Going Into The Stock Market Game

The weekly performance of IBM stock presented a contestant growth. One highlight of the falling of stock price in the 6th week in the investment period was when IBM presented the 3rd quarter financial report. The investors weren’t satisfied with the profit report which they expected to be better especially when other IT companies were doing well in the 3rd quarter. One mistake I made was that I didn’t follow closely to the financial report of the company; therefore, I missed the peak of the stock price. From this experience, I learned that financial reports and current news are important indicators of the stock price. By following closely to the current event and analyzing the financial report, investors can maximize the profit and also become more familiar to the market.

Stocks and Bonds are different in many ways. A stock is a portion or share of the ownership of a corporation. A share will give the owner of the stock the company’s profits or loses over time. The good thing about stocks is they can be sold at almost any time as long as there is someone willing to buy. A bond, on the other hand, is a fixed interest financial asset issued by governments, companies, banks, and other large entities. Bonds also are called funds. Bonds pay the owner a fixed amount a specific date, or on specified dates depending on the type of bond. If the bond is a discount bond, then there is one pay date at the end. If the bond is a coupon bond, then it pays a fixed amount over a

The stock market has always intrigued me and I have since been eager to learn more about it. Starting back in January of this year, I ordered three textbooks on stock trading to become more informed on the subject. After reading these books, I gained further insight on stock trading which led me to open my own brokerage account where I could buy and sell stocks. I started by playing a stock simulation which was very similar in concept to StockTrak, a program we used in this class. I found that this helped provide me with a hands on experience which helped familiarize me with stock trading and learning how to manage and use my money efficiently. I continued to play this simulation for about two months and during this time my portfolio grew about 4%, which provided me a confidence boost and motivated me to invest in my real money into the stock market. In March of 2015, I officially began trading in the stock market and I continued to learn along the way. As of now, I have roughly nine months of stock trading experience. As stated previously, I have always had in interest in the stock market, but I never acted upon it until as recently as earlier this year. My interest in the stock market was peaked because I enjoy taking risks and the stock market

For my stock game I invested into seven different stocks. The seven stocks I invested in were Microsoft, Boeing, Cisco Systems, the Clorox Company, 3M, Wal-Mart, and US oil. The reason I invested into these stocks was that their value was dropping or it was low so i was trying to make big gains thinking the stock prices would go up a lot. That didn't seem to be the case because i lost almost $2000. The stock that hurt me the most was my US oil stock. I bought 500 shares of it and the stock went down 23.23% so i lost a total of $1,720 on it. When i bought it i had a feeling that the price of oil was going to go up but it did the opposite and went down. Another stock that i lost money off of was Cisco systems. The stock went down 6.53% since i bought it causing me to

There are many different ways to save money and there are different things to save for. A savings plan for an immediate want is apparently different than a savings strategy for retirement. One may choose to select stocks, bonds, or mutual funds for a savings strategy, however, my personal choice is to invest in bonds first, then mutual funds.

First thing I would change would be to find more information. Throughout the game I made quick decisions without really doing any reseraching. If I saw that the company was down I often quickly invested, which in some cases really helped, but in more cases it really hurt me financially. The second thing that I would do differently would be to not invest most of my money in one company. The very first day of the stock game I invested $93,000 dollars into one company. Although I ended up making money on that investment, there were many times that I lost money from my “all in” method.

Playing the stock market game taught me how to invest through trading with stocks among companies. I believe that it would give me insight in the future when I’m dealing with real-life investments giving me the knowledge of buying, selling, shorting, and covering. Using actual money rather than theoretical money seems quite scary when it’s lost whenever it’s unpredictable where the money will end up. In my opinion, I think that the main purpose of the game is to demonstrate the reality of stocks and how they function. Even though the game was fake, it gave me real worries about the chances that I could have made either losing it or winning it. Although I did not win, it did give the experiences that I need for my daily life. I should instead go with my instincts

Monday, September 10, 2012, I started Stock-Trak, an online portfolio game. Stock- Trak allowed me to gain hands on experience testing different investment strategies in a risk-free, yet realistic environment. From September 10 to November 16, 2012, I took part in one such simulation by managing an online Stock-Trak portfolio. I was given an initial amount of $100,000 pretend cash with which to invest. All monetary decisions were at my discretion. This paper discusses my trading experience , my portfolio’s performance, the strategies used during the simulation, what I learned in the process, and how I will implement the knowledge gained from the simulation in future investments.

I had saved money from working in high school and I figured I could make my long-term goal happen. By my junior year of college I had made enough money to put myself through graduate school. For me, learning to invest properly posed a great challenge, but has rewarded me greatly. Some tradeoffs in my studies were made but it is my strongest belief that students who approach this challenge with a clear sense of purpose, realistic investment strategy, and a strong commitment to learn can use their college years to lay a strong foundation for their investing future.

For the month of December, I was given an assignment consisting of $100,000 and four stocks to invest in. My four stocks were The Ralph Lauren Corp., Visa Inc., Master card Inc. and The Chevron Corp. As stated I was given a month to record my data and I ended up with a total capital gain of $5,518.36 for the one month period for my investments. I have to thank you Mr. Acker, this project was not difficult, but it did confuse me. Receiving this assignment scared me in a way, because I didn’t know what I was getting into. The finance world is scary and tricky, one minute the market is doing good and other days it would be low. While calculating my capital gains or losses I thought I would lose a larger

The ultimate goal of the Stock Market Game is to make the most money. It is not easy or it would not exist. So many people have become millionaires from one simple investment that grew over time. Every decision has a consequence, rather it is marvelous or lousy. Here are some tips for helping you become successful in the game.

I believe that people should invest safely into the market by buying either mutual funds or going to someone that will make sure they can manage a positive grossing portfolio. My problem with the stock market is I like to gamble and this is gambling, I enjoy buying more quantity of stocks instead of diversifying more of my portfolio. During this entire project I picked out incredible stocks. If I just waited to sell the stocks I would have made over 20,000 dollars. However, no one can guess where the market would turn out. The thursday before the assignment was due I was in second place and that afternoon the tech stocks just crash and keep going into

Over the past semester in Economics I have invested in and monitored the stock market. I learned how investing in certain companies can be risky and proper research about the companies are detrimental before buying stocks. Three stocks that have influenced most of my financial earnings and losses include Twitter, Amazon, and Pepsi.

Our task for this project was to play a virtual stock market game on www.marketwatch.com. We had to read market related news and then buy and sell stocks of NASDAQ based on that news. I started playing from the 9th February till the game ended on 21st April. At the end of the game, my ranking was 11th out of 24 players and I had made a profit of $5401.48 at the end. I had actively taken part in this game, playing most days of the week when possible. I have learnt that stock prices do follow a random walk like we learnt from this course and that any new information that affects the stock prices has immediate

Further, our strategy involved paying attention to current events and attempting to use them to generate a return. For example, Horizon Pharmaceuticals’ stock price took a nosedive after an October 19th New York Times article suggested that Horizon was attempting to thwart Express Scripts’ attempts to lower the price of prescription drugs. The decision was made to buy 100 shares of stock in Horizon when its price spiraled down to a measly $14.62 per share, as we expected Horizon would do something to stop the bleeding, and historically has been a pretty volatile stock. Horizon came back with a scorching rebuttal in an open letter later that day, spiking its stock price more than 30% on October 23rd, and by October 28th, this move landed us our greatest return of any stock that we purchased and held until the end of the period: 18% (see appendix).