New Addition

Be sure to check out the new Yahoo tool located on the side of the page. You can use it to look up quotes, etc. right from this blog page. The stocks I have listed on the page are also the stocks that we currently own.

Dealing with Losses

Here's a pretty good article from briefing.com. Also, if anyone's got any questions be sure to post them.

Ranking

As of week 4, we are ranked 11th in the region with $99944.10.

Stuff to watch out for..

Here's an article that talks about some things to look out for when you're investing in the market.

Vocabulary Test on Thursday (just kidding!)

Here's a link to a list of stock market terminology. It's not really a list that you sit down and memorize, but more of a list that you refer to when you come across a word that you don't know.

Standings

At the end of week 3, we are placed 7th in the region wtih $100,705.01.

Be sure to keep up on current events...

Both political and economic news affect the direction of the market.

Supply and Demand

Here's a pretty good discussion of supply and demand. You don't have to do any of the activities, just reading it should give you a pretty good idea of what it's talking about.

How to read a data sheet

Here's a really useful link for learning what all of the abbreviations and numbers mean on a stock data sheet. Just roll you mouse over the item, and brief description will pop up.

QQQQ

I forgot to mention, I sold the QQQQ shares we owned on Friday after the market started to tank. We came out making about $1.30 a share. Which, if you multiply that by 500 shares isn't so bad.

Ranking after Week 1

Ok, after the first week, we are currently 1st in the region and 25th in the state. We have a grand total of $100466.84. So, we're doing all right so far. If anyone's got any investment ideas you can post them here or somewhere else on the blog. That's all for now.

A Couple of Fun Ticker Symbols

AFL.BO Invest in your favorite football locker room.
BYO.AX Sounds like a logger party.
CHIC The trendy stock.
CRZY A highly volatile stock.
CTCO.NS City thugs want your money!
GEEK Gotta have something to counter the CHIC stock.
DABU.NS Forget Saturday Night Lives "da-bulls" and "da-bears."
EMCO.NS More cons that are up from about their identity.
FUN Stock investing can be fun and games.
GASEX The anti-flatulent mutual fund.
GODD Now people can invest directly for future sins.
HIT Be careful... you may take a hit with this stock.
LUV What's love got to do with it?
ONE.TO The stock that likes to count.
MRFIX When your portfolio breaks, add this mutual fund.
RATIX Forget dog ticks, get the New York sewer variety.
RATL Must be a baby toy manufacturer.
SRRY Our apologies if you invested in this stock.

Source:http://mutualfunds.about.com/cs/humor/a/funnysymbols.htm

The First Steps

Here's a site that'll give you a pretty good understanding of what stocks are and how the market works.

Yahoo!

Here's a link to Yahoo's Finance Section. You can use it to look up stock quotes and get the latest market news.

To Start off with...

Here's the main address that we'll be using.