1. Stock Market Game Introduction to the Market

2. Stock Market Terms  Stock  Ticker  Dividend  Symbols  Public Company  Share  Portfolio  Brokerage Fee

3. Definitions of Stock Market Terms  Stock- Ownership of a Company. When you purchase stock, you become part owner in that company. As a shareholder you are entitled to earnings of the firm.

4. Stock Cont’d  Some profitable companies pay out some or all of these earnings to shareholders as Dividends.  Other companies may re-invest these earnings in order to grow the company. The assumption here is the shareholder will enjoy greater earnings in the future if the company grows.

5. Investors  Investors will pick shares in companies that are profitable or are expected to become profitable. What makes a company profitable? What are some popular items or services that are available now? If you wanted to own any of these which ones would own?

6. Interpreting the Market  Ticker- The Stock ticker shows the last sale price and volume of an equity trade. Stock Ticker is what you see rolling at the bottom of the screen on MSN or FOX Business News, etc.

7. Looking at Stock  Symbol- The letters used to identify listed companies.  Examples: Allstate Corp.: ALL, Amazon.com: AMZN

8. Looking at Stock (WFC) 27.97down -0.11 -0.39% Previous Close28.08 Open27.93 Day's High28.05 Day's Low27.61 Volume8.52 Mil 52 Week High31.53 Avg. Daily Vol. (13 wk.) 48.42 Mil 52 Week Low7.8

9. Stock profile terms….  52 Week High- Highest price in last 52 weeks.  52 Week Low- Lowest Price in last 52 weeks.  Open- Opening price of the stock during that day.  Previous Close- yesterdays closing price.  Days High- current high price of the day.  Days Low- Lowest price of the current day.

10. Choosing Stocks  Diversify your portfolio Cannot choose any more than 30% of portfolio to any particular stock or mutual fund. Diversification helps offset losses in down times, as well as, helps keep your yearly average rate of return more stable. Choose stocks from different industries. Example: Financials, Commodities, small cap., Large Cap., etc.

11. Buying and Selling Stock…  Be careful how often you buy and sell. Brokerage Fee’s can add up. A brokerage fee is a fee buyers and sellers pay in order to buy or sell stock. Remember when you buy or sell to add the 2% brokerage fee in to justify how much you made or invested in a particular stock.

12. Where you can research….  Yahoo finance www.yahoo.com/financewww.yahoo.com/finance  MSN Money www.MSNmoney.comwww.MSNmoney.com  The street www.thestreet.comwww.thestreet.com  TV Shows and channels that have stock updates and picks. Mad Money –MSNBC Daily Closing Bell Fox Business Network MSNBC CNN