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Date of Revision: March 15, 2001
| Web
Based Learning @ Sargent Park - |
| Grade
8 Math - Mr. Backé |
| Stock Market Investing Project |
Part 1 - Choose your stocks for investing from the
feature in the Winnipeg Free Press.
 | Study the 2001 "Stock Market Challenge".
There are 8 investment categories. |
| Use the stock symbol to study the information about
the stock |
| Select a minimum of 8 stocks to 'buy', one from each
of the 8 investment categories. |
| You may 'buy' more than one stock from each
investment category. |
Part 2 - Stock Investment - general instructions
- Make an imaginary investment in six stocks, totaling
$100,000.
- Select one stock from each of the 8 investment grouping.
This means that you make a minimum of eight stock
investments.
- Then, think about how much money you want to invest in
each stock.
- The maximum investment in any one stock is $30,000.
- The minimum investment in any one stock is $1,000.
- All stock investments must be made in $1,000 increments.
- Your stock investments must total
$100,000 exactly.
Part 3 - 'Online' to invest and follow stock market
performance
| Remember that you will make imaginary investments, you
do not make real investments on any web site. |
| Enter your stock symbol accurately |
| Find your initial stock purchase price and shares your
money acquired for each stock. |
| Track and record the daily performance and value of the
stocks. |
Use the following websites to get online with the
stock symbols.
TSE - The Toronto Stock
Exchange
Canoe
Money - MoneyStocks homepage
The Globe Investor
Imoney, Canada's
Personal Finance Web Page
Part 4 - Web Based Learning page groupings
Quotes
TSE
Quotes
Canoe
Money - Get a Quote
Globeinvestor.com
- Quote Stock Today
Imoney
stock quote page
Quicken
NEW
Quicken
- multiple stock look up
Toronto
Star Stock Quote
Portfolios
TSE
Personal Portfolio
Canoe
Money - Create Your Portfolio
Globeinvestor
- Update your stock list
Imoney
- join imoney to get your portfolio emailed to you
Quicken
- My Portfolio
The Major Indexes
Canoe
Money - The Major Indexes
Globeinvestor
- indexes
Quicken's Index
Centre has information on what an index is and on
many stock exchanges indexes.
Charting
Globeinvestor
- Charts
Quicken
- chart a stock the best in charts
HEY - think you know it all and want to
be a millionaire,
then try these web sites to test your knowledge
and invest like Millionaire.
| Investment.com/Canada
- Why do I need to invest? Get a basic
understanding of why you need to invest in the Stock
Market in Canada. |
| Quicken's - Ten
steps to better investing by Maija Saari,
check out 'Da Steps', especially
1- defining my investment goals,
4 - intro to picking stocks,
5 - using the net to research,
8 - picking a stock,
9 - how to use charts,
10 - the role of earnings. |
| Check out the resources on The Money
Show's Personal finance page and its awesome drop
down links. |
| Look at the TSE
site map to get a grip on the stock scene in Canada.
Try the trivia game and consider your future at the TSE
in the career centre. |
| Quicken has a Canadian
Business Performance 2000 for detailed corporate
information. |
| Quicken has a Glossary
for all the investment and financial words you will use. |
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