Hootie Stock Market Game
At the beginning of the Stock Market
Game, Mrs. Huggins and Mrs. Lucas
split us into groups. I was in group 1.
Mrs. Lucas showed us how to keep
our information in spread sheets.
Then we started buying and selling.
We invested in the stocks of
Dupont(DD), Wall- mart(WMT),
Duke(DUK), and CSX
Out of the listed stocks
above, CSX did the
best and probably
helped guide us to the
3rd place finish in
region.
stocks bought
and sold
Group 1
Sub
Date
Total
Shares
Bough
t
T
ot
al
Broker Fee Buy or Sell 2% or
0.02
50.99
150
7648.5
152.97
7649.52
Ticker
Selling
0.000
3
C
os
t
CONFORMATION
NUMBER
WMt
2/1/2008
T
2/8/2008
CSX
47.82
200
9564
191.28
9565.91
M6A1659
2/8/2008
DUK
18.38
140
2573.2
51.464
2573.56
8
M6A1684
DD
46.22
150
6933
138.66
6979.22
18.43
140
-2580.2
51.604
2/20/2008
(DU
K
)
0.75
2527
A6A1295
Invest Write
During the Stock Market Game we had to
write an Invest Write paper, which is an
essay that explains how the news can
effect stocks. Researching this essay
really helped us understand the stock
buying process.
Investing Made Simple
By: Bailey Talbert
I am writing this essay to try to help explain how simple and difficult investing in today’s stock market can be. I have
chosen two companies for my essay; AT&T a well known phone company, and Morgan Stanley an investment banking and global
financial services corporation. Now investing in today’s market is very difficult because, it fluctuates so much from day to day. It
seems like every day you turn on the news there is bad news about the economy and stock market, but that doesn’t mean you still
shouldn’t invest in it. The stock market has been around for years and since the great depression there hasn’t been anything too
serious to keep the prices down. So I think it is a good idea to invest now and always.
There are several things that can influence the market the news has a big influence on it. I believe this is because the
way word spreads in the American public. If some people hear on the news or read in the newspaper the market is doing well they
will want to be a part of that, the same can be said if they hear the market is doing bad they will not buy shares or they will want to
sell off the shares they already have. So that is how the news may influence stock prices.
There are also several events internal and external that will influence the price of a stock either for better or worse.
Some examples of positive internal scenarios would be changes in management, a merger with another company, growth in sales,
and the launch of a new line of products. Some negative internal scenarios are a scandal involving management, sales loss, a
scandal involving shareholders, and failure of new products. These internal scenarios play a huge part in the price of stocks for the
company, but in some instances external scenarios can be just as bad or worse than internal scenarios, or just as good, or better
than internal if it is a positive scenario.
Some positive external scenarios that can happen are lower interest rates, less inflation, the folding of another
company, and positive news stories about the company. There are also several negative scenarios that can happen which would
greatly hurt the price of your stocks. The economy could worsen by way of interest rates or inflation; there could be a rise in
competition level among competitors, the country could enter into a bad diplomatic event, the company could be facing a lawsuit, or
the government could place new restrictions on your company or pass new laws that would hurt the company. So these external
events could hurt the company or help it that is why you always need to pay attention to the news if you have money invested in
stocks.
In my two companies AT&T and Morgan Stanley an external event that could influence the stock prices of the both
companies would be higher interest rates. If the interest rates in the nation are higher less people will borrow money from the bank
to invest in the stock market. On the other hand if interest rates are low people would be eager to invest in the market because they
would not have to pay back as much so it would not be such a tough decision to borrow money from a bank to invest in the market.
For my research I used the newspaper (Florence Morning New) and the internet (CNN.com). These are very helpful
tools in deciding which stocks to pick, because information is available every day. I used the stock section of the newspaper and a
news website to decide which stocks to pick. I picked my stocks because they traded at a very high price, and had minimal losses.
In closing I found that the stock market world is very complicated. I used proper research in picking my stocks and
writing this essay. With the right amount of research and basic knowledge I believe you will soon be able to invest to. Just
remember you have to know when to buy, when to sell, and when to hold
rd in the region.
My group
placed
3
My group placed 3rd place
Taylor
Region.
Kerri
Sheldon
Austin
in
Me
What I learned by playing the Stock
Market Game:
• I learned how external events can effect stocks.
• I learned how to use a spread sheet to organize
things.
• I learned how to research stocks.
• I learned how hard it is to be successful in the
stock market world.
• I also learned that having a laptop really helped
make the process of the game much easier.