Kevin Smith, Author at HowTheMarketWorks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/author/ksmith/ Free stock market game with real-time trading and built-in lessons, curriculum, and assessments. Create a custom stock game for your class, club, or friends and learn to invest. Tue, 07 May 2024 16:42:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-touch-icon-ipad-retina-32x32.png Kevin Smith, Author at HowTheMarketWorks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/author/ksmith/ 32 32 Investing101 is now included with HowTheMarketWorks! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/investing101-is-now-included-with-howthemarketworks/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:13:53 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=16293 We have a big update to our assignments system for schools! Our HTMW stock game has always paired well with investing courses – we even partnered in the past with Investing101, one of the best investing courses by CNBC, to give free access to schools in years past. But for Fall 2023, we are excited Read More...

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]]> Cryptocurrency Trading Enhancements https://www.howthemarketworks.com/cryptocurrency-trading-enhancements/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:07:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=16288 Cryptocurrency trading has been part of HTMW for several years, but we’ve made some important updates for Fall 2023! Cryptocurrency Trading Pit Until now, cryptocurrency trading has been combined with our Stocks and ETFs trading page. This was less than ideal, since there are different data points that are relevant for quotes and research for Read More...

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]]> Why Are Teachers Upgrading Their Class To PersonalFinanceLab.com? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/why-upgrade-to-personalfinancelab/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:28:58 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=14707 HowTheMarketWorks is an awesome free stock game, built specifically for schools. Between our easy set-up of custom contests, Assignments and lessons, and live-streaming rankings, why are so many teachers upgrading their class to PersonalFinanceLab? Reason 1: Huge Curriculum Expansion HowTheMarketWork’s Assignments tool lets teachers add in a few basic Personal Finance and Economics lessons from Read More...

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]]> The HTMW Gamification Update! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-htmw-gamification-update/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:47:59 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=14691 Keeping students engaged is more important than ever – which is the focus of the latest HTMW update! This Fall, HTMW will feature new Rewards for assignments, Prerequisites to help with class pacing, and Badges to encourage students to above and beyond the class minimums! Rewards: Instant Cash Bonuses! The next time you set up Read More...

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]]> The HTMW Distance Learning Toolkit https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-htmw-distance-learning-toolkit/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:38:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=14389 To help schools transition to distance learning this Spring, we put together our complete Distance Learning resource pack for teachers across North America. We’re opening up most of our premium resources to use for free, with how-to guides to help all teachers hit the ground running. The Essential Distance Learning Lesson Plans Our flexible, customizable, Read More...

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]]> Best Practices For Stock Games https://www.howthemarketworks.com/best-practices-for-stock-games/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:06:43 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13746 8 Minute Read At HTMW, we work with a LOT of classroom stock games – over 14,200 class games just in 2018! Our support team work with hundreds of thousands of students per year, and our classroom outreach coordinators worth with tens of thousands of teachers to make sure their classes are a complete success. Read More...

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]]> HTMW New Features Webinar – Fall 2019 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/htmw-new-features-webinar-fall-2019/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:58:24 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13370 We just held our webinar recording for the new features this Fall – if you were not able to attend, you can find a recording here:

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]]> HTMW Update – Fall 2019 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/htmw-update-fall-2019/ Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:46:38 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13340 The Fall 2019 semester is almost here, and we’ve been busy over the summer! Here’s a highlight of some of the awesome new features we’ve been working on – with more on the way! Feature 1: Class Management Report Is there anything more frustrating than trying to lead a classroom of students who forgot their Read More...

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]]> Why Schools Upgrade To PersonalFinanceLab.com https://www.howthemarketworks.com/why-schools-upgrade-to-personalfinancelab-com/ Wed, 26 Jun 2019 19:28:32 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13291 We have worked hard to make HowTheMarketWorks.com is the best free stock market game – and it always will be! But did you know that there is a premium version of HTMW available with even more awesome tools to take your class to a whole new level? Its true, and its called Personal Finance Lab! Read More...

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]]> How to build a $1,500 Financial Literacy Lab at your school https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-to-build-a-1500-financial-literacy-lab/ Fri, 31 May 2019 18:13:33 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13267 Transforming your classroom into a Financial Literacy Lab is one of the most effective ways to get students excited about Personal Finance, Economics, and Business classes. Each year, we get hundreds of request from schools around the world looking for the most impactful ways to get their lab started – and more importantly how to Read More...

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]]> New Career Center now available! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-career-center-now-available/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:09:54 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13200 Career Development is not just an important part of Personal Finance classes – it is an essential part of what students need to know when they graduate. With this in mind, HTMW is proud to announce our new Career Center, crammed full of awesome resources for teachers, students, and all points in between! What’s Inside Read More...

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]]> Using Keywords In Your Job Search – Make Or Break Your Application https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-keywords-in-your-job-search-make-or-break-your-application/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:08:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13169 Keywords – the Achilles Heel of every student’s resume. Knowing how to craft a killer resume and cover letter that grabs employers attention (and keeps it) will only help once you get your resume in the hands of a recruiter. Unfortunately, today anyone can apply to just about any job anywhere, so that great new Read More...

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]]> Ace Your Interviews – Tips and Tricks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ace-your-interviews-tips-and-tricks/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:08:04 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13167 What separates a “good” job interview from a “great” one? There are many factors that will work for or against you when you head in for an interview for a great job. Some factors you don’t have much control over, but most job interview “bombs” are very easy to avoid, if you know what you Read More...

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]]> The 5 Biggest Mistakes Of Job Seekers https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-5-biggest-mistakes-of-job-seekers/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:05:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13165 Experienced workers have a job search lasting about 43 days, and fresh graduates can expect a longer wait. Your search will be much harder if you make one of the following very common mistakes. Avoiding all 5 will not promise an interview, but hitting any might mean you are missing out. Errors In Your Application When you are applying Read More...

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]]> The Truth About Internships https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-truth-about-internships/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:59:48 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13160 The internship season is upon us. It might be better to say that it never ended. Some estimates put the total number of internships in the United States a bit over 1.5 million positions per year, and with new spots opening with every school term, students with an eye for work experience are usually keeping Read More...

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]]> New Diversification Rules – Keep Portfolios Separate! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-diversification-rules-keep-portfolios-separate/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:00:51 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13140 Stock market games are an awesome way to introduce your students to investing, but keeping them on the right track can be tricky. Some students want to dive into day trading penny stocks, while others will want to pick out a mutual fund and stay out of the action. Striking a balance can be tricky, Read More...

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]]> Will Robo-Advisors Replace Human Financial Planners? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/will-robo-advisors-replace-human-financial-planners/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:36:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13129 Trading, investing, and saving requires skills. There is no doubt that the complexity of the financial markets warrants an in-depth understanding of the interrelatedness between multiple variables. Consider inflation, employment, and interest rates as cases in point. These macroeconomic elements have a substantial impact on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, currencies, commodities, and indices trading. Read More...

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]]> Investing Basics – Stocks, Mutual Funds, Trading, and Retirement https://www.howthemarketworks.com/investing-basics-stocks-mutual-funds-trading-and-retirement/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:44:15 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13037 This lesson plan was created by Andy Webb, of Monticello CUSD. The lesson plan includes a PowerPoint and several hand-outs. I use How the Market Works as a supplement to my Consumer Education class. Most of my students don’t really understand what a stock or a mutual fund is much less how the companies are Read More...

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]]> Portfolio Management Project – Parts I, II, III https://www.howthemarketworks.com/portfolio-management-project-parts-i-ii-iii/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:13:14 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13025 This project was submitted by Linda Campbell, a professor of business administration and management at Siena Heights University Project Overview and Goals The purpose of using Virtual Stock Exchange is to give you a better understanding of trading strategies and portfolio management. You will also learn a variety of financial instruments and their risks and Read More...

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]]> Core Stock Market Project https://www.howthemarketworks.com/core-stock-market-project/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:00:46 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13020 This project is the “Core”, which most teachers use as the basis for their HTMW class stock game. The other recommendations in this library usually follow this format (with some variation). This makes it very flexible to work with your classes. This project usually runs between 4 and 16 weeks. Longer contests tend to work Read More...

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]]> Cornerstone Lesson Plan: Introducing the Stock Market https://www.howthemarketworks.com/cornerstone-lesson-plan-introducing-the-stock-market/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:56:35 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=13012 When introducing HowtheMarketWorks.com, students need to first have an understanding of what a company is, what a share of stock represents, and the relationships to products and services. After this is mastered, then it is easier to explain what a stock exchange is, and finally teach them How The Market Works! You can also download Read More...

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]]> New Feature – Public Portfolios! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/public-portfolios/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:38:08 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12787 One of the most common requests we get from teachers is if students can see each other’s trades. Well, now they can!   We added a new contest rule, called “Public Portfolios”. If you turn on public portfolios for your contest, there will be a new “View” button on the rankings page next to each Read More...

