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1 Students participating in the Stock Market Game have fun learning valuable academic and THE STOCK MARKET The stock market is a term used to describe the many activities, companies and individuals involved in buying and selling stock. A stock is a certificate showing someone owns a small percentage of a corporation, called shares. The stock market is not just one market or one place, even though most people associate it with Wall Street in New York City. The United States actually has several stock exchanges in different parts of the country, in addition to the major exchanges in New York. Some of them involve face-to-face transactions while others are electronic. Whatever the location or the format, the stock market is like a big auction where stocks are sold to the highest bidder. Companies sell stock to get additional funds that will allow them to grow and expand. People buy stocks to earn money from their investment. Buying stocks is a risk; but in the long run, the benefits are greater than the costs. NEWSPAPER ACTIVITIES. Look through the Business section to find an article about a stock or the stock market. Write a brief summary of the article. Conclude your summary with what you have learned from reading the article. 2. Identify a company or product that you or your family uses. Search The Oklahoman or its archives to find an article about that company or product, its competitors, its successes and its challenges. Write a report summarizing what you have discovered about the company or the product you use. Explain why you would or would not want to invest in the company or product.. Suppose you have $,000 to invest. Look at the stock tables in The Oklahoman and select three different stocks. Compute how many shares of that stock you can buy with your money. (Note: Before investing, you would want to research the companies to be sure you are making the best choice with your money.) For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

2 Students participating in the Stock Market Game have fun learning valuable academic and CHOOSING TO INVEST People sometimes confuse the difference between saving and investing. Saving means setting money aside today so it can be used in the future. Investing, however, is using your money to earn more money. You do not have to be wealthy to start investing, but few people become wealthy without investing. Buying stocks is one of the most common investment tools. Corporations sell stock to raise money to expand their businesses or to start a new company. Today, more than 0 million Americans own stocks in various corporations. However, buying stocks does not guarantee you will be wealthy. You can be really disappointed if you expect to get rich overnight! Investing in stocks, like many other choices, involves risk because you are handing control of your money over to someone else. A savvy investor will learn how to analyze a company and make informed choices to improve their chances of earning a return on their investment. NEWSPAPER ACTIVITIES Find a comic strip in today s Oklahoman showing a choice that someone made. Use that comic strip to answer the following questions:. What choice did the person make? 2. What were the outcomes of the choice made?. What were some other possible choices this person could have made in this situation?. Locate an advertisement in The Oklahoman with a product that could help resolve the situation or problem.. Research the product to see what company produces it. Determine if that company is listed on the stock exchange. If so, find the price of its stock today. For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

3 $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. WHAT IS DAY TRADING? Day trading is the rapid buying and selling of stocks throughout the day, in hopes of earning quick profits. Day trading is extremely risky and can result in substantial financial losses in a very short period of time. The stock market is designed for longterm investing, not for day trading. Day trading is more like gambling, not investing. STATEWIDE: Putnam City West HS Warr Acres $0,0. Team A GRADES STOCK MARKET GAME TM CURRENT RANKINGS SE Region: Whittier MS Norman $00,0.0 TeamA20 NE Region: University School Tulsa $00,. TeamA SW Region: No rankings yet NW Region: No rarnkings yet GRADES 2 SE Region: No rankings yet NE Region: Carney HS Carney $00,0. TeamA2 SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $0,. TeamA NW Region: Putnam City West HS Warr Acres $0,0. YeamA For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

4 $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. I keep hearing about stock market volatility. What does that mean? Volatility in the stock market refers to the fluctuations of stock prices and reflects the level of risk involved when investing in the market. Volatility is an attempt to measure the unpredictability or potential changes of stock prices. It does not indicate whether overall values are increasing or decreasing, just that the market is subject to huge swings in prices. Generally, the level of volatility is related to economic factors within the overall economy, rather than the value of one particular stock or even one particular industry. Stock Market Game TM Current Rankings Statewide: Mustang HS Mustang $0,.0 TeamA Grades SE Region: Irving MS Norman $00,0. TeamA2 NE Region: University School Tulsa $02,. TeamA0 SW Region: Blanchard MS Blanchard $,. TeamA NW Region: Arthur Elementary School Oklahoma City $00,2. TeamA Grades 2 SE Region: No rankings yet NE Region: Christian Heritage Academy Del City $0,0.0 TeamA SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $0,.0 TeamA NW Region: Putnam City West HS Warr Acres $00,00. TeamA20 For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

