Online Stock Market Games

Lowes is currently the second largest retailer by sales in the home improvement retail industry. It is also the 8th largest retailer in the United States and the 19th largest retailer in the world. The market cap for Lowes is currently $56.2 billion. Lowes’ stock price is currently (Dec 2) $63.83, just 31 cents off of its all time high from Nov 25. The company’s stock price has been volatile in nature since the turn of the decade in 2000. While it has been volatile, the general trend has been increasing steadily. Lowes’ stock did experience the drop in prices seen market wide during the recession in 2008 and 2009. Going from a high of $34.93 in February 2007, all the way down to $13.39 in March of 2009 (- 62%). Since September 2011 the stock price has shot up and experienced a 200% increase.

Before my introduction to the world of finance, I had relatively little understanding of how the market works and how it affects the global economy. So for my financial algebra class, I had to complete a financial portfolio and follow a stock of my choice and report on it. I learned how to interpret stock tickers and 5 day SMA’s in order to aid in my reports and be able to provide a thorough analysis of what was going with the stock I was following, Samsung Electronics. From that point forth I could adequately predict how certain events could be favorable or detrimental to a stock and be able to communicate that analysis in a report. Furthermore, I then had to summarize what had happened during that week and give a type of forecast as for whether or not it would be best to sell or invest in the stock I was tracking. By the end of the project, I gained a more comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of the world of finance and the role it plays worldwide. Thus making me a more versatile and globally prepared citizen, adequately prepared to tackle the world's problems from a new angle: the world of

The first step when partaking in any type of a game is to decide what one’s strategy will be. The strategy that I had to determine was what my investment philosophy was going to be. In this game, my willingness to take risk was greater than it would have been if we would have been using real currency. My risk tolerance would fall between moderate and aggressive.

Profitability and liquidity ratios are impressive and continue to reflect the company’s ability to succeed and compete with archrival and industry powerhouse Home Depot. The stock market ratios have fluctuated throughout the period analyzed, largely due in part to world events beyond management’s scope of control and the American public’s uncertainty in the market as a whole. All in all Lowe’s is forecasted to continue its growth and upward trend in all indicative areas and remain a power in the retail hardware, special orders and home improvement market, trespassing on territory once clearly dominated by Home Depot, the worlds largest hardware retailer. Lowe’s is a favorite amongst institutional investors as their holdings make up 80.80% of common stock issued.

Secondly, High School should be a place for students to learn and explore the real world before entering it. Today’s world whirls around finance; turbulence in the economy directly influence our lives. Unfortunately, most teenagers today lack the basic financial knowledge. A recent survey shows that around 50% of teens do not know how credit scores work. Target Alpha would be excellent in offering student the opportunity to explore the financial world in the form of stock market competitions. The competition

Lowes is currently the second largest retailer by sales in the home improvement retail industry. It is also the 8th largest retailer in the United States and the 19th largest retailer in the world. The market cap for Lowes is currently $56.2 billion. Lowes’ stock price is currently (Dec 2) $63.83, just 31 cents off of its all time high from Nov 25. The company’s stock price has been volatile in nature since the turn of the decade in 2000. While it has been volatile, the general trend has been increasing steadily. Lowes’ stock did experience the drop in prices seen market wide during the recession in 2008 and 2009. Going from a high of $34.93 in February 2007, all the way down to $13.39 in March of 2009 (- 62%). Since September 2011 the stock price has shot up and experienced a 200% increase.

In the beginning of the simulation, I decided to choose my stocks wisely instead of impulse buying the stocks of companies I liked. I chose my stocks wisely by looking at how the stock has been doing over time. The stocks I chose were two shares of AbbVie for 131.82, 4 shares of Panera bread for 993.04, one share of Walgreens for 82.88 and 10 shares of Con.Ed for 784.30

Our biggest gainer was Telsa Income Statement with 19,362.75 dollars. On the other hand, our biggest loser was Berkshire Hathaway with 40,552.00 dollars. After doing the stock simulation game, some lessons we learned were the importance of diversification, how to think in short and long terms, and how many shares to buy in a company. It was necessary to buy multiple stocks, because if someone bought one company and it failed then they just lost all their money.

The purpose of participating in the stock market game is to explore the fundamentals of the stock market. It does this by providing a tangible, real-time simulation of the stock market, and how current events affect the DOW. The stock market game also teaches students to make smart decisions and most importantly to be patient.

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

While playing the stock market game I had to learn new skills and strategies in order to turn a profit after making a few mistakes. For example, when in the beginning stages of the game I assumed that you could only buy 200 shares of a stock as the maximum; this was due to the slid-er stopping at 200 when pulled all the way from one side to the other. This lack of knowledge on how to use the program cost me a lot of potential profit that I missed out on, as a result, I watched several YouTube videos and read over some the FAQs and forums that they had on the website. When playing the game for the majority of the time I never really researched stocks that were growing, expected to grow, or bought any, shares majority while they were cheap; for the most part I would just buy brands or company names that appeared in front of me a lot on a day to day basis (for example: Apple, Coca Cola, Dell, Microsoft, Toyota, etc.). Though this worked out sometimes with a few companies like Apple and Microsoft I lost a lot of money and profit with this lottery system like the tactic of picking out companies instead of thoroughly researching before I purchased them (probably due to the fact I wasn’t really

Coming into the is assignment I knew a few things about the stock market such as when it opens and closes,to always buy low and sell high. I knew there was trading fees but this game did not include it into the trades. I had a few stocks in mind that

The Stock Market is a vast and confusing setting. It has influence on many aspects of the economy like pensions, bond markets, and even retirement accounts. However, many aren 't educated about how the Stock market works, how it affects the economy, the difference between stocks versus bond and mutual funds, nor the amount of illegal activities taking part within the stock market.

As of August 2015, Texas Instruments, Inc had a potentially good value play as its share prices traded at $46. The value looks overpriced. However, TXN shares have a possible intrinsic value in the range of 43 to 58 dollars.

Gaming activities are significantly becoming integrated into the human’s life. According to the recent study done by Entertainment Software Association in 2015, they found out that 155 million of Americans play video games. More interestingly, four out of five US households now own a device used to play video games. That device could be computer, gaming platform and also mobile devices. This information is relevant to have if we have the intention to invest in stocks in gaming industries. One of the big company in the gaming industry is GameStop Corporation. GameStop is a company that consisted many retail brands that are the leading brand