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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER NOVEMBER 8, 2000 e Po ee | All asatch High Students Make Big Bucks on Stock Market ir Stock Market Game teaches Sound Investing team - usiness students at Wasatch High made over team fe a ea to invest in technolo- good teaching tool for developing real- gy stocks. The high-rolling team has a __ life investment management skills, and penchant for high risk-they have also. the kids have a lot of fun doing it.” ‘invested an addi- Carlisle is so adept at teaching the at mid-point i in School are in their fifth week of tional $100,000 investing in the stock market. game class that she recently conducted on margin in _ an in-service training for other regional hopes of doubusiness teachers. bling .-- their. —_ Statewide rankings are posted money. _ weekly by Carlisle so that students can nomics class are participating in a 10- week simulated investing game in which each team is given $100,000 to Business. teacher elas invest. as they wish (play Mabey: of course). The rules go like ‘ie teams may use the cash to invest in any stock on the NYSE, NASDAQ or the American Stock Exchange, and may purchase stocks on Carlisle, see how they rank on a week-to-week - basis. : who organizes . the © Stakes oe s -game, said that. students are not graded. on how are for winners. teams are invited The to attend a banquet featuring the Lt. Governor in Salt Lake City. Winning teams are recognized and have show- -muc:A money they» and-tell, with margin. They may not purchase mutual funds or bonds. On computers, teams. high top five = to: their investing make, but instead _ skills.| = on how well they The. top ranking cori: of Porter, research their Bowthorpe, Gertsch and Probst said monitor the value of their stocks on.a regular basis. At the end of 10 weeks, ePe Twenty-seven teams of four students each in Marge Carlisle’s business/eco- _ the team with the largest earned eanky wins the game. The game is a ‘national endeavor with more than 225 teams competing, with 27 teams.competing in Utah. Last y stapegides. winning million dollars. And, coincidentally, 3 i | CT EDITOR TITTITI EDUCATION re PAULETTE TILLMAN year, of the 27 Utah teams, one team - the competition this year, a Wasatch from Wasatch High School ranked sev-— ‘High School. team -enth. i652 again with $120,000 27 teams, 13 teams made members on that team money and 14 teams aesBut he lost money. porter, the big surprise is that lasts year’s Wardley [1 Holly | Gertsch and are Jason Bowthorpe, David Clinton Probst. This — stock portfolios. | "Carlisle said, as game is really a ae are having fun making so much money-they just wish it were real! THE CASH ADVANTAGE. _ (435) 654-1 199 @eRealEsiate| Denise Peck == (800) 574-1006 ALICIA STOCKMAN Relatively few buyers of real money the minute the desk closes. estate are prepared to pay cash. 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