5 For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. WHAT IS A TICKER? Every publically owned company is listed on one of the stock exchanges, such as NYSE or NASDAQ. Instead of using its full name, they use an abbreviated version or nickname to save space. Sometimes called a stock symbol, the ticker is unique to each company and may contain letters, numbers or a combination of the two. The term ticker actually originates from the sound made by the old ticker tape machines that were used to communicate stock prices across the United States. Today, you can search online for stock symbols and prices. Or, if you know the ticker, you can look up stock prices in The Oklahoman or other publications. STOCK MARKET GAME TM CURRENT RANKINGS STATEWIDE: University School Tulsa $0,2.2 TeamA GRADES SE Region: Whittier MS Norman $0,0. TeamA20 NE Region: University School Tulsa $0,2.2 TeamA SW Region: Tomlinson JHS Lawton $00,.0 TeamA0 NW Region: Western Heights MS Oklahoma City $00,2. TeamA GRADES 2 SE Region: No rankings yet NE Region: Christian Heritage Academy Del City $0,. TeamA0 SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $0,0.2 TeamA NW Region: Putnam City West HS Warr Acres $02,.2 TeamA2

6 $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. Why should I invest in stocks and bonds if there is so much risk? Every choice in life involves some form of risk. Over the past years, the average annual return on stocks is more than three times the inflation rate. Over time, stocks have proven to be the best investment for keeping your money growing faster than inflation. Making informed choices will help reduce your risk, but nothing can remove all the risk. Statewide: University School Tulsa $2,20.0 TeamA Grades Stock Market Game TM Current Rankings SE Region: Whittier MS Norman $0,.2 TeamA20 NE Region: University School Tulsa $2,20.0 TeamA SW Region: Tomlinson JHS Lawton $0,2. TeamA2 NW Region: Arthur Elementary School Oklahoma City $,. TeamA Grades 2 NE Region: Carney HS Carney $0,20.2 TeamA2 SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $,0. TeamA NW Region: Putnam City HS Warr Acres $2,0.0 TeamA22 For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

7 $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STOCKS AND BONDS? Stocks provide you with ownership in a company. Your stake in the company depends on how many shares you buy, and the value of your stock fluctuates with the overall performance of the company. Bonds, however, provide a set rate of return. Buying a bond is like lending your money to a company to use, and it guarantees you a specific interest rate in return. Bonds also have maturity dates, meaning they are for a specific amount of time. With stocks, you decide when to sell to get your earnings (or minimize your losses). STOCK MARKET GAME TM CURRENT RANKINGS STATEWIDE: University School Tulsa $2,. TeamA GRADES SE Region: Irving Middles School Norman $0,02.2 TeamA220 NE Region: University School Tulsa $2,. TeamA SW Region: Tomlinson JHS Lawton $0,.0 TeamA2 NW Region: Arthur Elementary Oklahoma City $2,.0 TeamA GRADES 2 NE Region: Carney HS Carney $0,0.2 TeamA2 SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $,.0 TeamA NW Region: Putnam City HS Warr Acres $0,. TeamA22 For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit

8 $00 to invest in Oklahoma stocks and receive matching dividends for three years. WHAT IS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL INDEX? The Dow is one of several stock market indexes which measure the ups and downs of the stock market. It was originally designed to gauge the performance of the industrial firms in the United States, but is now more representative of business in general. The Dow reports the daily average value of stocks in the 0 largest and most widely held public companies in the country. Today, the Dow is one of the most widely watched indices in the world to judge stock values. STOCK MARKET GAME TM CURRENT RANKINGS STATEWIDE: University School Tulsa $2,20. TeamA GRADES SE Region: Irving MS Norman $,. TeamA220 NE Region: University School Tulsa $2,20. TeamA SW Region: Tomlinson JHS Lawton $0,2. TeamA0 NW Region: Arthur ES Oklahoma City $20,. TeamA GRADES 2 NE Region: Muldrow HS Muldrow $,.2 TeamA SW Region: Mustang HS Mustang $,0.0 TeamA NW Region: Putnam City West HS Warr Acres $0,0.0 TeamA2 For more information, contact Laurie Burt at 0-- or visit