For Teachers: Lessons on the Energy Sector

The Week in Review is provided by The Stock Market Game, which is a curriculum-based teaching tool that allows students to invest a hypothetical $100,000 online stock portfolio to learn about long-term saving and investing.

The Stock Market Game Week in Review: March 3-7

With the upcoming election monopolizing the headlines at the beginning of the week, the struggling economy again took center stage as the Labor Department reported there was a net loss of 63,000 jobs, which is the largest decline since March 2003, and weaker than the revised 22,000 jobs lost in January. The losses were widespread, reaching beyond the battered construction and manufacturing sectors. Retailers cut 34,000 jobs, while businesses and professional services cut 20,000 jobs.

With many Stock Market Game teams already frustrated by the falling prices of many of their investments, we will highlight an industry that is actually performing positively despite the current overall market headaches: energy. ...