Compare and Evaluate Stocks | Stock Market Simulation Activity

Are you looking to help your students learn more about investing and the stock market, but you need some structured activities to help? Perhaps you are playing The Stock Market Game, How the Market Works, Marketwatch, Investopedia, or Personal Finance Lab's stock simulations with your class?

This activity will provide research prompts for students to compare popular stocks from the US S&P500. All stocks are listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Students will be asked to find information such as Ticker symbol, most recent closing price, PE Ratio, Earnings per share, Market Cap, and more. They will then be asked to evaluate which company they feel would be best to add to their portfolios. With over 40 different activity sheets featuring 80 different companies, students will become more familiar with the brands they see every day and begin to assess the investment potential of a business compared to just their feelings about the products or services it provides.

In this activity you will get:

• 40 unique activity sheets featuring 80 different publicly listed companies (list updated Oct 2023)
• Yahoo Finance Navigation guide
• Teacher guidance for implementation and class discussions

If you are taking part in an investing simulation challenge such as the Stock Market Game, a great follow up activity to this one is my Investing Strategy and Portfolio Builder activity. The students are placed into their teams and have guidance for coming up with an investing strategy, and then picking the companies and investment amounts for each to include in their portfolios.

I have two awesome guest speaker interviews about investing that would wrap up your investing unit nicely or act as a sub plan in the event you need to miss a day.

The first is Jeremy Schneider from Personal Finance Club who is taking about the myths that stop us from investing

The second is with Yanely Espinal (NGPF and MissBeHelpful) about the different types of investment accounts available, and how to get started.

Finally, I have two Monopoly resources for evaluating the potential return of an investment (buying a property) and the other is about tracking the returns of an investment.