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Start Here with
The Stock Market Game™
and
Invest It Forward™
Presented By:
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FINRA Reviewed, June 17, 2014
The Stock Market Game™
The SIFMA Foundation's acclaimed financial
education programs help children become
financially literate and provide a foundation
for youth to be vital contributors to our
society and economy.
Since 1977, the SIFMA Foundation has
enabled nearly 18 million students and their
teachers to learn about the importance of
investing, saving and long-term planning, as
well as the role of the global capital markets
in their lives.
Some 600,000 students and 15,000 teachers
benefit every school year from the academic
and life skills impacts of The Stock Market
Game program.
www.stockmarketgame.org
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Volunteer Introduction
 Introduce yourself (name and role / function)
 Quick review of your firm and market niche?
 Where did you go to school? What did you study?
 Briefly describe your career’s progression
 What do you do now?
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What would you do with $100?
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Savers? What are you saving for?
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How Do You Invest?
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What is a Company?
Company
A company is a person or group that
makes something for other people to buy.
Stock
A stock represents a share of ownership in
a company.
A PUBLIC company issues stock that is then
bought and sold on an exchange like the NYSE
or Nasdaq.
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Do you know these guys?
Do you know what this is?
Mars Incorporated is a private company.
The Hershey Company is a public company.
Selecting Companies: What to consider?
• What do they sell?
• Do people want it or need it?
• Who are their competitors?
What is a Ticker Symbol?
A unique combination of up to five letters used to identify a publicly
traded company. In some cases a company’s ticker symbol may look like
an abbreviation of the company’s name and in others it may bear no
resemblance at all.
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The Stock Market Game™
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Students engaged in personal
finance are?
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Quick Review. Questions?
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