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]]> Cryptocurrency Trading Has Arrived https://www.howthemarketworks.com/cryptocurrency-trading-has-arrived/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:29:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12783 One of the most-requested new features in Spring 2018 was cryptocurrency trading, both from students and teachers. You asked and we listened – crypto trading is now available on HowTheMarketWorks! Cryptocurrencies currently share some of the rules from Stocks, such as the commissions and position limits. However, you can trade cryptos both using a quantity Read More...

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]]> Videos Page Update! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/videos-page-update/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:19:45 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12745 With our most recent update, the HTMW videos page got a great new revision – with each video getting a bigger window and better navigation!   This also means if you create a HTMW Assignment, the links to view each video will now take your students right to the video they need! Happy Trading!

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]]> Editing Assignments! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/editing-assignments/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:13:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12741 You can now edit your assignments on HowTheMarketWorks! In the past, once you created an assignment it was set in stone. With the newest HTMW update, you can add and remove tasks in real time, giving you more control of your class than ever before!   To edit an assignment you’ve already created, go to Read More...

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]]> Using Spreadsheets – Graphing https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-spreadsheets-graphing/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:30:04 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12721 Graphing is one of the most important features of spreadsheets. When you need to present your findings, whether as a written report or a presentation, summarizing your data in graphs is the best way to quickly communicate large amounts of data. This guide will walk through taking your raw portfolio data, making some simple calculations, Read More...

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]]> Using Spreadsheets – Calculating Profit or Loss From Trades https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-spreadsheets-calculating-profit-or-loss-from-trades/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:28:55 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12719 The most important reason you would want to use excel to track your stock portfolio is trying to calculate your profit and loss from each trade. To do this, open the spreadsheet with your transaction history. It should look something like this: Tip: If you have not bought and then sold a stock, you can’t calculate how Read More...

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]]> Using Spreadsheets – Calculating Your Daily Returns https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-spreadsheets-calculating-your-daily-returns/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:26:49 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12717 If you’ve been trading for a long period of time you might have been curious to know what your daily returns were. Excel and Google Sheets can help you efficiently calculate this in a simple way. Suppose we started trading on August 29th, 2017. It is now September 7th and we would like to know Read More...

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]]> Using Spreadsheets – Importing and Formatting Data https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-spreadsheets-importing-formatting-data/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:21:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12690 The first step in using any spreadsheet is getting some data! This tutorial will show you different ways to import some of your portfolio data into a spreadsheet and how to format it to make it easier to read.   Getting Data The first step to using any spreadsheet is getting some data – once Read More...

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]]> 5 Tips for Your Spring Stock Game https://www.howthemarketworks.com/5-tips-spring-stock-games/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:09:19 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12424   If you are using the HTMW stock game for the first time, or if you’re a veteran looking for some tips, here are the Top 5 Best Practices for your late Spring stock game! Why More Teachers Start Their Games In The Spring The school year is entering its final stretch, and your students Read More...

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]]> How To Build A Portfolio https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-to-build-a-portfolio-2/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:26:22 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12393 Pop Quiz

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]]> What is a Stock Index? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-a-stock-index/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:12:54 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12391 Pop Quiz

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]]> What is a Stock Exchange? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-a-stock-exchange/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:24:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12387 Pop Quiz

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]]> What are Mutual Funds? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-are-mutual-funds/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 23:16:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12384 Pop Quiz

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]]> Stocks Made Easy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/stocks-made-easy/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:30:31 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12373 Pop Quiz

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]]> Fall 2017 Challenge https://www.howthemarketworks.com/fall-2017-challenge/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:37:03 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=12035 Win prizes in our stock market contests! Find all of the information for any stock contests with prizes we are currently running here! You can also find information on past contests and their winners. Register Here To HTMW Fall Challenge Who can join? Anyone can join! Joining our stock market contests is completely free, so Sign Up Read More...

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]]> Trade Notes – Justify Your Trades https://www.howthemarketworks.com/trade-notes-justify-trades/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:46:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11905 HowTheMarketWorks is all about education – we want students to learn about investing and personal finance by managing their virtual portfolio with carefully-selected trades. How It Works Every time your students place a trade, they will be prompted to enter their “Trade Notes” – a short sentence mentioning why they are placing this trade (almost Read More...

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]]> How To Pick Stocks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-to-pick-stocks/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:30:30 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11887 How To Pick Stocks – The Basics The most challenging aspect of starting to invest in the stock market is deciding what stocks to buy. Every experienced investor has his/her own techniques and strategies that they believe in.  But when you are just getting started, learning how to pick stocks can be very challenging.   Read More...

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]]> Basic Investing Strategies https://www.howthemarketworks.com/basic-investing-strategies/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:42:03 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11864 An “Investing Strategy” is a plan for how to save money to help it grow. Sometimes an “investing strategy” can just mean “plan for trading stocks”, but it really means a lot more. Liquidity, Risk, and Potential Returns All investments balance liquidity (how easily it can be converted into cash for other use), risk (the Read More...

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]]> Income Tax Filing and the 1040 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/income-tax-filing-and-the-1040-ez/ Tue, 30 May 2017 16:06:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11848 What is income tax? Income tax is the tax you pay on your income, usually directly taken out of your paycheck. Everyone who works in the United States should be paying income tax on their earnings. Income is more than just wages and salaries too. If you earn rents from rental properties, investment income, interest Read More...

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]]> Types of Business Ownership https://www.howthemarketworks.com/types-of-business-ownership/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:09:10 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11790 A key first step for any entrepreneur is setting up an organization that will be used to formally embark on the business journey, but many new business owners struggle to identify the best way to move forward. These are the most common ways to organize a business, from the simplest through the most complex. Sole Read More...

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]]> Price Controls https://www.howthemarketworks.com/price-controls/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:53:02 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11780 Definition “Price Controls” are artificial limits that are put on prices. If the limit is put in place to prevent prices from getting too high, they are called Ceilings. If they are in place to prevent the price from getting too low, they are called “Floors”. Price Ceilings Price Ceilings are controls put in place Read More...

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]]> The Business Cycle https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-business-cycle/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:45:48 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11776 What Is The Business Cycle? The Business Cycle is the broad, over-stretching cycle of expansion and recession in an economy. The Business Cycle is concerned with many things – unemployment, industrial expansion, inflation rates, but the most important indicator is GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth. Below you can see a graph of the GDP growth Read More...

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]]> Credit Cards https://www.howthemarketworks.com/credit-cards/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:37:25 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11772 What are Credit Cards? Credit cards is a form of unsecured credit (meaning a loan without collateral) that you can use to make everyday purchases. All credit card purchases are made using a loan – you borrow money from your credit card issuer, and later pay it back with interest. Credit Cards Vs Debit Cards Read More...

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]]> All About Budgeting https://www.howthemarketworks.com/all-about-budgeting/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:17:52 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11765 If you want to start building your first workable budget, it is important to know exactly what should be in it, how to keep it updated, and the specific reason you want to have this budget. What does a budget look like? A budget is usually a spreadsheet or table. On one side or column, Read More...

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]]> Trailing Stops Have Arrived! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/trailing-stops-have-arrived/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:06:15 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11760 If you have ever wanted to protect your portfolio on HowTheMarketWorks from losses, you have definitely used Stop Orders. The biggest downside of stop orders is, of course, the fact that you have to constantly update them as your investments grow to “lock in” your gains… What are Trailing Stop Orders? Trailing Stop orders work Read More...

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]]> The Dashboard Has Arrived! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-dashboard-has-arrived/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:47:32 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11708 Do your students have a hard time getting started with their portfolio? Do you want a place where you can see all your tools in one place? Us too, which is why we added the new Dashboard to HowTheMarketWorks! The dashboard is just the newest addition to our new design, with your entire suite of Read More...

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]]> New items added to assignments! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-items-added-to-assignments/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:04:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11579 HowTheMarketWorks is growing – and the list of great educational articles you can include in your class assignments is growing too! Last week we added 3 new Personal Finance and Investing articles, plus one great new personal finance calculator! New articles Credit and Using Borrowed Money Getting and Understanding Credit Reports Finding Stocks in Different Read More...

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]]> Credit – Using Borrowed Money https://www.howthemarketworks.com/credit-using-borrowed-money/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:02:58 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11522 What Is Credit? “Credit” is when you have the ability to use borrowed money. This can come in many different forms, from credit cards to mortgages. There is a wide range of ways to use credit, which means that it is often a challenge for beginners to learn all the different ins and outs of Read More...

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]]> Credit Reports https://www.howthemarketworks.com/credit-reports/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:01:16 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11464 Credit Reports are basically a report that contains your credit history – both the good and bad. If you watch late-night TV, you have probably seen a few commercials offering free credit reports, so you might know that these are important. Most people, however, don’t know just how big a role a credit report can Read More...

