INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! (Due 9/9/22 End of Class)

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9 Nsɛmmisa

Hyɛ no nsow a efi ɔkyerɛwfo no hɔ:

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Akwankyerɛ

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Cheat Sheet:

Review the STAX: Portfolio Dashboard Reference to familiarize yourself with how the game looks.
There are 7 different types of investment opportunities that will be explained in the information boxes. For extra help during the game, click the question mark at the top right of the asset box.
Every 6 months (30 seconds in the game), you receive pocket cash to invest.
Pocket cash represents 10% of your salary that you are saving.
Your pocket cash starts at $2,000 and increases over time as you get raises and bonuses!
Click on the double arrows button to toggle between balance and profit for each investment opportunity.
When you are finished with the game, keep your STAX results window open to answer the questions below.

Interactive: NGPF’s STAX

Take the link to play the game.

INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! (Due 9/9/22 End of Class)

Last updated over 1 year ago

9 Nsɛmmisa

Hyɛ no nsow a efi ɔkyerɛwfo no hɔ:

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Akwankyerɛ

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Cheat Sheet:

Review the STAX: Portfolio Dashboard Reference to familiarize yourself with how the game looks.
There are 7 different types of investment opportunities that will be explained in the information boxes. For extra help during the game, click the question mark at the top right of the asset box.
Every 6 months (30 seconds in the game), you receive pocket cash to invest.
Pocket cash represents 10% of your salary that you are saving.
Your pocket cash starts at $2,000 and increases over time as you get raises and bonuses!
Click on the double arrows button to toggle between balance and profit for each investment opportunity.
When you are finished with the game, keep your STAX results window open to answer the questions below.

Interactive: NGPF’s STAX

Take the link to play the game.

Reflection Questions:

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INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! (Due 9/9/22 End of Class)

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Interactive: NGPF’s STAX

INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! (Due 9/9/22 End of Class)

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Do YOU have what it takes to be an expert investor? Play our new investing game to see if you can beat the market in a 20-year period and then answer the reflection questions down below. Good luck!

Interactive: NGPF’s STAX

Reflection Questions:

Reflection Questions:

Take a screenshot of your portfolio at the end of the game and paste it in the box below.

Type of Asset

Savings Account

Certificate of Deposit

Index Fund

Individual Stocks

Government bonds

Commodity Crops

Gold

Looking at the table above, did you finish the game with a diversified portfolio? Explain.

Describe the various emotions you felt as you played the game. How did your emotions impact your decision-making while playing the game? Provide specific examples.

What strategy did the computer follow? Why do you think that strategy was so successful in beating so many of the students in your class?

Your friend brags, “It was easy to try to beat the computer in the STAX game. I made $100,000 more with my strategy of actively trading those individual stocks. Why would you want to just buy an index fund? It’s so much fun to try to beat the market!” How would you respond?

If you had the opportunity to play STAX a second time, what would be your strategy?

What do you think would be the consequences of having less money saved for retirement? How would that impact your life?

Take a screenshot of your portfolio at the end of the game and paste it in the box below.

Type of Asset

Savings Account

Certificate of Deposit

Index Fund

Individual Stocks

Government bonds

Commodity Crops

Gold

Looking at the table above, did you finish the game with a diversified portfolio? Explain.

Describe the various emotions you felt as you played the game. How did your emotions impact your decision-making while playing the game? Provide specific examples.

What strategy did the computer follow? Why do you think that strategy was so successful in beating so many of the students in your class?

Your friend brags, “It was easy to try to beat the computer in the STAX game. I made $100,000 more with my strategy of actively trading those individual stocks. Why would you want to just buy an index fund? It’s so much fun to try to beat the market!” How would you respond?

If you had the opportunity to play STAX a second time, what would be your strategy?

What do you think would be the consequences of having less money saved for retirement? How would that impact your life?