Stock Market Game Blog

This semester, you will be playing the Stock Market Game and managing a $100,000 investment portfolio with your partner. Each week, you will reflect on how your portfolio performed and provide your thoughts in a blog post that your teacher, classmates, and others will be able to read and respond to.


This will give you a chance to offer and ask for advice and/or warnings about certain investments, provide your reactions to market activity and news that has occurred over the week, and indicate your hopes and predictions regarding where the markets (and your specific investments in the SMG) are heading.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Seth & Shaylie PD 3

Today (Mar 30th) our rank stands at 18. We are obviously happy about this, although our stocks aren't doing well. Our most successful stock is with Hershey. I feel that soon there will be a swift pickup in the market. Our worst stock is with Microsoft. We are in the negative of 300$-something. We, like most others hope that our stock prices go up.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Timmer Gross and Aaron Mummert,
PA_38_ZZ917
We have 14.52$
total portfolio equity 99,434.71
buying power +49,731.88
rank, 27
Top Stocks GOOGL, PEP, SBUX
Current Price per share: Google 563.64, Pepsi 95.26,  Starbucks 94.86
unrealized gains, .Google 8% 80.53, Pepsi .39% 73.36, Starbucks .23% 44.16
I feel like our portfolio has a good bit of untapped potential. Our stocks may be low but our spirits are high with hope. Walmart is down a good bit. We hope to  see  increase in price so that we can become rich and retire at 35.

I hope to see an increase in all of our stocks to see a big increase so we can be wealthy and powerful and so that our names are heard around the Earth. Women will want us and men will want to be us.
Harrison Hicks and Ricky Baublitz
PA_38_ZZ919
2,943.99
97,882.49
51,885.23
49
Microsoft, Facebook, Apple
I feel good about our portfolio even most of our stock are in the negative I think we should hold onto to them and see how they do.
I would hopefully like to see all of my stocks in the positive and hopefully be able to sell them. 
Andrew and Austins week 1 blog

Our username is PA_38_ZZ911 we are ranked 37 out of 56.Our cash balanced is 6,614.97 and our total portfolio equity 100,101.96. Our Buying Power is 56,665.95 which is pretty good. Our top 3 holdings are Apple, Regeneron Pharmaceticals,and Harley Davidson. Apple we bought for 125.65 it is now its sitting at 126.69 and we have an unrealized gain of 197.78 for it.  Regeneron Pharmaceticals we bought at 470.57 it is now 473.74 and it has an unrealized gain 209.34. Harley Davidson we bought 60.08 and it now 60.92 and has an unrealized 112 .74.We feel very confident Apple is doing great for us it hasn’t gone negative yet and its on the rise to its estimated max of 140.17 we feel this is happening because of the watch that came out and also its very reliable to the people. Our stock TSLA isn’t doing so good for us, were losing over 1000 dollars right now but hopefully itll soon go up.CAT we just bought it looks like its going to be a pretty good stock to invest in now because of how low it is and its estimated to grow through the next few weeks. We would like our portfolio to go up in equity so we have a better ranking . Analyst say that all our stocks our supposed to go up and hopefully they do.
1. Dominick Ott, David Wolfe
2. PA_38_ZZ903
3. $12,824.88
4. $98,114.38
5. $61,882.07
6. 54 out of 56
7. Apple purchase price when we bought was 127.38, its current is 124.24, our current unrealized gain/loss is -2.34. Starbucks purchase price was 98.27, currently it is 95.39, gain/loss -3.25. Tesla purchase price was 204.88, its currently 190.41, current gain/loss -7.06.
8. Our portfolio is currently killing due to du Pont and Tesla. Starbucks, our second buy, is the only one getting us money at the realized gain/loss at 0.05. Tesla dropped because of their cars having ignition problems. Du Pont is a mystery and in all a bad buy.

9. We would like to see Tesla go above 205 so we can sell no matter what, but still make some money. Once the Dow goes back up, our first Starbucks buy will finally go back up. But all in all We would like to see our stocks go back up.
Logan H & Makensey S
PA_38_ZZ905
Cash Balance- $49,755.76
Equity-$99,376.41
Buying Power-$99,443.97 (positive)
Ranking-28/56
Top 3 account holdings- CVX, $102.11, $105.25, $78.47
DFT, $32.99, $33.35, $72.68
RUSHA, $27.70, $27.63, $-7.43

We feel very worried about our portfolio at this time. We only have two positive net gains. We have a total of $688.45 in net loss. Our total net cost is $50309.10. Our stocks that are doing well are DFT and CVX. The DOW was down yesterday which is why we believe that our stocks are preforming poorly. It is not a good time to sell our stocks.

