1. Stock Market Project

2. What is a stock? Stock is ownership in a company.

3. What makes a stock go up and down? Supply and Demand.

4. Stock Symbol, or ticker symbol Each company that sells stock is listed on the stock market. They are given a symbol, like an abreviation. Google’s symbol is GOOG

5. Stock Market project Each team gets $100,000 to invest You will be put into teams The team that makes the most money in 10 weeks wins.

6. Portfolio All of the money and investments added together. Google10 shares$500.00 per share$5000 McDonalds 100 shares$ 20.00 per share $2000 Cash $3000 The team with the highest portfolio wins.

7. PowerPoint Assignment Pick three companies that sell stock You can pick more, but three must be included in the assignment You must include the share price (price per share) You must include the 52 week range (high and low for the year) You must include company logo, where it is headquartered, and what competitors there are. You must identify at least one competitor.

8. Sample of Resources Yahoo Finance Morningstar.com (Stock Research at the bottom right hand side) Marketwatch.com www.stockpickr.com www.thestreet.com http://ohiosmc.stocktrak.com/ (contest site) http://ohiosmc.stocktrak.com/ Google company name for corporate information

9. Financial Fridays You will be assigned each Friday to turn in at least one article about one of the companies you own stock in. You will be assigned also to turn in your portfolio balance and current ranking in the contest each week

10. Annual Report Must include the following: Total ending portfolio balance Ranking What stock did best for you? What sector is it from? What stock did the worst? What sector? Each member of the team will be required to write a reflective essay about what they learned about the stock market including whether you would consider purchasing stocks in the future. Total points 20 points.

11. Google is America’s number one search engine. 90-100 million people Google each day.

12. Google is profitable Google made $4.9 Billion Dollars in the 4 th Quarter (three month period) of 2009.

13. Company Headquarters: The Googleplex The Googleplex is located in Mountain View, California.

14. Google stock information Google is part of the technology sector. Current share price is 52wk Range: Google is the largest search engine in the world They make billions of dollars in advertising and continue to find new ways to make money. I believe. Major competitor is Yahoo. Google’s share price will go up in the next ten weeks and well into the future.

15. Google 1 year stock price chart