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- A 10 -15 week Internet educational simulation that encourages student to
learn about stock markets, personal finance and the American economic
system.
- Adaptable for students from grades 4-12
- Over 500,000 students participate nationally
- Nearly 10,000 students participate statewide each year
- Offered by the Kentucky Council on Economic Education and nationally by
Foundation for Investor Education
- Statewide funding sponsor is
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- Social Studies
- History of our Economy
- Current Events
- Economic Concepts
- Government Policy
- Use Take Stock in Kentucky with your Kentucky Unit of Study!
- Reading/Writing
- Research
- Vocabulary
- Oral Presentations
- Newspaper Reading
- Writing Skills
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- Mathematics
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Percentages
- Ratios
- Basic Computation
- Graphs/Charts
- Business Education
- Consumer Spending
- Decision Making
- Record Keeping
- Financial Planning
- Marketing
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- Personal Finance
- Budgets
- Decision Making
- Saving
- Investing
- Technology
- Spreadsheets
- On-line Research
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Word Processing
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- 3 to 5 students per team
Fee is $10/team
- Register your class online
- Each portfolio starts with $100,000 cash
- Teams buy and/or sell stock/mutual funds
- Real-life online portfolio for each team
- Portfolios and rankings updated daily
- Students compete for great prizes!
- You decide how much time to devote to activity!
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- Begin with $100,000 cash
- May borrow up to $100,000 at 7%
- Earn 5% interest on cash balance unspent
- Trade stocks and mutual funds on NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ
- Must buy a minimum of 100 shares
- Minimum stock price of $5.00
- Pay 2% broker’s fee
- Receive stock price at close of market
- Diversification – 5 stock minimum and 30% maximum equity rules
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- Awards and school trophies are granted to the top ranked teams
1st -
$300, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $100 4th - $75 5th - $50
- Regional awards are given to first place teams
$50 for
team or pizza party for class
t-shirts to winning team members
- National InvestWrite essay competition
top 10 in each division win prizes, including teacher!
- Laptop computers,
trip to NY or Disneyland, $1000 savings bond
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- To register for the Stock Market Game or Take Stock in Kentucky, go to
the website at www.stockmarketgame.org click on one of the registration
button and follow the directions.
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- FALL 2006
- Stock Market Game Sept 5—Dec 15 (15 weeks)
- Take Stock in Kentucky Oct 2—Dec 8 (10 weeks)
- Registration closes October 13
- SPRING 2007
- Stock Market Game Jan 16—Apr 27 (15 weeks)
- Take Stock in Kentucky Feb 12—Apr 20 (10 weeks)
- Registration closes February 16
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- Teach about Kentucky
- Create awareness of opportunities in state
- Establish partnerships with local businesses
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