from the Jazz Age to the Depression Years
The Twenties and Thirties
How did the 20's and 30's affect Americans?
STOCK MARKET REPORT
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from the Jazz Age to the Depression Years The Twenties and Thirties How did the 20's and 30's affect Americans? STOCK MARKET REPORT |
Overview
Literature
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Are you ready to own a part of a corporation?
Thatís exactly what you will do when you invest and participate in the
Stock Market simulation. Why the Stock Market? In studying the 1920ís and
30ís many people believed that investment in the market facilitated both
the boom of the 20ís and the bust of the 30ís. People bought large sums
of stock ìon marginî with little money down and reaped the benefits for
a number of years. And then suddenly, for many, all was lost in the
Crash of ë29, which led to the decade of The Great Depression.
As Will Rogers put it: We have more wheat, more corn, more food, more cotton, more money in the banks, more everything in the world than any nation that ever lived ever had, yet we are starving to death. We are the first nation to go to the poor house in an automobile.You will make a series of investments in a national stock exchange. Keep track of your stocksí performance during the course of the six week unit by charting their prices weekly. Upon completion write a summary report evaluating the quality of your investments. 1. You may work alone or with a partner for this assignment. If you work with a partner, both of you should learn how to create and manipulate a spreadsheet. 2. Become familiar with the basics of reading stock quotes by using the ìStock Market Guideî in the Press Democrat. You may also wish to go directly to the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ on line. 3. Make your initial purchases of approximately $10,000 and record the weekly losses and gains of your stock portfolio using a computer spreadsheet. You should post new prices at least twice a week for a minimum of five weeks and should sell and buy stocks at least twice during the unit. 4. Write a Stock Market
Report evaluating the quality of your investments. What was your
plan? Why did you purchase these stocks? How did they do over
the course of six weeks? What did you learn from reading the financial
pages?
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