sheet of paper I passed out
at the beginning of class. Please keep up with this!!! You will need this
everyday. Only fill in the company name and symbol.
**If
you finish early today, you may answer Thursday’s questions.
THURSDAY
Now you are going to fill in
some more of your table. Look up how your stocks performed yesterday. What was
their final cost? How many shares of each stock are you going to buy? Remember,
you only have $50,000 to spend. You may not get to use exactly $50,000, but
come as close as you can without going over.
Look
at these websites to help you find how your stock performed:
www.cbsnews.com/sections/business/main500395.shtml
Some
questions to answer after you fill in your table:
To answer these questions, you
will open up the word document that you used on Tuesday. Just add these answers
to that same document.
8.
Why would a company issue stock?
9.
What is commission
10.
What does it mean when a stock splits?
11.
How do people make money on stocks?
12.
What kind of company is each of your stocks?
13.
If you bought a stock on December 10th
for $100 and then on December 11th, it was $50, should you sell? Why
or why not?
Now that you are finished
answering ALL questions and filling in what you can of the table, print the document. Make sure that everything is correct
before you print it. I will not let you print it again J You will turn this in
to me. Please go ahead and read what we
will be doing next Thursday. Do not start any of this part yet. I just want you
to be aware.
FOLLOWING THURSDAY
On this day, we will not be in
the computer lab. Instead, you will use what you printed and a newspaper to
complete your assignment today. I will pass back the tables that you turned in
to me. You will use the newspaper to find your stocks to determine how your
stocks did yesterday. Fill in the chart and determine how your stocks
performed. Please perform all the final calculations before you print. THIS
WILL BE TURNED IN TO MRS.COFFEY!!!!!!!!!
Here
is what the rubric that you will be graded with: This is just for you to know. DO NOT PRINT
THIS!!! I will provide a copy of this. Please look at this so that you know
what is expected of you.
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Answer
to all 13 questions that are found throughout the project. [13 points] |
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Correct
spending of $50,000. (not over) [10 points] |
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Choice
of appropriate stocks. [10 points] |
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Completed
table [10 points] |
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Correct
table mathematically [47 points] |
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Directions
followed with questions and table all on one document. [10 points] |
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TOTAL |
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