Stock Market Investing

WEBQUEST

Mr. Kuhtlhau
Foran HS

Introduction

Your long lost rich uncle has just given you $100,000. What do you do now? Spend it? Save it? Invest It? You ask the smartest guy you know, Mr. K! He recommends that you consider investing in the stock market. "Money has the opportunity to grow by investing in companies that are publicly traded on the stock market." You look at Mr. K and you ask him to explain. He turns the problem over to you and tells you this would be a great learning experience and you should do research on stock market investing. So start with the task below:

By completing this unit you will:

1. Develop an understanding of the stock market
2. Learn how to read a stock table
3. Invest a mock $100,000 in at least 5 different stocks
4. Research stocks that you feel will raise your investment portfolio
5. Be able to buy and sell stocks keeping in mind the cost of broker fees
6. Reflect on your portfolio growth. Answer the following questions: Did I earn money? Did my money grow? What do you think were factors that effected your investment? How much did you spend on broker fees? Would your money grow more if you had more time?

Step by Step

1.See how much you know! Take a financial quiz. Print out your results and save these. You will take the quiz again at the end of the unit to see what you have learned.

 Financial Quiz
http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/8quiz.htm
 

2. I really like quizzes try another. Print out your results and save these. You will take both quizzes again to see if you can improve your score
 
Hard Hat Quiz
http://www.strongkids.com/tool/hardhat.htm

 

3. How did you do? Are you an investing GURU or a student of the bull and the bear? Well donÇt worry there is a lot of information on investing and it involves research, math, history, analyzing, etc.
 

 Next step!!!! Learn about investing. Go to

Young Investor
http://www.younginvestor.com/Manual_main.shtml
 
 

Read and Study the following information

 
1.Putting your Money to Work
2.Your Money and the Stock Market
3.Ways to Make Money
4.Time can Work to Your Advantage
5. Investing Decisions


Be ready to discuss what you have learned.

4.Complete Reading a Stock Table. The final test will ask you to name the parts of a stock table.

Homework: Go to the money section in a newspaper and look over the stock tables. NYSE New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Try to find the closing price for a stock that you are familiar with.

5. Do the research. Come up with five companies that you are interested in buying shares. When you buy shares you should consider, past performance, industry trends, price per share, price earnings ration, leadership of the company, products that they sell and many other aspects.

6. Invest $100,000 dollars in the stock market. Play the investsmart stock market game

 
Investsmart Game
http://library.thinkquest.org/10326/market_simulation/index.html

 

Tips to the game:

* Always go to investment group. You will create a personal password as well as a class password. You should always play the game in the investment group. Never make up a new investor, this will result in lost computer time and extra homework and a call home.

* Every time you buy or sell you pay a broker fee. This costs you money.

* Buy low, sell high!

7. Keeping track of your portfolio with manual calculations.

Take five of your stocks and calculate how much it will cost to buy a certain amount of a stock at a 2% broker fee. Use the following forms:

Buying Stocks Form
Selling Stocks Form

8. Take the two financial quizzes again. If you are still unsure of the terms and correct answers research the questions and learn about investing.
 

Financial Quiz
http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/8quiz.htm
 

Hard Hat
http://www.strongkids.com/tool/hardhat.htm
Print out your results and record your results with the teacher. Save the quizzes they make good study guides.


Other Places to Visit for Research on Investing

Stock Quotes
http://www.quote.com/quotecom/stocks/quotes.asp

Price Waterhouse
http://www.pwcglobal.com/

Datek
http://www.datek.com/advert/banner.html?sc=QUTE9979

Lycos investment game
http://maxinvest.lycos.com/index2.php3?

Stock Market Game
http://www.smgww.org/

Charles Schwab
http://www.schwab.com/

1. 60 % of your grade for this unit will be based on positive participation. Turn in all homework. Participate in class. Complete all class work. Explore and use the internet to gain knowledge of investing. (Stay away from other none math sites) Learn and explore each step of the webquest.
2. 25% of your grade will be from an investment test

• calculate buy and sell situations
• name the parts of a stock table
• understand the risks and rewards of stock market investing
• locate closing prices in the paper and on the internet
• understand what a bull, bear and a pig has to do with the stock market

Write an essay! Describe what you have learned in this math unit.

These questions may help you to develop your essay!

Include the following information in the essay.

• What stocks did you invest in and why did you choose these stocks?
• Did your investment pay off?
• What were some of the factors that effected your investment?
• How much did you spend on broker fees?
• Should you have held on to stocks that you sold?
• If you really had $100,000 what would you have done with it?
• What are other investment options besides the stock market?
• What types of math calculations do you need to know?
• Do you feel comfortable reading stock tables?
• How would you have improved this webquest?

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Credits

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