The Stock Market Game (SMG), 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 following is a recap of highlight lessons from the SMG Week in Reviews published during the game's Spring 2008 session.
The Dow and the S&P 500
Despite a rally that put the Dow more than 400 points to the upside last week as of Thursday's [Jan. 31] close, the Dow and the S&P 500 suffered significant losses during the month of January. The Dow lost 4.6% since the beginning of the month -- its worst since January 2000, while the S&P 500 lost 6.1% -- its worst since 1990. Many on Wall Street are touting "as January goes, so goes the year." But what does this all mean? ...
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| 10,344.84 | 1,095.63 | 2,144.60 | 32.01 |
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