Sycamore High School

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Sycamore High School
Team IL_11_ZZ687

• By Ashley Brown
• Samantha Fleming
• Alesha Shearer
• Katie OHagan

Teacher Cheryl Maness
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• Bought on April 16, 2008
• Starting price was 444.99. At end of game it
  was 555.00. We made approximately 110 per
  share.
• We decided to go with Google stock because it was
  lowwe took a chance.

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McDonalds

• On 3/12/08, McDonalds had a lot of promotions
  going on at this time, so they made more money.
  McDonalds is popular, so we figured it would do
  well.
• We bought McDonalds at 54.25 and it is now
  58.3866. This was about a 4 increase for our
  team.

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• Purchased Target on 2/19/08 at 50.87.
• Initially purchased to diversify our portfolio,
  we figured Target would do well because people
  would soon be buying summer clothes, swimsuits,
  bikes, etc.
• Sold Target on 4/9/08 at 53.11
• We thought we would see an increase in profit,
  but the 2 broker fee overrode any profit so the
  net cost was 5,406 and the value at the end of
  the Game was 5,326.
• Our realized losses were -80.00 and percent of
  loss was -1.149.

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Apple
Apple inc. was at a low of 120 when we first
bought it. It shot back up to 160 for a gain of
3,907. This made us money.
Apple is a successful corporation. It showed a
decrease in price when we first looked at it. The
decrease made us decide to buy it in hopes that
it would increase in price again. It did.
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Account Holdings
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Strategy

• Initially we simply planned to diversify our
  stocks as much as possible.
• We bought stocks in differing industries.
• We purchased stocks in well known companies, even
  if they were pricier stocks such as Google and
  Apple.
• We tried to buy low and hoped for an increase,
  and Target was the only stock that was
  disappointing.
• For the most part, our success was luck and good
  timing, and investing in popular companies.
• We looked at the 52 week high and low and the
  price earnings ratio.

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The Good and the Bad
What we would do again.
What we wouldnt do.

• We would definitely buy Google stock again.
• We would also diversify our stocks.
• We would initially buy 100 stocks and then if
  they did well we would buy more shares.

• We wouldnt buy stocks again without doing more
  research.
• We wouldnt be so conservative with our money.

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A Special Thanks to
A special thanks to Our Team NIU Illinois
Council on Economic Education Edward Jones
Investments DeKalb County Community Foundation
Castle Bank Mrs. Maness
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Resources