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]]> Assignments Have Gone Mobile! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/assignments-have-gone-mobile/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:34:07 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11552 Have you ever been working on a trading assignment on HowTheMarketWorks, only to be frustrated when you want to check your progress on a mobile device? Not anymore! Mobile Assignments Are Here Whether you are trading on an Android tablet, Windows smartphone, or Apple Watch, you can monitor your assignment progress from anywhere! As always, Read More...

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]]> TFP.com – A New Personal Finance Resource For Teachers https://www.howthemarketworks.com/teach-personal-finance/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:50:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11485 TeachPersonalFinance.com is a new resource for teachers that opened in the last year. It is a collection of recommendations, resources, and suggestions from a veteran personal finance teacher with over 30 years of experience. There is a “Personal Finance Toolkit” of recommended resources and supplements for teachers (including HowTheMarketWorks!), along with the best ways to Read More...

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]]> Real-Time Rankings Are Here! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/real-time-rankings-are-here/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:42:37 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11555 Frustrated with the delay between the updates in your portfolio value, and how fast you move on the rankings page? Not Anymore! Real Time Rankings on HowTheMarketWorks In the past, we needed to check everyone’s account and revalue them in a loop to update the rankings page – a process that could take up to Read More...

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]]> What is Economics? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-economics/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:30:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11473 Definition “Economics” is often called the Dismal Science – it studies the trade-offs between making choices. The purpose of economics is to look at the different incentives, assets, and choices facing people, businesses, schools, and governments, and see if there is any way to improve outcomes. This is done by looking at how supply and Read More...

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]]> Types of Companies https://www.howthemarketworks.com/types-of-companies/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:33:30 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11467 Have you ever wanted to start a business? Maybe you want to know the difference between a lemonade stand and Minute-Maid, besides just the size of the companies. Different types of companies have different levels of liability (meaning level of responsibility) for the owner or owners. What this means is that the more liability an owner has, Read More...

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]]> Contract https://www.howthemarketworks.com/contract/ Fri, 27 May 2016 18:50:35 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11460 Definition A “Contract” is a legally binding agreement between two parties (people, companies, or both). Having a contract means that if one party does not keep their word, the other can sue them in court to either force them to fulfill their side of the agreement, or pay back compensation. What Makes A Contract Binding? Read More...

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]]> Net Worth Calculator https://www.howthemarketworks.com/net-worth-calculator/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 19:21:23 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11328 Knowing your net worth is the first step towards growing it! This tool will help you organize your assets in one place, and even help project how they will grow in the future. If you have used our Home Budget Calculator to help see where you can improve your savings, the next step is measuring Read More...

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]]> Janene’s March Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/janenes-march-trading-strategy/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:45:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11282 Contest: March Trading Contest Final Portfolio Value: $131,022.78 Trading Strategy For This Contest I’ve watched the market as it fluctuates, learning to buy and short gold as it adjusts. I tend to go with my gut instinct when buying stocks. Sometimes it works, sometimes, not so much. The best thing you can do, to help you Read More...

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]]> Banks, Credit Unions, and Savings & Loan Institutions https://www.howthemarketworks.com/banks-credit-unions-and-savings-loan-institutions/ Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:16:29 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11273 When talking about Banking, people generally group Banks, Credit Unions, and Savings & Loan companies all in one group. They do provide similar services, but they each have specific differences that might make them a better or worse fit for your financial needs. What They Have In Common All three of these institutions can do Read More...

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]]> Financial Records https://www.howthemarketworks.com/keeping-financial-records/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:48:05 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11226 Financial Records are what you use to have an easy way to tell where all your money and assets are, and exactly how much you have, at any given time. They are not one document, or even one type of document. In fact, most people’s financial records will not look the same as anyone else’s, Read More...

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]]> Wealth https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wealth/ Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:27:50 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11213 Definition of Wealth “Wealth” means having an abundance of something desirable. This can be tangible, like money and property, or intangible. Intangible Wealth Just because something does not have a monetary value does not mean it is worthless. Having strong connections with friends and family is often considered a major component of wealth – since Read More...

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]]> Money – Types of Stored Value https://www.howthemarketworks.com/money-types-of-stored-value/ Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:50:33 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11155 Definition When we think of money, stored value means anything that isn’t cash, but you can still use to transfer value – checks, debit cards, gift cards, and forms like that. These are used to transport some dollar amount which we can later exchange for goods and services. Each of these forms of stored value have their Read More...

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]]> Spending Plan https://www.howthemarketworks.com/spending-plan/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:22:45 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11145 A “Spending Plan” is exactly as it says – a plan of what you will be spending each month. There are usually two parts – your “fixed” spending and your “variable” spending. The fixed part is usually the same every month, with things like rent/mortgage payments, grocery bills, insurance, and car payments. The variable part Read More...

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]]> March Trading Contest https://www.howthemarketworks.com/march-trading-contest/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:28:22 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11139 Our March Trading Contest is now finished, we had tens of thousands of trades placed to fight for the top spots! See the winners below! If you want a shot at a cash prize yourself, join our next contest! Click Here To Join The Next Contest! Stock Trading Contest Results MichaelGebhart  +53.77% wpeldiak  +50.55% Janene  +31.00% Read More...

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]]> Get Paid by Sharing your Class Material https://www.howthemarketworks.com/share-your-class-material/ Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:34:31 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11090 HowTheMarketWorks is growing at a faster rate than ever – all thanks to teachers looking for the absolute best resources to include in their class materials. We want to make sure instructors who go the extra mile for their students get the recognition they deserve, so let us put you in the spotlight! Share your class material Read More...

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]]> Michael’s February Trading Contest Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/michaels-february-trading-contest-strategy/ Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:34:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11087 Contest: February Trading Contest Final Portfolio Value: $135,104.98 (+35.1%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I made 4 trades at the start of the month all based on gold being undervalued. I suspected a medium term rally and I therefor bought leveraged gold stocks/etf. The only reason I made 4 trades was because I was forced Read More...

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]]> Housemanager’s February Contest Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/housemanagers-february-contest-strategy/ Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:29:50 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11076 Contest: February Trading Contest Final Portfolio Value: $143,899.64 (+43.9%) Trading Strategy For This Contest Study sectors precious metals and energy- they have greatest potential for change because of most “auction” mentality” in stock and options activity. Research understanding small cap stocks. Read up on them and knowledge of these individuals is key. Final Open Positions Read More...

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]]> February Trading Contest https://www.howthemarketworks.com/february-trading-contest/ https://www.howthemarketworks.com/february-trading-contest/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:06:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11077 Our February Trading Contest is now finished, we had tens of thousands of trades placed to fight for the top spots! See the winners below! If you want a shot at a cash prize yourself, join our next contest! Click Here To Join The Next Contest! Stock Trading Contest Results almater1  +44.59% Housemanager  +43.9% Michael  +35.1%% Read More...

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]]> https://www.howthemarketworks.com/february-trading-contest/feed/ 1 JamesAquino’s Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/jamesaquinos-trading-strategy/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:39:14 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10725 Contest: December Trading Contest Final Portfolio Value: $117,803.89 (+17.80%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I’ll be general with my strategy so what I have done is I kept a max 5 stocks so it is easy to manage and chose which stock to buy wisely. (BUY WHAT YOU KNOW) that’s pretty much it 🙂 Final Read More...

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]]> January Stock Trading Contest https://www.howthemarketworks.com/january-stock-trading-contest/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:20:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10721 Our January stock trading contest is now finished, we had tens of thousands of trades placed to fight for the top spots! See the winners below! If you want a shot at a cash prize yourself, join our next contest! Click Here To Join The Next Contest! Stock Trading Contest Results smithjj5  +30.19% blowke  +28.64% qtran12203 Read More...

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]]> Assignments Get An Upgrade! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/assignments-get-an-upgrade/ Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:46:12 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10640 Thousands of teachers have created an Assignment in the last semester on HowTheMarketWorks, and we are happy to report that we’re launching another group of features just for you! Now when you create your custom stock trading game you will be given the option to create an Economics, Personal Finance, Business, Social Studies or Math Read More...

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]]> Fractions, Percentages, Ratios and the Stock Market https://www.howthemarketworks.com/percentages-fractions-ratios-stock-market/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:52:23 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10356 What is a fraction? A “Fraction” means one piece of a whole. You can use fractions in any case where it might be useful to look at something in parts, rather than the whole thing at once. The most delicious fractions are slices of pizza. If the pizza is in 8 slices, we know that Read More...

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]]> Using Excel to Track Your Stock Portfolio https://www.howthemarketworks.com/using-excel-track-stock-portfolio/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:57:41 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10358 In this article we will be looking at how you can use Excel with your HTMW account to keep track of your account’s performance. Using Excel To Track Your Stock Portfolio – Getting Some Data Before we can do anything with Excel, we need to get some numbers! The information you use in excel is Read More...

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]]> Major Economic Indicators https://www.howthemarketworks.com/major-economic-indicators/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:45:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10352 Definition “Major Economic Indicators” are numbers that you can look at to try to get a picture of how well the economy is doing. Different indicators measure different parts of the economy, but their main characteristic is that they measure the same thing in the same way over time. This means that you can compare the Read More...

