Studying Stocks
Springdale students get into investment game
Posted: February 4, 2013 at 5 a.m.
Caroline Hornor plans to be a forensic anthropologist someday, but on the side, she intends to play the stock market.
At A Glance
Stock Market Game Rules
-Each team starts with $100,000 in “play money.”
-Teams must buy stocks in 100-share lots.
-Teams may invest no more than 30 percent of their total equity in any one stock.
-Teams may not buy or short sell stocks valued at less than $5 per share.
-Teams may buy on the margin, and the interest rate is 7 percent. Portfolio balances receive 0.75 percent interest.
-There is a 1 percent brokerage fee on all transactions.
Source: Economics Arkansas
At A Glance
Local Teams
Benton and Washington counties were represented by a combined 260 teams in last semester’s Stock Market Game. Here are the participating districts and the number of teams from each:
Bentonville: 1
Fayetteville: 18
Prairie Grove: 28
Rogers: 28
Shiloh Christian: 8
Springdale: 177
Source: Staff Report
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