Welcome to Alabama Council of Economic Education
Giving teachers and students the tools they need for economic and financial success!
Easy to learn! Easy to teach! The Alabama Stock Market Game (SMG) is an exciting 10-week, on-line stock trading experience. Students begin with $100,000 and may purchase stocks and mutual funds and make any number of trades with their available funds. The teams with the most valuable portfolios at the end of the 10 weeks win their division. Fall Game: September 29 – December 5 and Spring Game: February 2 – April 9
Who plays?
- Grades 4-12
- Public and private schools, and non-profit youth organizations
- 7,000 students at over 125 schools in 2007-08
Registration: www.stockmarketgame.org
Cost: $15/team with 10% discount for 5 or more teams. Need-based scholarships are available.
Divisions: Grades 4-8 and 9-12 play in separate divisions; state divided into North and South
Teams: One to five students per paid team; four to five students per scholarship team
Cash Prizes: Top five teams in each division receive cash prizes; top ten teams receive drawstring backpacks.
On-line prizes: Students and teachers have a chance to win on-line prizes regardless of portfolio value
Training and Curriculum materials: All free and correlated to Alabama State standards. Lesson plans for every subject and grade level including:
- Social studies
- Economics
- Math
- Language Arts
- Business Education
- Technology
- Consumer Science
- Gifted
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The 2008 SMG Grand Championship Team from Jacksonville HS received a check for $500 at the ACEE Annual Awards Luncheon. Their teacher is Pam Inmon.
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Benefits to Students:
Learn the securities markets through real-time simulation Learn economics principles and financial understanding through the securities markets Work with real variables: actual prices, a fluctuating market, commissions for trades, etc. Analyze news events and their impact on the market and effects on the economy Strengthens their Internet and computer skills by making virtual trades online Work together to make team decisions Improve writing skills with “InvestWrite”. The InvestWrite National Essay Competition enhances the SMG™ by giving students a chance to demonstrate what they are learning in the classroom.The Alabama Stock Market Game is the only stock and mutual fund in-school experience approved by
The New York Stock Exchange, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and
the Alabama Securities Commission.
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