The Stock Market Game

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The Stock Market Game

• Whitney M. Young Magnet High School

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The Team

• Keya Black
• Danny Chin
• Jon Jeung
• Stephanie Travis

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Starting Strategy

• Buy what you know
• Select solid well-known companies
• Balance portfolio across sectors
• Our choices
• Canetic Resources Trust
• Microsoft
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Intel Corporation

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Market Realities

• Wall Street struggles in Q3 and Q4
• Subprime mortgage crisis
• Net gains below 10

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Searching for the Next Google

• Google skyrockets
• Research into other search engines
• Research into investing in China

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New Strategy

• Interest in Petrochina Co. (PTR)
• Emphasis on stocks of China-based companies
• New stocks include
• Petrochina Co
• Baidu
• China Eastern Airlines
• China Petro and Chemical
• Sun Tech Power Holdings

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Best Stocks
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Lessons Learned

• Research
• Reading periodicals and websites
• Look for alternatives
• Analyze strategies for effectiveness

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In Appreciation
Thank you to the following for their support and
sponsorship

• HSBC-North America
• Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC
• Chicago Tribune News in Education
• Chicago Board Options Exchange
• UIC Center for Economic Education
• Illinois Council on Economic Education