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]]> Supply and Demand Examples in the Stock Market https://www.howthemarketworks.com/supply-and-demand-examples-stock-market/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:05:07 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10354 The stock market determines prices by constantly-shifting movements in the supply and demand for stocks. The price and quantity where supply are equal is called “Market Equilibrium”, and one major role of stock exchanges is to help facilitate this balance. We can use the stock market to give some great supply and demand examples with Read More...

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]]> Demand https://www.howthemarketworks.com/demand/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:50:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10423 Definition In Economics, “Demand” is the relationship between prices and how much people want to buy a good or service. Details As the market price of a good goes up, the amount of that good that people are willing to pay generally goes down. This is because each person puts some value on the good – Read More...

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]]> Supply https://www.howthemarketworks.com/supply/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:44:10 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10422 Definition In Economics, “Supply” means the relationship between prices and production. In general, the higher the market price of a good or service is, the more producers are willing to sell of it. Details As the market price for a good goes up, companies want to sell more of it to try to make greater profits. Read More...

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]]> Comparative Economic Systems https://www.howthemarketworks.com/comparative-economic-systems/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:51:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10350 Comparing Economic Systems There are many different economic systems that try to result in more equality or faster growth. The structure of a country’s economy has a lot to do with the country’s politics and the values of its population. However, the economy of every country also changes over time, and how it falls between Read More...

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]]> Stock Market Crash of 1929 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/stock-market-crash-of-1929/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:21:30 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10348 Definition The stock market crash of 1929 was a massive crash in stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, and marks the largest financial crash in the United States. Details The stock market crash came in multiple parts – the initial crash on October 28 (a 12.87% drop) continued into October 29 (a 11.73% drop), Read More...

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]]> What is the Federal Reserve? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-the-federal-reserve/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:56:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10346 Definition The Federal Reserve Bank, or the “Fed”, is the central banking system of the United States. It serves as the primary regulator of the US dollar, as well as the “lender of last resort” for other banks. Regulating Currency The Federal Reserve works to maintain the interest rates that banks use to lend money to Read More...

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]]> Reserve Requirement https://www.howthemarketworks.com/reserve-requirement/ https://www.howthemarketworks.com/reserve-requirement/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:38:29 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10380 Definition The Reserve Requirement is how much of all deposits that a bank is required to keep “on hand”, meaning in its vaults, or on deposit at the Federal Reserve Bank (in the United States). Details The “Reserve Requirement” is about 10% of all money that has been deposited at a bank. Because of how Read More...

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]]> https://www.howthemarketworks.com/reserve-requirement/feed/ 1 Money Creation https://www.howthemarketworks.com/money-creation/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:45:01 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10372 Definition: Money creation is accomplished through a system of borrowing and lending. Until the 1970’s, it was based on the total reserves of gold and silver. Details on Money Creation: Money is created principally by standards set by the federal reserve / central bank. The central bank will determine the amount loaned to it’s commercial Read More...

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]]> How Is Money Created? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-is-money-created/ https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-is-money-created/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:39:46 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10367 In the United States (and many other countries), the question “How is money created?” comes up a lot. The treasury isn’t just printing cash all day, if they were the government debt would be zero! In the US, money is created as a form of debt. Banks create loans for people and businesses, which in Read More...

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]]> https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-is-money-created/feed/ 2 Cottage Industry https://www.howthemarketworks.com/cottage-industry/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:10:43 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10362 Definition Cottage Industry, or the “Putting Out System” is a production system of producing goods that relies on producing goods, or parts of goods, by craftsmen at home, or small workshops, instead of large factories. History “Cottage Industry” describes the methodology that was used to produce most goods throughout human history, up until the end Read More...

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]]> December Stock Trading Contest https://www.howthemarketworks.com/december-stock-trading-contest/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:34:04 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10324 Our December stock trading contest is now finished, we had tens of thousands of trades placed to fight for the top spots! See the winners below! If you want a shot at a cash prize yourself, join our next contest! Click Here To Join The Next Contest! Stock Trading Contest Results smithjjj5 – +36.28% Return mchung37 Read More...

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]]> HowTheMarketWorks Goes Mobile! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/howthemarketworks-goes-mobile/ Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:30:21 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10637 Mobile HowTheMarketWorks is now live! You can now easily trade on the go with a completely mobile-optimized interface for trading, managing your portfolio, doing research, and everything else you could want on HowTheMarketWorks! Right now, if you log in with a tablet, we’ll still direct you to the full site, but if you’re using a Read More...

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]]> Finding Stocks In Specific Sectors https://www.howthemarketworks.com/finding-stocks-in-specific-sectors/ https://www.howthemarketworks.com/finding-stocks-in-specific-sectors/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:53:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10308 If you’ve started buying a few stocks, you will probably be interested in diversifying your portfolio between more than one sector. This sounds easy, but it can be very challenging finding stocks from a wide range of sources that fit what you’re looking for. Thankfully, our Quotes Tool has all the information you need to Read More...

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]]> https://www.howthemarketworks.com/finding-stocks-in-specific-sectors/feed/ 1 OHLC – Bar Chart https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ohlc-bar-chart/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:00:52 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10301 Definition: “OHLC” stands for “Open, High, Low, Close”, and this is a chart designed to help illustrate the movement of a stock’s price over time (typically a trading day, hour, or minute) OHLC are very useful for provide quick visual details, especially for technical analysis. Details on OHLC Charts OHLC charts are also known as Read More...

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]]> sgsadamc’s November Investing Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/sgsadamcs-november-investing-strategy/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:51:46 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10226 Contest: Second November Investing Contest Final Rank: 2 Final Portfolio Value: $113,134.06 (+13.13%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I usually found stocks that had high volume and good community sentiment. As well as good stock short term news. I then bought into those stocks, and when they went up. I shorted them. MACD and Bolinger Read More...

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]]> Branflakes’s November Investing Contest Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/branflakess-november-investing-contest-strategy/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:28:46 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10220 Contest: Second November Investing Contest Final Rank: 5 Final Portfolio Value: $112,017.03 (+12.01%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I looked for low prices stocks breaking new highs and held on for a couple minutes or over night, then I sold them, sometimes shorting stocks that are too hyped up Performance Over The Total Contest Click Read More...

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]]> NickStalksStocks’s Investing Contest Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/nickstalksstockss-investing-contest-strategy/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:30:44 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10211 Contest: Second November Investing Contest Final Rank: 3 Final Portfolio Value: $112,739.67 (+12.73%) Trading Strategy For This Contest First off, thanks for the great game everyone! Well played. This being my first HTMW monetized contest, I feel very humbled and excited to win. During last week, I played the VIX and biotech stocks. TVIX and Read More...

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]]> Math Lesson Plans https://www.howthemarketworks.com/math-lesson-plans/ Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:14:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10195 Students can never have too much math! These lesson plans are applied lessons in math, from showing how to calculate simple interest to determining “Price Per Unit” when shopping. Click Here for Investing Lesson Plans Click Here for Savings Lesson Plans Click Here for Budgeting Lesson Plans Click Here for other Personal Finance Lesson Plans Read More...

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]]> November Investing Contest Results https://www.howthemarketworks.com/november-investing-contest-results/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:26:56 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10189 Our November investing contests are now finished, we had tens of thousands of trades placed to fight for the top spots! See the winners below! If you want a shot at a cash prize yourself, join our next contest! Click Here To Join The Next Contest!   First Weekly Contest blowke +15.56% Second Weekly Contest brendanriley +15.41% Read More...

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]]> AWESOM-0’s Third October Daily Contest Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/awesom-0s-third-october-daily-contest-trading-strategy-2/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:20:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10046 Contest: October Third Daily Challenge Final Rank: 7 Final Portfolio Value: $101,621.37 (+1.62%) Trading Strategy For This Contest For the October 3rd Daily Contest I picked a mix between triple-leveraged ETFs and a few companies that I felt were undervalued. The triple-leveraged ETFs are great for a daily competition because the profits are huge if Read More...

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]]> RUINTHERE’s Third October Daily Contest Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ruintheres-third-october-daily-contest-trading-strategy/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:14:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10044 Contest: October Third Daily Challenge Final Rank: 1 Final Portfolio Value: $108,724.97 (+8.72%) Trading Strategy For This Contest The strategy I prefer to use is to look for stocks that have been unfairly beaten down. Many stocks are down at any given time and most justifiably so. However, there are those that have become oversold. Read More...

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]]> Why is it called Wall Street? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/why-is-it-called-wall-street/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 12:03:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10025 Definition “Wall Street” is a street in New York City, near the southern end of Manhattan Island. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, and the biggest center of stock trading and finance in the world. History Before New York was New York, it was a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, which Read More...

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]]> How To Run A Year Long Class Stock Game https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-to-run-a-year-long-class-stock-game/ Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:06:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9994 Keep Your Students Engaged With A Year Long Stock Game! If you’ve already used HowTheMarketWorks with your class, you know it can be one of the most fun and engaging part of the year for your students. However, just because your students have finished their unit on personal finance or investment doesn’t mean they can’t keep Read More...

