<p>I'm taking Economics and Investing and we are going to be playing the stock market game. It sounds like alot of fun, we get to invest a fake $100,000 and see who earns the most by the end of the game. Anyone else do this with their class? I'm really excited about it because I've always wanted to learn more about stocks and such :)</p>
<p>Michele</p>
<p>Heh, I did this in 6th grade for Focus. It was alot of fun, although my group invested in high risk high reward stocks and most of them did poorly.</p>
<p>Yea, thats the trick of the stock market, you never know. My teacher said last semester one group almost invested in Google and it grew hugely and they would've won the game if they did. You never know what will happen w/ the market.</p>
<p>I did a game like this back in 6th grade as well. Thing is, we played this game just as all of the tech stocks collapsed and as a result I lost about 20-25% of what I had invested in the span of a couple months.</p>
<p>today was barely my 3rd day in my economics class, but that sounds like a lot of fun!</p>
<p>invest in strong comapnies that are the leaders in their class. e.g:microsoft, google et cetera, these companies do not really "compete" with others becuase they are at the top of the game, hell google just made profits of 7 fold, thats incredible, i would also invest in hoem depot and pry Pepsi over coke..good luck</p>
<p>we did that in my 8th grade IMPACT class...our group came in 10th place in the nation...</p>
<p>Personally though, all the stock market is, in my opinion, is a glorified "rich man" version of gambling, although somewhat concealed to seem to be more than just gambling.</p>
<p>camp, you're exactly right.</p>
<p>It's my 3rd of economics too! Thanks for the stock advice justperfect! Our teacher is going to help us research them and stuff too so that should be good :).</p>
<p>Ok, do not invest in Google. The P/E ratio is way too high, and it will collapse before too long. Analysts think that the price will level off around the $90 range which is around a hundred dollars lower than it is right now.</p>
<p>stock market is not gambling if you study. just like most things in life, your success is directly proportional to the effort you put in. you can't say "oh this stock is good to buy because they have a monopoly;" you need to look at hundreds of factors like return on equity, price to earnings ratio, and know how to read financial statements. technical analysis, momentum, news, PR, everything. chances are, if you invest merely on common knowledge you'll end up in the red (negative).</p>