Session Three: Exploring Dividends

Students analyze today’s stock market and explore the concept of dividends. They analyze their fictitious stock portfolio and calculate their dividend payments.

Objectives:

• Analyze how current events are impacting stock prices.

• Demonstrate an understanding of how cash dividends are earned and calculated.

• Evaluate the success of an investment portfolio in relation to market events.

• Refine their process for buying and selling stocks.

• Calculate cash and stock dividend earnings.

Main Activity:

• Students learn that some companies issue dividend payments to stockholders. They also practice reading dividend data from a stock table.