Research skills on companies and investments can be used. Guest speakers from brokerage firms may introduce students to investing and give assistance. Students prepare table and graph of low, and high stock prices and compare. Students calculate the shares desired times the stock price in decimal format. Students calculate the broker's percentage and add that to the transaction price.
Students deduct the total invested from the portfolio's cash value and add to the stock value.
Students follow the price of the stock on charts and determine when to purchase other stocks or sell the owned stock to increase the value of the portfolio. Students compare their investments with other students' investments. Students write paper using word processor. Students prepare tables and graphs to compare stocks. Spreadsheet software can be used to prepare students for future research needs and job skills.