This course is designed to introduce kids to the basics of the stock market and investing. Students will learn some basic investment strategies and then apply them in a stock market simulation.
Day 1: Intro to the stock market, investing and the technology sector. We will also play the pit game.
Day 2: Individual stock picks (Individual portfolios)
Click here and then click "Join Now" on the page that opens. Sign up for an account.
Go to Yahoo finance and start to read about the technology sector.
Pick your portfolio of technology stocks.
Day 3: Group stock pick
Go to Yahoo finance and start to read about the technology market.
Choose one technology stock that you think we should choose as a class and be ready to defend why you would pick that one.
Day 4: Stock Market Game
Portfolio reviews
Financial News Update
Online Research
Investment changes
Day 5: Week one winner!
Portfolio reviews
Financial News Update
Questions
Who won and why? What factors influenced the technology sector this week?
Looking back to the beginning of the week, if you could pick one stock now what would it be? What would you have done differently?
Day 1: Intro to the stock market, investing (for first week students) and the health care sector (for everyone). We will also play the pit game.
Day 2: Individual stock picks (Individual portfolios)
First week students: Click here and then click "Join Now" on the page that opens. Sign up for an account.
Everyone: Go to Yahoo finance and start to read about the health care sector.
Everyone: Pick your portfolio of health care stocks.
Day 3: Stock Market Game
Portfolio reviews: Second week students should review both of their portfolios. First week students should review only their health care portfolios.
Financial News Update
Online Research
Investment changes
Day 4: Week two winner (this week there will be two winners, one for technology and one for health care).
Portfolio reviews
Financial News Update
Questions
Who won and why? What factors influenced the health care sector this week?
Looking back to the beginning of the week, if you could pick one stock now what would it be? What would you have done differently?
Day 1: Intro to the stock market, investing (for first week students) and the financial sector (for everyone). We will also play the pit game.
Day 2: Individual stock picks (Individual portfolios)
First week students: Click here and then click "Join Now" on the page that opens. Sign up for an account.
Everyone: Go to Yahoo finance and start to read about the financial sector.
Everyone: Pick your portfolio of financial stocks.
Day 3: Group stock pick
Go to Yahoo finance and start to read about the health care market.
Choose one financial stock that you think we should choose as a class and be ready to defend why you would pick that one.
Day 4: Stock Market Game
Portfolio reviews: Second week students should review both of their portfolios. First week students should review only their health care portfolios.
Financial News Update
Online Research
Investment changes
Day 5: Week three winner (this week there will be three winners, one for technology, one for health care, and one for financials).
Portfolio reviews
Financial News Update
Questions
Who won and why? What factors influenced the financial sector this week?
Looking back to the beginning of the week, if you could pick one stock now what would it be? What would you have done differently?