Stock Market Game Week in Review

The Stock Market Game 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.

While the majority of the headlines continue to highlight the doom and gloom felt on Wall Street, Warren Buffett focused on the positive in his op-ed piece "Buy American. I Am," in Friday's The New York Times.

Buffett, regarded as the "Oracle of Omaha" due to his fortune-building skills, is the world's richest man, according to Forbes Magazine. In his op-ed article, Buffett says that he is buying U.S. stocks despite the current state of the economy. He writes, "in the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary," but "a simple rule dictates my buying: be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." He also provides a short history lesson, reviewing the major events of the 20th century and their effect on the Dow -- from the Great Depression to the 1980s when inflation soared.

In coming days, the market is likely to experience more volatility, especially as it absorbs the slew of corporate earnings reports that is scheduled for release. ...