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Welcome to the Stock Market Project of Klein Oak economics!

This is a major grade project!

You must:

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Establish a portfolio at The Virtual Stock Exchange

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Report your trades on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Your project will be graded like this:

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You'll get a major grade - weighted at 1/2 a test grade - in the first six weeks for establishing a portfolio. If your portfolio meets the specifications the grade will be 100!

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You'll get a major grade - weighted at 1/2 a test grade - in the 2nd six weeks for submitting an Excel spreadsheet that correctly reports all of your trades thus far and follows the specifications listed in these instructions. [The spreadsheet will be incomplete - see below.]

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You'll get a major grade - weighted at 1/2 a test grade - in the 3rd six weeks for submitting an Excel spreadsheet that correctly reports all of your trades, follows the specifications listed in these instructions, and is complete - showing all stocks sold. [More on this later.]

Remember that you must always have at least ten stocks and your stock portfolio must be valued at at least $80,000!