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The Ohio Stock Market Game
2008-2009 Play Dates:
Fall Game: October 6 – December 12, 2008
Winter/Spring Game: February 9 – April 17, 2009
(DATES UPDATED)
The
Ohio Stock Market Game is an online educational program that
serves as an excellent introduction to the financial markets.
This online simulation teaches students at intermediate, middle,
and high school level about investments, research, and risk by
using a “real time” stock and mutual fund trading system.
So
many Americans go through life never learning the facts about
the stock market. This educational tool will get students
involved in learning about the stock market, and, at the same
time, teach them the basic essentials for becoming more aware
citizens in the decades ahead.
Economic understanding is for everyone -- let's pass it on.
Play the Ohio
Stock Market Simulation!!
What
Is It?
The Ohio Stock Market Game is designed to involve students in
the world of finance and investing. Teachers
and students begin with a simulated $100,000 portfolio which
they manage over the course of a 10-week competition. The Ohio
SMG is being used in hundreds of classrooms as an excellent
learning tool for students in grades 4-12.
Curriculum Integration.
The Ohio SMG
helps teach and reinforce state and national curriculum
standards in math, social studies, economics, technology and
business. Each teacher structures
the game to fit their classroom needs. Students learn about the
role of today’s market in our economy, and are placed in
decision-making roles that require research, judgment, analysis,
mathematical ability and collaborative work. All materials
needed to play are available online or you can call Kimberly
Moon at the Economics Center for Education & Research at
513-556-8545 for personal instruction.
Playing the Simulation.
Classes are typically divided into teams of 4-5 students. Each
team receives $100,000 funds to “trade” common stocks on the New
York, American and NASDAQ exchanges. Each team is allowed a
limited number of transactions, over a 10-week period, and can
choose to buy or sell shares based on both quantitative and
qualitative evaluations of companies and corresponding stocks
from a variety of sources. Stock trades made during market
hours (9:30 am to 4:00 pm) will receive 20-minute delayed
prices. Trades made after the markets close will receive the
next business day’s opening price. Daily portfolio results are
available online. Rankings include all teams in the Dayton
Region, separated by divisions of high school and grades 4 to 8.
Rewards.
The top three winning teams (those with the highest portfolio
value at game’s end) of each division will be invited to a
celebratory luncheon to be held on the Wright State University
campus within a few weeks of simulation end. Each team will be
introduced. The team captain should be prepared to present a
brief overview of their team’s winning strategy, at which time
each team member will receive an award certificate. In
addition, the top three winning teams in each division will
receive a monetary award according to their ranking. First place
winners receive $100, with $75 for second place and $50 for the
third place winners.
Pricing and Registration.
The cost to play is $20 per team of 4-5 students.
Register online at
www.stockmarketgame.org,
click on Registration button. Choose Kimberly Moon, Ohio Stock
Market Game Coordinator from the dropdown menu. You may also
contact Kimberly Moon directly at
kimberly.moon@uc.edu or call 513-556-8545 for more
information.
Center for Economic Education
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio 45435
(937) 775-2322
FAX (937) 775-2441
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