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Stock Market Project

Stock Market Project. Nathan Miller Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board. What is the Stock Market?. Public market for trading of company stock A stock is the share of ownership of a company. Why is the Stock Market Important. $480 Trillion Value World Wide

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Stock Market Project

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  1. Stock Market Project Nathan Miller Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board

  2. What is the Stock Market? • Public market for trading of company stock • A stock is the share of ownership of a company

  3. Why is the Stock Market Important • $480 Trillion Value World Wide • Every economy depends on the stock market • It affects everyone

  4. Our Stock Market • New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) • Wall Street, NYC • Over 2,700 Companies Traded • Estimated $25 Trillion Worth

  5. What Companies Can You Buy? • Publicly Traded Companies Only • Generally large corporations such as Coca Cola • Small private companies are not traded

  6. Important Indexes • What is an index? • A stock market index is a method of measuring a stock market as a whole • DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) • 13,000 • S & P 500 • 1,500

  7. Why Should I Buy Stocks? • Putting money away in the bank is a safe option • Stocks are risky but can be very rewarding • $10,000 invested in Dell in 1989 • 8.9 Million by 1999

  8. How Does It Work? • Every stock has a symbol • Google (GOOG) • 1 Share of the company will be price x • You can buy as many shares as you want • Ex: $15.00 per share. Buy 100 shares. You invested $1,500 in the company

  9. Research Helps • How do you know what stocks will do well? • Research how the company is doing • Use the internet to find out what you need

  10. Stock Market Game Sample COKE $42.17 x 500 shares AAPL $176.12 x 300 shares YHOO $22.06 x 250 shares ANF $67.31 x 100 shares TIF $ 44.84 x 400 shares NFLX $ 31.23 x 75 shares COH $ 31.05 x 600 shares = x Total

  11. STEM • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math • It plays a role everyday in your life • STEM is vital to investing in the stock market

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