| SMG Winners for Fall Session Announced |
With an initial investment of $100,000, a team from Cape Henry Collegiate School in Virginia Beach won the Fall Session of Virginia's Stock Market Game. The team's final investment portfolio at the end of the 10 week session was $137,736, an impressive amount considering the ups and downs of today's market! Willy Fluharty was the advisor.
Teams from the Old Dominion University Center for Economic Education Region swept the Fall competition. Second place for the statewide SMG competition was won by a team from Hickory High School with a portfolio of $132,474. Teacher Mark Jones was the advisor. A team from Deep Creek High School placed third with a portfolio of $126,580. Don Hurwitz was the advisor.
Team members and their teachers will be recognized at the Annual Awards luncheon to be held at The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in May 2010.
The Spring Session of the Stock Market Game begins February 1. Workshops and Webinars, as well as a free trial period, are available to teachers to explain this student educational program and ways it can be incorporated into the classroom. Click here to learn more.
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