We would like to see our stocks rise in value. We hope to eventually sell our stocks at a much higher price than what we bought them. Pretty much all of our stocks are preforming poorly including companies such as Disney and Apple. We are kind of surprised that Apple is down so low but we hope to see it rise as college students prepare for school by buying new computers, ect. We still have about fifty thousand dollars left to spend so hopefully the stocks that we buy in the future will perform well. Analysts predict that 2015 is not a good year to sell stocks which is unfortunate for us since we only have a limited time to build our portfolio and sell our stocks.
Post #1
Alex Messersmith
Taylor Rodgers

Total Cash Balance: 18,054.90
Total Portfolio Equality: 81,187.90
Rank:34
Top 3: FB- Bought at 79.79, Worth 83.01, Up 4.04%
HSY-Bought at 101.61, Worth 101.01, Down 0.59%
AAPL-Bought at 125.95, Worth 124.24, Down 1.34%
We are going to research the stock more before we buy it so we know if it is a smart decision or not. And we are going to sell some stock when they are up very high to make some money.

post 1 Kaitlyn & Jess

Kaitlyn & Jess
PA_38_ZZ907
$26,515.40
$98,052.90
$75,541.85 positive
53/56
DFT: $32.99   $33.60   gained $153.35
AAPL: $124.74   $124.24   lost $24.75
PAEBX: $16.28   $15.91   lost $74.24
We felt really good about our portfolio until the Dow dropped. We moved from 6th place to 53rd/56th place. The only stock that is making us money is DFT, but only a profit of about $91. We believe this stock is doing well because it was cheaper and less known. DD is performing poorly in our portfolio. We've lost a little over $1000. We heard that the Dow was down and saw that it really was, this is a big factor in why we're losing so much money.
We would like to see our ranking move back up like it was last week. All of our stocks are expected to increase in their yearly target estimate. Analyst are predicting that it is going to rise as well, and investors shouldn't sell their stocks just because it's doing poorly right now. We agree because if the Dow goes back up, the profit should increase as well. In order to make profit, we believe the Dow needs to rise again.  


Thursday, March 26, 2015

Drew G and Zach H
PA_38_ZZ914
$2,699.44
$97,435.55
$51,417.21
56 out of 56
1. FULT, $12.59, $12.16, -$108.68
2. KO, $40.79, $40.45, -$170.23
3. LUV, $46.08, $43.72, -$176.72
I feel pretty bad about our portfolio right about now, not only are we in dead last place but all of our stocks are down $100 or more. I feel like we were just kind of careless with some of our choices and didn't plan things out that well. For some future changes we might want to sell a stock and buy in some more reliable company's.

Zeb Hollinger & Zach Ruggerie
PA_38_ZZ920
Cash Balance: $551.01
Portfolio Equity: $100,974.31
Buying Power: $51,038.16
Rank: 9 out of 56
Top Account Holdings:
REGN, $433.29/share, $473.74/share, $1,618.00
CMG, $680.18/share, $680.81/share, $25.02
DST, $107.14/share, $106.97/share, -$17.08
Regeneron is our biggest gainer because of the new drugs they are outputting to the country that deals with a common problem of cholesterol. Their drug gives a major advantage into lowering chances of heart disease. Chipotle is our biggest loser only because the company refuses to upgrade to the latest tech because of their morals and values of their company.

Our portfolio would be helped enormously once all of our stocks bounce back from the Dow Jones Industrial Average fall recently. The analysts are predicting an even greater increase in the major stocks like the collection in the DJIA. I agree with the opinions from the analysts because news about the companies that I have been reading about are very similar.

Stock Talk

Mac and Nick
PA_38_ZZ912
$4529.92
$102617.06
$55838.45
#1 OH YEAH
KRFT purchased: $61.71   now: $83.17   gain: $4277.66
AVP  purchased: $7.49  now: $7.93  gain: $44.08
CAT  purchase: $79.18  now: $79.87  gain: $33.80

I feel like our ranking says that at this time we are doing very well and might continue to hopefully do well. KRFT was preforming very well at a gain of over 4 thousand dollars so it was sold before it went back down. BABA is one of the main stocks that has never been a gain, only a loss for us and we believe that is because we bought it too high.

 I would like to see stocks that are a few hundred dollars loss gain back so we aren't losing as much, I would also like to see more stocks gaining.

