The Stock Game: The Aspects Of The Stock Market Game

Stock Market Game

The stock market is a multi-billion dollar industry, offering opportunities to all types of people. No matter how much time you spend around the stock market there is always more to learn, a great way to learn about these things is through a game called the Stock Market Game. The Stock Market Game is a simulation where a player gets 100,000 dollars to spend in a real time, true to life stock market situations. The stocks rise and decrease with their real life counterparts, meaning the player must learn real stock techniques, and learn how to read and predict stock changes. The player can invest in stocks, bonds, and other funds, the goal of this is to create revenue for yourself. The amount of money you make from your stocks is compared to people playing the game all around the country, whoever makes the most money, wins the game. When I was in the second grade our teacher signed us all up for the game, giving us a login, and telling us to go to a website and start researching stocks. My first year playing the game I placed 3rd to last in my region, and even further back in the national

Things like bonds and mutual funds are wasted in the game because they do not bring enough revenue in the short period of time. That’s why I don’t think my knowledge of the Stock Market was the biggest thing I learned from this experience, I think social skills and the ability to speak in front of a large crowd was the biggest things I pulled from this experience. I had to prepare speeches, presentations, and learn how to properly present myself in front of groups of people that triple my age. I think having to do this at such a young age was crucial in building my confidence and ability to think critically and present my ideas in a way that was understandable and beneficial to the