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]]> What is the New York Stock Exchange? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-the-new-york-stock-exchange/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:29:20 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9989 Definition The New York Stock Exchange (or NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world. Think of it as an organized, fast-paced flea market where buyers and sellers from all over the world come to trade U.S. stocks (and now some foreign shares as well). It is where over 2,800 of the biggest U.S. Read More...

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]]> RiskOn’s October Day Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/riskons-october-day-trading-strategy/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:44:30 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9948 Contest: October First Daily Challenge Final Rank: 1 Final Portfolio Value: $104,671.33 (+4.67%) Day Trading Strategy For This Contest For this daily contest, I purchased 4 ETF stocks, then sold 2 of them once I had a good lead, not wanting to give up all of my gains. My strategy is to purchase the riskiest Read More...

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]]> ksmith’s October Day Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ksmiths-october-day-trading-strategy/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:19:53 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9935 Contest: October First Daily Challenge Final Rank: 3 Final Portfolio Value: $102,112.25 (+2.11%) Day Trading Strategy For This Contest For this day-trading contest, my big winners were the triple-leveraged ETFs (Click Here for a list of leveraged ETFs!) [hq]DWTI[/hq] and [hq]JDST[/hq]. [hq]DWTI[/hq] is a triple-leveraged Bear Oil ETF, so when oil goes down by 1%, Read More...

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]]> hoabidebay’s First October Week Contest Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/hoabidebays-first-october-week-contest-trading-strategy/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:08:46 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9925 Contest: October First Weekly Challenge Final Rank: 1 Final Portfolio Value: $116,943.82 (+16.94%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I select highly volatile and liquid stocks / ETFs to trade, paying attention to how they behave (gap up/down) the 1st 15 min of the opening session. Final Open Positions and Portfolio Allocation Performance Over The Total Read More...

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]]> BranFlakes1212’s October Day Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/branflakes1212s-october-day-trading-strategy/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:51:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9916 Contest: October First Daily Contest Final Rank: 6 Final Portfolio Value: $101,341.05 (+1.34%) Day Trading Strategy For This Contest I usually focus on Lower priced stocks because they tend to be more volatile. Tuesday however didn’t have very many stocks doing what I prefer to trade, so I pretty much picked one of the top Read More...

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]]> October Stock Contest Results! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/october-stock-contest-results/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:33:01 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9909 The October stock contests are finished, with over a thousand participants from all over the world! We had hundreds of thousands of trades placed, and already gave away almost $1000! See who won below! First Weekly Contest The Top 5 performers by portfolio value were: hoabidebay +16.94% kingsalman+14.36% brucehaan +14.08% daniellopez +10.16% Housemanager +9.83% The Read More...

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]]> smithjjj5’s September Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/smithjjj5s-september-trading-strategy/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:45:32 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9896 Contest: Official September Contest Final Rank: 5 Final Portfolio Value: $1,119,202.95 (+11.19%) Trading Strategy For This Contest My strategy is to look for stocks to short that are moving up (30% +)on news with greater than average volume. So much of the time people get overly excited about the news and drive the price higher Read More...

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]]> wkaraman14’s September Trading Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wkaraman14s-september-trading-strategy/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:26:30 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9893 Final Rank: 3 Final Portfolio Value: $1,181,543.46 (+18.15%) Trading Strategy For This Contest I used was mainly “gap plays”; I analyze gaps in the premarket everyday, once I determine if the gap will be filled for short term investing, I will place my trade and swing looking for a 10%-20% profit. 90% of all gaps Read More...

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]]> Streaming Prices On Your Open Positions! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/streaming-prices-on-your-open-positions/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:24:59 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10634 Streaming prices are here! The “Last Price” on your open positions page is now constantly updating – no more need to keep refreshing the page to get the latest prices! The price will now flash green if the price went up, red when it goes down. They update every few seconds, so watch carefully! This Read More...

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]]> American Apparel Files For Bankruptcy! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/american-apparel-files-for-bankruptcy/ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:17:21 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9859 American Apparel ([hq]APP[/hq]) has filed for bankrupsy this morning. It has failed to turn a profit since 2009. Like many other designer brands that once dominated the market among teenage and young adult high-end clothing, its business has been severely weakened as young people’s tastes have changed much faster than the brands can keep up. Read More...

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]]> Economics Lesson Plans https://www.howthemarketworks.com/economics-lesson-plans/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:04:33 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9841 Economics lesson plans are usually the most interesting to students, since it shows how the entire economy around them is flowing! We have some great places to start when you want to talk about economics in your classroom. This also includes lesson plans on taxes. Click Here for Investing Lesson Plans Click Here for Savings Read More...

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]]> Spending and Saving Lesson Plans https://www.howthemarketworks.com/savings-lesson-plans/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:31:26 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9821 There is no better time to start saving than right now! We have gathered dozens of savings lesson plans together to help your students see exactly how saving and investing will impact their future. All too often young people get started in the “real world” saddled with so much debt that it is hard to grasp what Read More...

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]]> Budgeting Lesson Plans https://www.howthemarketworks.com/budgeting-lesson-plans/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:59:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9803 Budgeting is perhaps the most essential skill a person can have as they begin living on their own. Whether it is the simple act of balancing a check book, managing bank accounts, or deciding whether it is time to buy or rent, building a budget is the basic core of personal finance. Browse this collection Read More...

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]]> Investing Lesson Plans https://www.howthemarketworks.com/investing-lesson-plans/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:53:53 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9771 Teaching about investing in your class? We have you covered! Check out our collection of investing lesson plans, divided up by age group, with great ways to incorporate HowTheMarketWorks into the lessons! Click Here for other Personal Finance Lesson Plans Click Here for Savings Lesson Plans Click Here for Budgeting Lesson Plans Click Here for Read More...

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]]> Oil Price Slides Again On Inventory Data! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/oil-price-slides-again-on-inventory-data/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:20:35 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9773 Oil price is down again this morning after new stockpile figures show about 4.6 million new extra barrels’ worth of oil went into storage last month, compared to the 100,000 estimate most analysts were expecting. All this extra oil is going into storage because the global supply, or how much oil producers are pumping out Read More...

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]]> Investors Start Moving From Apple Stock, Even With Record Sales! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/investors-start-moving-from-apple-stock-even-with-record-sales/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:34:14 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9756 Apple’s ([hq]AAPL[/hq]) stock price has fallen this week in the wake of the new iPhone launch, which beat estimates to sell 13 million units in its first weekend on the market. This sounds like it should have been great news, so why did the stock price fall? Well, there’s a few things that investors find Read More...

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]]> Whole Foods To Cut 1,500 Jobs! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/whole-foods-to-cut-1500-jobs/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:38:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9741 Many big companies have been expanding lately, which has helped keep the unemployment rate down, but Whole Foods ([hq]WFM[/hq]) is trying hard to start cutting down. The big reason for this is that they are starting to get desparate to cut costs: their popular nickname is “Whole Paycheck”, since shopping there for a full load Read More...

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]]> The Blue Chip Challenge Is Over! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-blue-chip-challenge-is-over/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:17:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9529 Last week was the last day of the Blue Chip Summer Trading Challenge, which has been the biggest challenge HowTheMarketWorks has ever seen! Click Here To See The List Of Winners! You can join the next Challenge to win cash prizes by checking out our Prized Contests page (Click Here!), or look below for some Read More...

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]]> Kevin Smith’s Blue Chip Challenge Investment Strategy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ksmith-blue-chip-challenge-investment-strategy/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:44:59 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9502 Final Rank: 331 / 518 Final Portfolio Value: $985,785,982.85 (-1.42%) Investment Strategy For This Contest This was a contest where I wanted to go big or crash hard. The news leading up to the contest was dominated by the crash in oil prices, so I figured that there would probably be a rebound coming soon. Read More...

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]]> ETFs showing signs of stress with high trading! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/etfs-showing-signs-of-stress-with-high-trading/ Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:52:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9467 ETFs have been one of the most popular investment vehicles in the world over the last decade or so, with investors of all types attracted to the low fees, but diverse holdings, falling somewhere between mutual funds and stocks in terms of how easy they are to manage in a portfolio. However, one of the Read More...

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]]> Monthly Trading Contests! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/monthly-trading-contests/ Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:16:45 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10632 We have always been firm believers that it is great practice to continue trading even after your classes end, and we’re starting a new program of monthly stock contests to help support that! These contests are open to everyone – just join for free and start trading! You can find the most up-to-date contest information Read More...

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]]> Dow Jones Up After East Asian Gains! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/dow-jones-up-after-east-asian-gains/ Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:46:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9280 The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures had a big bump this morning, based on market data coming from China and Japan. Both countries recorded big gains today. The good feelings extended over Europe, with French and German indexes gaining over 2% each. The news comes after the Chinese government announced measures aimed at stemming the Read More...

