Students explored the power of investing and compound interest through two applications, Build Your Stax and The Stock Market Game.

Build Your Stax:

A twenty minute simulation which mimics twenty years of investing.  Every six months, players receive $2,000 in pocket cash, as the game progresses students choose how they want to invest their money: savings, mutual funds, certificate of deposit, bonds, commodities, gold, or stock in a public company.  Students can play as a team or by themself against the computer.  At the end of the simulation, they are provided an infographic on the performance of their portfolio for the twenty year simulation and what it would look like in an additional twenty years.  Will you be a millionaire?   www.buildyourstax.com 

The Stock Market Game:

A simulation funded by the SIFMA and Charles Schwab Foundations.  Teachers register and request accounts for their students.  Simular to the regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, user names and passwords are required for players who are grouped into regions by grade level and compete for prizes and national recognition.  Player accounts are populated with $100,000 that they can invest in stock, mutual funds or bonds, at the end of the eight to ten week cycle, accounts are audited and the teacher receives notice if their team wins.  Winning teams are invited to regional celebrations hosted by coporate sponsors.

The Capital Hill Challenge: 

A sub set of The Stock Market Game, also funded by the SIFMA and Charles Schwab Foundations, teachers register and request accounts for their students (ten per teacher).  Simular to the regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, user names and passwords are required for players who are grouped into regions by grade level and compete for prizes and national recognition.  Player accounts are populated with $100,000 that they can invest in stock, mutual funds or bonds, for The Capital Hill Challenge, students MUST invest a minimum of $10,000 in each fund previously mentioned.  At the end of the eight to ten week cycle, accounts are audited and the teacher receives notice if their team wins and may be selected to host a visit from their Congressman.  Our school hosted Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. on May 6, 2019.   https://www.stockmarketgame.org/