Stock Market Simulation

Phase I: You will select 10-15 stocks. You will enter the price data into Excel.

Phase 2: You will track the prices for several weeks.

Phase 3: You will make an imaginary $50,000 investment based on the data you've collected.

Phase 4: You will track your investment.

Phase 5: We'll determine who "won" in our class.

There are two main stock markets where you can "buy" stocks.

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Use this link to find some companies to watch for the NYSE.
Use this link to look up stock prices for the NYSE.

Nasdaq.

Use this link to find some companies to watch for the Nasdaq.
Use this link to look up prices on the Nasdaq. There's a spot on the first page that will allow you to enter up to 10 symbols to look up.

Remember: The rule in the stock market is BUY LOW, SELL HIGH!

You may wish to set up your spreadsheet something like this:

Here's a few NYSE stocks you probably recognize.

Footlocker
Ford motor
Gap
General Motors
Goodyear
Harley Davidson
Hewlett Packard
McDonalds
Motorola

Here's a few Nasdaq stocks you might recognize:

Intel
Microsoft

Here's a some code you can use for buy-sell.