It goes up and down and you could lose all your money in an instant. Why would you want to just buy an index fund? It’s so much fun to try to beat the market!” How would you respond? My respond would be No because there are a lot of risk you make in the stock market. I made $100,000 more with my strategy of actively trading those individual stocks. Your friend brags, “It was easy to try to beat the computer in the STAX game. The computer focused on one thing that it knew would make them a lot of money in the long run. What strategy did the computer follow? Why do you think that strategy was so successful in beating so many of the students in your class? The computer followed the index fund strategy, their portfolio is not diverse like mine yet they made almost the same amount of money as me.
I was also excited because I started beating the computer and most of my stocks were doing well. I was stressed at times especially when all of my stocks went red and that made me take out my money that I had in CD’s because I was scared I would go broke. How did your emotions impact your decision-making while playing the game? Provide specific examples. Describe the various emotions you felt as you played the game. It was a better strategy to invest that money bc it was basically just sitting in the savings account the whole time for no reason 5. If you didn’t have a strategy, why not? When I first started I was depositing my money just so I could get a little interest on it but I figured out later in the game that the interest that you get from your savings account is nothing.
What was your plan when you first started playing and how did it change during the course of the game? b. Describe your investment strategy as you played the game. I invested in all and now i have a lot of different colors in my pie chart 4. Take a screenshot of your portfolio at the end of the game and paste it in the box below. When you are finished with the game, keep your STAX results window open to answer the questions below. Your pocket cash starts at $2,000 and increases over time as you get raises and bonuses! - Click on the double arrows button to toggle between balance and profit for each investment opportunity. Pocket cash represents 10% of your salary that you are saving. Every 6 months (30 seconds in the game), you receive pocket cash to invest.
For extra help during the game, click the question mark at the top right of the asset box. There are 7 different types of investment opportunities that will be explained in the information boxes. Good luck! Cheat Sheet: - Review the STAX: Portfolio Dashboard Reference to familiarize yourself with how the game looks. ` NGPF Activity Bank Investing Teacher Tip Video INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! Interactive: NGPF’s STAX Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below.
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