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]]> Investors are ready for interest rate hikes! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/investors-are-ready-for-interest-rate-hikes/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:19:56 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9266 The interest rates set by the Federal Reserve Bank have been pegged near zero for many years now, and investors are signalling that they are ready to see it go up. During the financial crisis, interest rates were slashed down to historic low levels as the Fed did everything in its power to ease lending Read More...

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]]> New Administrator Tools! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-administrator-tools/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10629 You’ve asked, and we listened! With this most recent update, teachers have more tools than ever to manage their classes on HowTheMarketWorks. You can access all these new tools from the Rankings page when you’re logged in as the contest creator. Next to each user on the page, you have 3 new buttons: “View”, “Reset” Read More...

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]]> US dependence on Saudi Oil falls! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/us-dependence-on-saudi-oil-falls/ Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:04:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9233 Times have been changing rather quickly for the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The main reason is energy. US dependence on Saudi Oil has been dropping rapidly in the last decade, dropping by 50% thanks largely to increased oil production in America (if you want to try trading oil on HowTheMarketWorks, check Read More...

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]]> American markets recover after China’s crash! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/american-markets-recover-after-chinas-crash/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:01:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9217 The next 5 days will be a very important learning experience for traders trying to sift through the rubble after China’s highly-publicized currency devaluation and subsequent shockwaves through the world markets. American markets have begun their recovery, with the S&P 500 (ETF: [hq]SPY[/hq]) and Dow-Jones (ETF: [hq]QQQ[/hq]) indecies both recovering some of the losses. However, Read More...

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]]> Jobs data released, Stocks Up! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/jobs-data-released-stocks-up/ Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:41:02 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9160   Stock index futures are up this morning as investors are starting to see buying opportunities after the big losses last month that stemmed from China’s stock crash and currency unrest around the world. However, investors are beginning to think that the initial sell-off was a bit of an overreaction; stock index futures are used Read More...

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]]> September Monthly Million Challenge! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/september-monthly-million-challenge/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:59:14 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9132 The September Monthly Million Challenge is the first in our Monthly Million series, with over a thousand participants from all over the world! The rankings were fierce, with the HowTheMarketWorks team scattered throughout, but you’ll be surprised who won! The Top 5 performers by portfolio value were: AngelRivera +30.81% Janene+23.14% wkaraman14 +18.15% puttno2 +12.63% smithjjj5 Read More...

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]]> Oil Production Estimates Down, Raising Prices! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/oil-production-estimates-down-raising-prices/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:36:45 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9127 In a move that suprised almost no-one, OPEC announced that cuts in production to help prop up oil prices may soon be on the horizon. What was surprising was that US oil producers, who are not affiliated with the group, concurrently cut back production estimates. The change in US estimates is mostly technical; instead of Read More...

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]]> Alibaba Losing Ground To Surprising Upstart! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/alibaba-losing-ground-to-surprising-upstart/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:39:08 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9090 Alibaba ([htmwquote]BABA[/htmwquote]) has had a wild ride since its IPO last year. Today, shares are up about 3% from the first day of trading, although that pales in comparison to the heights in November, where they hit about 75% higher than today. Since November, prices have crashed down; their growth is still strong, but investment Read More...

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]]> Chinese stocks continue to fall, but the rest of the world is recovering! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/chinese-stocks-continue-to-fall-but-the-rest-of-the-world-is-recovering/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:49:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9070 Yesterday index futures around the world started pushing up after China announced a cut to interest rates and banking reserve requirements. That trend continues today, with stock prices in Europe and North America pushing ahead and erasing losses from the past week. China, however, is looking at a different story. The Shanghai Composite Index fell Read More...

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]]> Global Stocks Rebound On Chinese Stimulus! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/global-stocks-rebound-on-chinese-stimulus/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:45:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9036 Stocks around the world this morning after the Chinese central bank announced interest rate cuts, along with lowered reserve requirements for banks to encourage banks to start lending and put a stop to the global equity selling spree. This comes a week after the same bank drastically de-valued the Yuan, sending stocks, currencies, and futures Read More...

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]]> Global Stock Sell-off Continues! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/global-stock-sell-off-continues/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:00:02 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=9029 Stocks around the world continued to lose value, over $5 trillion in value has been lost in the last 2 weeks, as investors continue to flee riskier assets after China’s currency devaluation. The move, which many have claimed was a move designed to boost exports, has caused waves all around the world. Investment to developing Read More...

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]]> Stock https://www.howthemarketworks.com/stocks/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:46:13 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8912 The post Stock appeared first on HowTheMarketWorks.

]]> Kraft Foods Puts Deep Cuts On Expenses And Jobs! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/kraft-foods-puts-deep-cuts-on-expenses-and-jobs/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:27:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8907 Berkshire Hathaway and 3G capital took control of Kraft foods and Heinz ketchup not long ago, where efforts first focused on Heinz. After replacing most of the top-level management (and many of the juniors), Heinz also shaved thousands of jobs in an effort to cut costs. The efforts seem to have worked; it boasted some Read More...

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]]> Crashing Markets Mean Cheap Stocks! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/crashing-markets-mean-cheap-stocks/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:12:04 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8819 Everyone paying attention to the news lately knows that there has been a lot of rough water over the last month or so; Gold and Oil have been tanking farther than usual, the Chinese currency devaluation rocked global markets while the Chinese stock market plummetted. Which is, coincidentally, a great time to start looking at Read More...

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]]> Record Housing Starts Boost Home Depot! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/record-housing-starts-boost-home-depot/ Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:55:19 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8764 New data shows that housing starts hit an 8-year high in July, with a construction frenzy underway as the housing market continues on its recovery after the financial crash. Home remodeling activity has been up as well, which helped Home Depot ([htmwquote]HD.N[/htmwquote]) beat earnings estimates and see stock prices reach new heights. There have been Read More...

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]]> Bonds are back up, with stocks sliding on data! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/bonds-are-back-up-with-stocks-sliding-on-data/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:04:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8754 The world markets are still edgy after China’s currency devaluation last week, and a Fed report showing that New York area manufacturing started sliding downwards has not put any investors at ease. Commodities and stocks both started down on Monday morning, many top analysts predict the pullback will continue for a short while longer as Read More...

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]]> European Economy Misses Growth Targets, Worrying Investors! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/european-economy-misses-growth-targets-worrying-investors/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:41:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8707 The European Union economy was expected to grow by about 0.4% in the 2nd quarter of this year, but researches have determined it missed the mark, coming up only at 0.3%. This may not sound like a big miss, but that tenth of a percent is a lot of money (billions of Euros of unrealized Read More...

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]]> Bonds And Gold Down After Chinese Currency Crunch! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/bonds-and-gold-down-after-chinese-currency-crunch/ Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:23:49 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8701 The beginning of the week was dominated by the Chinese currency devaluation; the Chinese central bank devalued the Yuan by over 4% from Monday’s exchange rate with the US dollar over the week. However, by this morning, things have returned more-or-less to “normal” on international currency markets. The biggest fear when the devaluation was announced Read More...

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]]> Alibaba Misses Earnings, Price Tanks! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/alibaba-misses-earnings-price-tanks/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:34:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8672 Alibaba ([htmwquote]BABA[/htmwquote]) missed its earning target, driving shares farther down for the company that had the world’s largest IPO last year. The news of the Chinese commerce behemoth’s miss came just after China announced another round of currency devaluation, bringing the total drop of the Yuan to almost 4% compared to last week against the Read More...

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]]> China De-Values Yuan In Surprise Move! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/china-de-values-yuan-in-surprise-move/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:02:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8594 Tuesday morning China announced an immediate 1.9% devaluation of the Yuan, surpising investors and economists around the world. Bankers around the world have long criticized China for manipulating its currency value in order to help drive exports; this sudden devaluation only strengthens those concerns. The Chinese economy has been facing slowed growth over the last Read More...

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]]> Oil Keeps Falling As Supply Keeps Going Up! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/oil-keeps-falling-as-supply-keeps-going-up/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:02:23 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8462 Oil Futures are down again this Monday morning after the newest reports show that the US has deployed 6 more drilling platforms, while OPEC continues record output. Countries who rely on oil exports for a significant amount of tax revenue have been pummelled; Canada is struggling to keep its promise of a balanced budget, Norway Read More...

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]]> 215,000 Jobs Added In July! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/215000-jobs-added-in-july/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:32:51 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8448 Based on the latest reports from the US Department of Labor, over 215,000 jobs were added in July, following a 230,000 increase in June. Despite the gloom-and-doom in the commodities market (especially oil and gold), hiring across the entire economy has been growing at a fairly stable pace over the last 5 years as the Read More...

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]]> Assignments are here! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/assignments-are-here/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10627 This is the biggest new feature we’ve ever added! We know that there are tens of thousands of teachers who use HowTheMarketWorks in their classroom every year to teach math, social studies, personal finance, and business, so we’ve added some great new features just for you. We call them “Assignments“, and they will make teaching Read More...

