You have been playing the stock market game since Week 2. For this assignment, you will write a 1–2 page reflection on your experience with the Stock Market game.
In this reflection, you will:
- Describe your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs.
- Did you purchase or sell stock(s)? Why?
- Which stocks exceeded your expectations? What conditions caused this?
- Which stocks underperformed for you? What factors created the performance gap?
- Be sure to include an overall summary of how your stock portfolio performed. Feel free to use an Excel spreadsheet to summarize your portfolio. You can download it directly from the game website.
- Answer the following questions:
- Has this game experience motivated you to get involved in the stock market? Why or why not?
- Will you use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement?
- What have you learned about hedging, risk, and your overall risk investment tolerance?
- Thinking about the game, what did you learn about market fundamentals such as interest rates, inflation, and money supply?
- Be sure to provide specific examples in your responses.
View RubricWeek 8 Activity – Stock Market Game ReflectionWeek 8 Activity – Stock Market Game ReflectionCriteriaRatingsPtsDescribe your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, include information on whether you bought or sold stocks, which stocks exceeded your expectations, which stocks underperformed, and the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform. Include overall summary of how the portfolio performed.30 to >27 ptsExemplaryDescribed your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, included information on whether you bought or sold stocks, which stocks exceeded your expectations, which stocks underperformed, and the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform. Included overall summary of how the portfolio performed.27 to >24 ptsCompetentDescribed your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, but only included information on three of the following four items: (1) whether you bought or sold stocks, (2) which stocks exceeded your expectations, (3) which stocks underperformed, and (4) the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform. -OR- Did not include overall summary of how the portfolio performed.24 to >21 ptsSatisfactoryDescribed your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, but only included information on 2 – 3 of the following four items: (1) whether you bought or sold stocks, (2) which stocks exceeded your expectations, (3) which stocks underperformed, and (4) the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform. Did not include overall summary of how the portfolio performed.21 to >18 ptsNeeds ImprovementDescribed your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, but only included information on one of the following four items: (1) whether you bought or sold stocks, (2) which stocks exceeded your expectations, (3) which stocks underperformed, and (4) the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform. Did not include overall summary of how the portfolio performed.18 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not submit or did not describe your overall experience with buying and selling stocks, mutual funds ETFs, include information on whether you bought or sold stocks, which stocks exceeded your expectations, which stocks underperformed, and the conditions/factors that caused the stocks to exceed your expectations or underperform./ 30 ptsExplain why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market and discuss whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement. Provide specific examples.25 to >22.5 ptsExemplaryExplained why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market and discussed whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement. Provided specific examples.22.5 to >20 ptsCompetentExplained why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market and discussed whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement. Did not provide specific examples.20 to >17.5 ptsSatisfactoryExplained why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market OR discussed whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement, but not both. Provided specific examples.17.5 to >15 ptsNeeds ImprovementExplained why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market OR discussed whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement, but not both. Did not provide specific examples.15 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not submit or did not explain why the game has or has not motivated you to get involved in the stock market and discuss whether you will use this experience to start saving for retirement or change the way you are already preparing for retirement./ 25 ptsExplain what you have learned about hedging, risk, and your overall risk tolerance. Provide specific examples.20 to >18 ptsExemplaryExplained what you have learned about hedging, risk, and your overall risk tolerance. Provided specific examples.18 to >16 ptsCompetentExplained what you have learned about hedging, risk, and your overall risk tolerance. Did not provide specific examples.16 to >14 ptsSatisfactoryExplained what you have learned about two of the following three items: (1) hedging, (2) risk, and (3) your overall risk tolerance. Provided specific examples.14 to >12 ptsNeeds ImprovementExplained what you have learned about 1 – 2 of the following three items: (1) hedging, (2) risk, and (3) your overall risk tolerance. Did not provide specific examples.12 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not submit or did not explain what you have learned about hedging, risk, and your overall risk tolerance./ 20 ptsDescribe what you learned about the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply. Provide specific examples.20 to >18 ptsExemplaryDescribed what you learned about the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply. Provided specific examples.18 to >16 ptsCompetentDescribed what you learned about the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply. Did not provide specific examples.16 to >14 ptsSatisfactoryDescribed what you learned about two of the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply. Provided specific examples.14 to >12 ptsNeeds ImprovementDescribed what you learned about 1 – 2 of the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply. Did not provide specific examples.12 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not submit or did not describe what you learned about the following market fundamentals: interest rates, inflation, and money supply./ 20 ptsClarity, writing mechanics, and SWS formatting requirements.5 to >4.5 ptsExemplary0–2 errors present.4.5 to >4 ptsCompetent3–4 errors present.4 to >3.5 ptsSatisfactory5–6 errors present.3.5 to >3 ptsNeeds Improvement7–8 errors present.3 to >0 ptsUnacceptableMore than 8 errors present./ 5 ptsTotal Points: 0