6th Graders Invest Time on the InvestWrite Essay

TAAP Flex 6th graders have spent the past few weeks investing their funds in the stock market and talking about different factors that affect the price of stocks. ALong with the opportunity to invest in “real time”, the Stock Market Game also  provides another opportunity for students…an essay contest centering around various aspects of investing.

The topic for this year’s essay is: “Many different things make the price of a stock go up or down. For example, the company hires a new boss, the company sells a defective product which hurts their reputation, along with many national or global events. Pick a real world company from the stock market and describe one thing that could increase the price of the stock and one thing that could decrease the price. Using your research, explain if you think the company is a good investment given what you know about current events and the global economy.

The class has spent time discussing the economic woes of Greece as well as those of Netflix; we have witnessed how the Dow and other indices have been affected by these and other daily “headline news.” So they should have a good grounding in how to field this essay topic. The essay deadline is December 2. The students will work on their essays in class but are more than welcome to work on their own, as well.