space.template.Stock+Market+Game+Project

=//Replace this Text with your stock team nickname.//= =Replace this text with your stock number game account (ZZ number)=

Replace this text with your group member(s) names: first name and last initial only!
=__Initial Research:__=


 * (Paste Investor Profile Here)

Initial Philosophy:** //Replace this text with 4-5 complete sentences about why you chose this profile over the others. Why do you think that this will be a good profile to invest with?//

//Either fill in this chart, or make your own system for organizing this information on your wiki page.//
 * Initial Research:**


 * **Company Name** || **Stock Symbol (make it a hyperlink to research page)** || **Price per share when researched.** || **Briefly, why are you attracted to this stock?** || **Roughly, How many thousands of dollars to Invest? (Enter number)** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.
 * When researching your stocks, look at the following: 5-year performance, stock performance against comparable companies, Dividend Information.
 * Identify which stocks you'd like to invest in. (You don't have to use all the stocks you researched!) For each stock, please give a 2-3 sentence justification, based on some sort of performance evidence, your own thoughts, or other information that could make this a good company.

=__Once Stocks Are Purchased:__=

//1. Replace this text with your embedded spreadsheet// to track investments, costs, loss, etc.
//2. Be sure to **physically print out** the confirmation page showing what stocks you purchased!

3. For each of the companies that you choose to invest in, please give me the following://
 * 1) Name of Company
 * 2) Stock Symbol
 * 3) Exchange where Stock Trades
 * 4) Brief summary of what the company does
 * 5) Location of Corporate Headquarters
 * 6) Add hyperlinks as appropriate to a news article that has some impact/implication on your company's stock performance.

4. Revisit your investment strategy and portfolio - once early-March, and once early April. Report the following:
 * 1) How are the stocks doing?
 * 2) Any particular good or bad ones?
 * 3) How are bigger economic / current events issues impacting your stock?
 * 4) (Feel free to buy or sell stocks as needed!)

=__**End of Project:**__=
 * 1) Complete your spreadsheet. Calculate the "Final Overall Gain/Loss"
 * 2) Make a pie chart of your holdings, based on $ invested in each stock.
 * 3) Re-evaluate your initial investment philosophy. Now that the game is completed, how did it work for you? What would you have tried to do differently? How did stocks that you initially research, but did not purchase, fare? (Solid 1-paragraph assessing your strategy, 1 paragraph describing what you would try differently.)
 * 4) Please print/link and thoroughly discuss current events article for two of your companies.
 * 5) Project Reflection: What did you learn? What did you have troubles with? Anything that I can do as a teacher to make this project more helpful for you? (1 paragraph)