Marissa & Ryan Post 1

Student Name: Marissa Shoemaker
Username: PA_57_ZZ2972
Cash Balance: $59,244.38
Portfolio Equity: $98,841.18
Buying Power: $108,664.97
Ranking: 69 out of 90
Top 3 Account Holdings: AbbVie Inc.: $50/ share,$58/ current share, 5% gain
Cummins Inc.: $100/ share, $136.37/ current share, 2% gain
Medtronic Inc.: $68/ share, $70.60/ current share, 2% gain 
How I feel?: I believe Cummins is doing well because they are a very well known company. My other company and people invest in them every week. 
What changes do you want to see?: I would like to see Medtronic to gain more. They aren't as well known as other companies. Only diabetes companies and and insulin companies invest with them because the Medtronic company sells insulin pumps and diabetes supplies.
PA_38_ZZ900
Total cash $174.21
Total equity $97,717.07
Buying power positive
Ranking 56 to 90
Google per share $554.96  gaining $38.30
Dick's Sporting Goods per share $57.47 gaining $35.10
McDonald per share $97.84 gaining $30.13
Good we feel it going strong.. We have 3 stocks that are rising money to us and the other are making us losing money. FedEx is losing money we lost almost $1,000. The Dow been going down past 3 months. We like to see the stocks go up. The Dow going up so the stocks can go up. We like to sell FedEx because it been losing money from day 1. We are still going strong and we still like our stocks.
Kaden Glatfelter, Zach Flemmene

PA_38-ZZ898
Total Cash Balance- $41,585.41
Total Portfolio Equity- $101,733.41
Buying Power- $92,452.12
Ranking- 2nd out of 56
Top 3 Accounts-
AMC: Purchase Price per share-$35.55, Current Price per share-$34.95, Unrealized Loss-$208.48
N: Purchase Price per share-$95.17, Current Price per share-$91.39, Unrealized Loss- $567.35
USCR: Purchase Price per share-$33.98, Current Price per share-$32.75, Unrealized Loss-$245.28

We think our portfolio is doing very well and can compete with the best accounts. We don't have much success so far with our stocks but they are projected to be increasing. Most stocks in general are doing very poorly.

I would like to see our lesser know accounts to increase. I'm looking for an increase in all stocks since the Dow Jones has been low for a long while. The stocks we have are projected to go up and its because of there products our rising as the weather gets nicer.


Tabby Bentz/ Madison Walker
PA_38_ZZ899
Total Cash Balance: $36,003.24
Total Portfolio Equity: $100,141.84
Buying Power: $86,074.16
Ranking: 31 out of 56
Top 3 Account Holdings:
      REGN- $460.83/$471.83/+$516.29
      MGM- $21.86/$21.71/+$22.36
      PKX- $58.61/$58.57/-$30.53

I think we are doing okay as of now since we just starting playing. Right now we are down but that is because of the DOW being down the past couple of days. The stock performing the worst right now is ETIHX. I'm not sure why this is down but it is a mutual fund so there could be many factors. 
We would like to see the DOW go up in general and in relation to that, our stocks go up. A lot of the analysts ratings said to buy and not to sell right now and that makes sense with the DOW being down. We'd be more confident if we had a higher equity from our stocks, but over time we think it will go up.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Harley and Ally

Harley and Ally
PA_38_zz913
$48,895.75
$100,998.25
$99,394.88
Rank 8
CAT $80.39/$80.48/$18.82
HOG $61.50/$60.92/($115.78)
KORS $65.12/$67.72/$648.82
CAT is a construction company. Work is being done on buildings so the stock will go up. SNE is preforming the lowest. However we are still gaining money on SNE.
Most of our analysts opinions were around a one. CAT's target estimate is 84.29. The 52 week range is 78.19-111.46 and I believe the yearly estimate will be higher.

Shaylie&Seth

Shaylie Reynold
PA_57_ZZ2966
60.675.65
100.026..65
110.688.97
42 out of 56
Top account holdings: Target ( TGT) Gain-$61.41
Hershey ( HSY) Gain-$40.79
Fidelity IT services (FBSOX)- Loss: -$14.88
Lowest account holdings: Microsoft (MSFT) Loss -$37.33
American eagle (AEO) Loss -$32.66
Lowe's (LOW) Loss -$25.69
I feel that were doing well, were not at our best place at this moment but i feel confident in the stocks we bought, because we are still making money and have not yet gone in the negative with our equity. Right now we only have two company's that are making us money and our equity gain is $26.65. I don't think were doing bad at all for our first couple days playing this game.
Eventually i would like to see our equity price increase, and see that our stocks are doing well. I also would like to purchase many more stocks and mutual funds to make this happen!

stock market game

Felicia and zabrina

PA_38_ZZ904

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40 out 56


Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Kaysie & Nicole
PA_38_ZZ910
$71,000
$100,342.51
$121,172.51
26 out of 56
SAM - $270.65 /$274.62 /+$119.11
SODA-$18.60/$20.45/+$101.52
HSY-$99.96/$101.79/+$54.91
I think it's doing fine for just starting. we have shares in 8 different companies and out of the 8, 5 of them are making money. I'm thinking of selling some of the shares soon since it keeps going up and down.
I would like to have all 8 of my companies to be making money and I would like to find more companies to invest in.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Mrs. Riser's Business 1 Class Blog

Click on 'New Post' to post your weekly journal entry.  Click on 'Comment' to offer feedback on other students' posts.  Click on 'Reply' to reply to student comments if desired. 
Use your SMG Journal Template to help guide your posts.