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]]> Russia destroys imports of Western Food! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/russia-destroys-imports-of-western-food/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:25:35 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8413 In a game of Tit-For-Tat, Russia banned imports of most food from Western Europe last year after Europe imposed sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Crimea. However, distributors from Eastern European countries, particularly Belarus, have been trying to circumvent the ban, smuggling or re-packaging Belgian, French, and German food and shipping it to waiting Read More...

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]]> What is the impact of an increase in minimum wage? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-the-impact-of-an-increase-in-minimum-wage/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:47:59 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8375 This is one of the constantly trending topics in economics; should we raise the minimum wage? This will be a brief look at some of the pros and cons- this will be updated with more cases for and against as time goes on and more recent, relevant research is added. If you know of a Read More...

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]]> Apple and Oil Fall, Investors Hoping For A Rebound! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/apple-and-oil-fall-investors-hoping-for-a-rebound/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:41:02 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8335 Crude oil futures and Apple stock both took a big hit on Tuesday as weak demand for oil coupled with an unexpected drop in Apple stock. The weakening of the price of Oil is somewhat expected; Summer is usually when global demand is at its highest, and with Fall approaching the markets expect demand, and Read More...

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]]> Variance https://www.howthemarketworks.com/variance/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:41:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8281 Definition When you are looking at a sequence of related numbers (for example, the price of a single stock over time, the height of all students in a classroom, or how many breakfasts you will get out of a box of a particular cereal), the “variance” is how far away the numbers get from the Read More...

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]]> Russia’s Economy Hammered By Low Oil! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/russias-economy-hammered-by-low-oil/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:25:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8277 Russia is the world’s top energy exporter, extracting and selling billions of barrels of crude oil and natural gas; a huge amount of the national budget (and therefore the method of payment for social services, the military, and much more) is paid for on taxes on these fossil fuels. So there are few countries that Read More...

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]]> Facebook’s Revenue Jumps, But Profits Plummet! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/facebooks-revenue-jumps-but-profits-plummet/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:13:12 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8160 Facebook released its 2nd quarterly earnings yesterday, with some big shocks followed by a drop in stock prices. Facebook has grown at an almost unprecedented pace since inception, and now their growth problem is that almost everyone already has a Facebook account, so they need to target other opportunities outside their core browser application and Read More...

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]]> Barclay’s analysts warning against hype in Netflix, Google, and More! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/barclays-analysts-warning-against-hype-in-netflix-google-and-more/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:51:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8112 Barclay’s financial analysts are regarded as some of the best in the world; it is no coincidence that they are one of the most respected capital management firms around. Usually when they make a recommendation, there is a good reason. Today they have made a recommendation that came as a surprise; Google ([htmwquote]GOOG[/htmwquote]), Facebook ([htmwquote]FB[/htmwquote]), Read More...

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]]> Leveraged ETFs https://www.howthemarketworks.com/leveraged-etf-list/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:05:39 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8082 ETFs are collections of assets into bundles you can invest in all at once, the most popular ones follow indecies (such as SPY following the S&P 500), which is one way for an investor to build a diverse portfolio without holding dozens of individual positions. However, using financial derivatives and debt, there are also “Leveraged ETFs”, Read More...

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]]> Our Old Site Is Now Simvest.com! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/our-old-site-is-now-simvest-com/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:00:05 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10625 This week we are finally putting our new site to the full domain! You can now access the brand-new version of HowTheMarketWorks at www.howthemarketworks.com. If you have bookmarks saved to new.www.howthemarketworks.com, they will still work fine. The old site, which hundreds of thousands of our active users know and love, has been moved to www.simvest.com. Read More...

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]]> Gold Price Crash Spreads To Other Metals, And Commodities! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/gold-price-crash-spreads-to-other-metals-and-commodities/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:22:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8075 Just a few years ago Gold was considered one of the safest investments one could make; politicians were arguing to resume backing US currency in Gold, “Cash For Gold” commercials and pawn shops sprouted up across every corner of the United States, and investors were putting more and more money into the precious metal as Read More...

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]]> Creating Assignments On HowTheMarketWorks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/creating-assignments-on-howthemarketworks/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:21:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8072 Creating Assignments On HowTheMarketWorks

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]]> GlaxoSmithKline Gains Approval For The World’s First Malaria Vaccine! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/glaxosmithkline-gains-approval-for-the-worlds-first-malaria-vaccine/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:51:44 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8025 GlaxoSmithKline, also known as Glaxo, or GSK, is one of the world’s leading pharmacutical manufacturers, producing billions of dollars of medication per year. Since 1987, they have been working on the development of a vaccine for Malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Malaria is thought to have killed more humans than any other cause Read More...

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]]> Truck Demand Spikes, GM Earnings Rise To Match! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/truck-demand-spikes-gm-earnings-rise-to-match/ Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:31:25 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8004 General Motors (Click Here for Quote) has doubled its year-on-year earnings, thanks mostly to a huge uptick in demand for its trucks. The auto maker has long paid off its loans from the government taken out during the financial crash, and has been rapidly expanding in foreign markets over the last few years. Specifically, China Read More...

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]]> Wall Street Is Losing Patience With Big Oil! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wall-street-is-losing-patience-with-big-oil/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:03:28 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7982 Some of the biggest oil producers in the United States are starting to get into bigger and bigger trouble as they have been struggling to cope with the crash of oil prices in the last few years. Across the middle of the United States, between Texas and North Dakota, shale oil drilling and extraction, known Read More...

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]]> The Blue Chip Summer Challenge https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-blue-chip-summer-challenge/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:22:52 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7941 If you missed out, you can get the details on our latest monthly challenge, where you can win cash prizes by learning about investing, on our Contests Page (Click Here)! The Top 5 performers by portfolio value were: RiskOn +43.80% igorski123 +41.97% Michael +28.19% nickbrown +15.58% dancegirl +11.14% The HTMW Team Finishers were: 318th: psimard -0.79% Read More...

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]]> Popular Canadian Stocks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/popular-canadian-stocks/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:22:15 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7926 Most Popular Canadian Stocks Looking to trade Canadian stocks in your HowTheMarketWorks portfolio, but not sure where to look? You can find a list of the most popular Canadian companies, their symbol, and quotes here! SYMBOL COMPANY NAME Quote And Chart Trade It On HTMW RY Royal Bank of Canada Get Quote! Buy It On Read More...

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]]> GTD Good Till Day Orders https://www.howthemarketworks.com/gtd-good-till-day-orders/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:21:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7924 Good Till Date Order Terms If you have ever placed a limit or stop order on HowTheMarketWorks, you have see the “Good Till Day” order term on the trading menu: A “Good-Till-Day” order is simply one that will cancel at the end of the trading day if it does not fill. So, for example, if Read More...

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]]> How do I diversify a portfolio? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-do-i-diversify-a-portfolio/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:15:00 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7921 Understanding what it means to build a diversified portfolio is one of the first concepts a new investor needs to understand. When talking about stocks, diversification means to make sure you don’t “put all of your eggs in one basket.” What Does It Mean To Diversify? Simply put, to “diversify” means to make sure pick Read More...

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]]> How To Choose Stocks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/how-to-choose-stocks/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:14:15 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7919 The most challenging aspect of starting to invest is picking the first few stocks to add to a portfolio. Every investor has their own techniques and strategies, but we want to give you the tools you need to place your first trades, and get your portfolio off to a running start. Establish Goals Before choosing Read More...

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]]> Consumer Prices Up, Raising Inflation Fears! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/consumer-prices-up-raising-inflation-fears/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:00:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7899 Inflation is up in the latest Consumer Price Index report, showing the first total-year increase since the financial crash. Prices increased about 0.3% in June, and 0.4% in May. This increase in prices is welcomed by many economists and analysts; raising prices is a good sign that the economy is growing. The Federal Reserve Bank Read More...

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]]> US Jobless Claims Fall For The First Time In 4 Weeks! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/us-jobless-claims-fall-for-the-first-time-in-4-weeks/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:23:59 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7881 More good news for the US labor market, Jobless Claims have resumed their decent last week, after 3 weeks of climbing. This continues to signal that the US economy is beginning to see strong growth, not just recovery, in the job market after several years of being plagued by high unemployment after the 2008 financial Read More...

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]]> Sharpe Ratio (Beginner) https://www.howthemarketworks.com/sharpe-ratio-beginner/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:05:23 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7875 Introduction The Sharpe Ratio is an important tool for evaluating a stock, or a portfolio, based on how risky it is to get a higher return. You can use the Sharpe Ratio to determine how consistent the returns of a stock or portfolio are, so you can determine if the returns are stemming more from Read More...

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]]> Fed Announces Interest Rate Increases This Year! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/fed-announces-interest-rate-increases-this-year/ Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:35:29 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7872 The Chairwoman of the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank, Janet Yellen, announced today that the prime lending rate will almost certainly be increased this year, based off strong labor market data and economic growth around the United States. The Federal Funds Rate has been set near 0% for the past several years Read More...

