SMG in Mr. Anderson's Class

Link - Kahoot! SMG Rules and Stocks!

Link - Large Cap Stocks

Link - Large Cap Stocks

Link - Mid Cap Stocks

Link - Small Cap Stocks

Video - Intro. to Long-Term Investing (15 min)

link - compounding calculator

link - What an average retirement might cost

link - How much will you get from social security

Video: What is a Stock? part 1 (8 min)

Video: What is a Stock? part 2 (10 min)

Students will learn:

• Why companies issue stocks.
• What is a stock.
• Possible reasons for stock prices to rise or fall.

link - Key Vocabulary

link - Pre-Test

link - Student Activity 2  True or false

link - Student Activity 3 Stock Calculations

link - Student Activity 4 Vocabulary

link - Answer Key for Activity 2, 3, and 4

Video: Investing in Dividend Stocks (16 min)

Students will learn:

• What is a dividend.
• Re-investing dividends.
• Market Cap.
• Index (Indices).

link - Dividend Presentation

link - List of Great Dividend Companies

link - Market Cap (Explained)

link - Indices (Explained)

link - Student Activity Sheet

link - Sectors, Defined and Examples

Video: Investing in Mutual Funds (20 min)

What students will learn:

• What is a mutual fund.
• different types of funds.
• Review Market Cap.
• Review Index (Indices).

link - Kiplinger list of Mutual Funds

link - TheStreet.com listing of mutual funds

link - Student Activity - Buying Mutual Funds

link - Mutual Fund, Closed End Fund and ETF's Explained

link - Net Asset Value (NAV)

link - Market Cap (Explained)

link - Indices (Explained)

link - List of ETF's

link - Sectors, Defines and Examples

link- Mutual Fund Presentation Notes

Video: Investing in Bonds (18 min)

Students will learn:

• What is a bond.
• Three types of bonds.

link - Bond Presentation

link - Bond Vocabulary

link - Activity 1: About Bonds

link - Activity 2: Kinds of Bonds

link - Activity 3: Making Money on Bonds

link - Answer Key for Activity 1, 2, and 3

link - Step-by-Step for Making a Bond Trade

 Risk Tolerance, Diversification

& Investment Profile

Video: Risk Tolerance/Diversification   (18 min)

Video: Creating my Investment Profile (9 min)

Students will learn:

• Risk.
• Risk Tolerance.
• Risk Capacity.
• Asset Allocation.
• How to create an investment profile

link - Key Vocabulary for Risk Tolerance and Diversification

link - In The News: Risk Tolerance Explained

link - Market Capitalization 

link - Examples of Indexes (Indices)

link - Sectors, Defined and Examples

link - Examples of Diversified Portfolios

link - Student Activity 1: Conservative, Moderate, or Speculative?

link - Student Activity 2: How Much Risk Can You Stand?

link - Answer Key for Activity 1 and 2

link - Diversification Student Activity 1

link - Answer Key to Diversification Student Activity 1

link - Student or Team/Student Investment Profile

link - My Example of a Team/Student Investment Profile

         *Students could make a pie chart and show percentages too!

Video: Basic Company Research Part 1 (11 min)

Video: Basic Company Research Part 2 (12 min)

link- A Quote from Learn to Earn - Peter Lynch

link - Notes to Basic Company Research Presentation

link - Notes for "Researching a Company at finance.yahoo"

link - Student Activity Sheet: Companies I like

link - CNBC Video Analyst Interviews

link - CNBC CEO Interviews

link - Yahoo Finance

link - Google Finance

link - Reuters

link - Market Watch

link - Video Long term investing

link - How to Google "Stocks in the News"

link - examples of companies I like

See Below for Student Activity Documents

Video: Making Trades Part 1(10 min)

Video: Making Trades Part 2 (10 min)

Video: A Tour of the Student/Team Portfolio

Video: Basic Trading Rules for Students

link - Summary of Rules Table

link - SMG Rules

link - Journey of a Stock Trade

link- Investment Profile Completed 

link - Student Activity -List of Assets I will Buy (Example)

link - Student Activity - List of Assets I will Buy (Blank sheet)

link - Student Activity - List of Assets, I will Buy (Google Doc)

Video: Portfolio Analysis (17 min)

link - Example of a portfolio (not maintained) 

link - Example of a portfolio (maintained)

link - Reasons to sell your stock

link - Allocation in Balance

link - Student Checklist for the Watching Videos 

*Teachers and Advisers: There are a wide variety of great resources in the Stock Market Game's Teacher Support Center. Learn more

Link to SMG YouTube Playlist