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]]> HowTheMarketWorks Videos https://www.howthemarketworks.com/howthemarketworks-videos/ Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:52:11 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7863 Registration And Site Overview New to HowTheMarketWorks? These videos will give you a great picture of how to get around the site, and how to use some of the most popular features Registration And Site Overview My Portfolio, Open Positions, And Rankings Pages Trading Stocks Trading Mutual Funds Teacher Tools And Research Creating your own Read More...

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]]> US Markets Are Up After Greece Comes To Agreement With Creditors! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/us-markets-are-up-after-greece-comes-to-agreement-with-creditors/ Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:48:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7856 We have been giving a lot of attention to Greece and China recently in our “Top Stories”, and with good reason! Greek debt has been spiraling outwards since the financial crash in 2008, but there has been severe resistance to “austerity measures” (another way of saying spending cuts, usually targeting social programs like retirement pensions) Read More...

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]]> Top Analysts Project More Growth, Despite China and Greece! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/top-analysts-project-more-growth-despite-china-and-greece/ Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:21:18 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7852 China’s stock crash and Greece’s debt crunch have been dominating news in the last couple of weeks, but these two stories have been making large waves, it seems, because they are the global outliers, not the norm. Thanks to increasing domestic demand, and continued support from central banks, economies around the developed world have been Read More...

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]]> Global Unemployment Still High! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/global-unemployment-still-high/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:18:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7849 If you follow our news stories at the top of the page, you may have noticed that a lot of the unemployment stories we focus on are generally good; US jobless claims have been falling drastically over the last 6 months, US overall unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 2008, and the Read More...

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]]> US stocks are hurting with Greek and Chinese pressure! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/us-stocks-are-hurting-with-greek-and-chinese-pressure/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:17:23 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7842 On Wednesday, the DOW fell over 150 points in the morning, in large part due to investor confidence being severely shaken by the massive selloff in China, and the aftershocks of the Greek referendum. Investors around the world are reeling form these two combo-shocks, we have talked about some of the causes of the Chinese Read More...

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]]> Greek Referendum Rejects Bailout, Paving The Way To Euro Exit! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/greek-referendum-rejects-bailout-paving-the-way-to-euro-exit/ Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:16:01 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7840 In a landslide, the Greek voters rejected the terms of the European Union bailout package on July 5th, 2015. The vote was whether or not to accept the terms laid out by European creditors, namely France and Germany, to get Greek finances in order as a condition for further loans from the European Central Bank. Read More...

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]]> France and Germany Signal No More Concessions For Greece! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/france-and-germany-signal-no-more-concessions-for-greece/ Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:27:58 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7813 The Greek financial system was nearing the brink of collapse early Monday morning as banks were closed and capital controls have been placed over government bodies as they prepare for the last round of efforts to keep themselves in the Euro Zone. Greece has pledged to hold a referendum on July 5th to approve the Read More...

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]]> The Supreme Court Upholds The Affordable Healthcare Act! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/the-supreme-court-upholds-the-affordable-healthcare-act/ Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:29:27 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7811 The Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to uphold the Affordable Healthcare Act, commonly known as Obamacare, in a landmark decision that effectively killed the last efforts of conservative lawmakers to have the law removed. This battle has been continuing for years; almost since Obama’s inaguration speech lawmakers on both sides of the isle have been Read More...

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]]> InBev is buying craft brewers as Budweiser’s Market Share Drops! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/inbev-is-buying-craft-brewers-as-budweisers-market-share-drops/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:39:44 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7793 The world’ biggest brewer is trying to stay at the top spot! Anheuser-Busch InBev has been the top dog for beer for the past few years, with its flagship beers in the United States, Budweiser and Bud Light, ranking as the most common across the nation. However, “most common beer” is meaning less and less Read More...

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]]> IKEA raises minimum wage for US employees for second year in a row! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/ikea-raises-minimum-wage-for-us-employees-for-second-year-in-a-row/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:01:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7788 Walmart is not the only major retailer to be increasing their minimum wages for all employees; Ikea has increased their minimum wages for US workers for the second year in a row. Both major retailers reported much lower labor turnover rates after increasing the wages. However, Ikea, unlike Walmart, offers its wage increases based off Read More...

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]]> University Divestment Pledges Mean Less Than Students Think! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/university-divestment-pledges-mean-less-than-students-think/ Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:18:26 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7759 Over the past few years, student protest movements from around North America and Europe have been pressuring their universities to “divest”, or pull all their money out, from companies that make their money on fossil fuels. The argument has always been that the multi-million dollar endowments managed by the schools should not be complacent in Read More...

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]]> Taylor Swift Battles Apple and Wins! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/taylor-swift-battles-apple-and-wins/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:03:08 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7718 Apple Inc (AAPL) announced that they were launching a new music streaming service to compete with the likes of Spotify. The service will have a cost, but Apple was happy to announce that there will be a 3-month free trial period for all users. This sounded great for users, but they also announced that no Read More...

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]]> Chinese Stocks Fall 6.4%! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/chinese-stocks-fall-6-4/ Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:03:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7689 Friday, June 19 2015 was a very rough day for investors in China, over the last week the Shanghai composite index has fallen more than 13%. Analysts at three major investment and analyst firms across the United States have been issuing “Bubble Alerts”, warning that many Chinese stocks are dangerously over-valued, and the Chinese stock Read More...

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]]> Keep your portfolio when your tournament ends! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/keep-your-portfolio-when-your-tournament-ends/ Mon, 25 May 2015 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10623 The first set of contests that were created on our new site are starting to come to an end, so this batch of new features is built for you! From this point forward, once your contest ends, you can come back to your Open Positions page and look up your final values at any time. Read More...

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]]> OTC (Over The Counter) Stocks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/oct-over-the-counter-stocks/ Fri, 15 May 2015 22:40:33 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7225 Over-The-Counter (OTC) Stocks Most investors are familiar with NASDAQ, the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange), and most other large national stock exchanges. However, there are also thousands of companies that want to sell shares to the general public, but are not able to sell on these exchanges. Stock traded on these Read More...

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]]> Engaging Students In The Summer https://www.howthemarketworks.com/keeping-students-engaged-over-the-summer/ Tue, 12 May 2015 03:28:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7194 So school is almost out, your students are already gazing out the window, and the last of your lessons are just about finished. Now what? Studies across the United States show that students forget math the most over their Summer Break, so the best thing a teacher can do for their students as they go Read More...

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]]> New HowTheMarketWorks Videos! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-howthemarketworks-videos/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:51:33 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=7064 Welcome to our Videos section, where you can see all the great features of our new site, all in one place! If you think something is missing here that you would love to see, send a ticket to our Support Desk, and we will get it made and posted as soon as possible! All these Read More...

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]]> HTMW Conference Presentation https://www.howthemarketworks.com/htmw-conference-presentation/ Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:57:58 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11097 Have you attended a HowTheMarketWorks presentation at a conference and want to have a copy of the powerpoint presentation that was used?  You have found it! Representatives from HTMW and Stock-Trak, the parent company, attend dozens of conferences each year to spread the good word about this site.  Below is a link to the latest Read More...

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]]> Huge update for your Open Positions! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/new-open-positions-charts/ Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:32:36 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10621 We’ve added some great new charts to the Open Positions page! Once you’ve purchased any stock or ETF, you can view your portfolio as a series of charts showing each stock’s performance. You can switch between the day’s change, for the last 30 days, or even the whole last year. Best of all, the charts Read More...

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]]> HowTheMarketWorks 2.0 is now live! https://www.howthemarketworks.com/howthemarketworks-2-0-is-now-live/ Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:29:17 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10616 After months of development behind the scenes, the new version of HowTheMarketWorks is now live and available for all users to test out! New features we’ve added in this major update: Users can now join as many contests as they like! You are no longer limited to just 3. Trade execution time is much faster Read More...

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]]> WeSeed.com Closes, HowTheMarketWorks Offers Similar Stock Market Game Site https://www.howthemarketworks.com/weseed-com-closes-howthemarketworks-offers-similar-stock-market-game-site/ Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:32:26 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11488 WeSeed.com Closes, But WeSeed Users Welcome on the Free HowTheMarketWorks.com Stock Market Game Site as the Best Alternative WeSeed.com, a stock market game for educators and their students, will officially close on August 31, 2013. HowTheMarketWorks.com, the largest free stock market game for elementary, middle and high school students and classes, looks forward to welcoming Read More...

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]]> Monetary Policy https://www.howthemarketworks.com/monetary-policy/ Mon, 27 May 2013 13:42:06 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=6101 Monetary Policy refers to the process by which the Monetary Authority of a given country implements a variety of measures to control the supply of money.

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]]> Inflation https://www.howthemarketworks.com/what-is-inflation/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:58:21 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=5525 Inflation refers to the general rising of prices for goods and services in the economy, due to an increase in the amount of money and/or credit available.

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