Island-wide Stock Market Game (January 10 – April 21, 2011)
*Team GU_28_A3, Honors Math 7* Mikaela Agtay, 7A Demi Cerillo, 7B Ella Mactugal, 7A Kevin Quilantang, 7A Enjhey Serrano, 7A Math teacher: Mrs. Suplido |
*Team GU_28_A25, Math 8-R1* Christopher Andrada, 8A Gion Buenavides, 8B Luke Fernandez, 8B Ray Gudmalin, 8B Rowell Pascua, 8B Math teacher: Mr. Cruz |
from GuamPDN : Contest teaches stock market skills
TOP FINISHERS
The following are the results of the Stock Market Game. Teams from various island schools were each given $100,000 in virtual cash to invest in the stock market. The team that made the most money out of its investment won.
• First place: Santa Barbara Catholic School Team 1: $132,134
Team members: Mikaela Elmer Agtay, Demi Cerillo, Ella Marie Macatugal, Kevin Quilantang and Enjhey Serrano.
• Second place: Santa Barbara Catholic School Team 2: $123,286
• Third place: Andersen Middle School Team 1: $104,304
• Fourth place: Andersen Middle School Team 2: $102,605
• Fifth place: Andersen Middle School Team 3: $102,373
Asia Pacific Financial Management Group Inc.
May 10, 2011 • The top five teams were awarded yesterday morning during the 2011 Stock Market Game’s award ceremony at the Holiday Resort Guam.
Winning teams
Teams from Santa Barbara Catholic School took first and second place, while Andersen Middle School followed closely with teams placing in third, fourth and fifth place. More than 60 teams from schools all over the island participated in this year’s game.
This year’s competition, sponsored by Asia Pacific Financial Management Group Inc., was held from Jan. 10 to April 21. Asia Pacific Financial has been sponsoring the event for the past 12 to 13 years, said Thad Jones, vice president of the company.
Academic subjects
The premise of the Stock Market Game is to “enliven core academic subjects (such as) math, social studies, and language arts,” a press release from the organizer stated. Teams from various schools were given $100,000 in virtual cash with which they had to build a portfolio of investments.
Simulated trading
The contest included a simulated live trading. Students analyzed current trends in the stock market, consulted with their “colleagues” and invested accordingly.
Arleen Suplido, advisor and math teacher of the winning team, was impressed with her students’ performance, especially because they were rookies to the game.
“This was the first time we participated and we started off with very little knowledge (of how to invest in the stock market),” Suplido said. But with hard work, research, applied mathematics, and comprehension skills, her team — from her seventh-grade pre-algebra class — landed the top spot.
“It’s very similar to what we do and sometimes they come up with techniques that we haven’t thought about as professional investors. We learn from them just as they learn from their participation in the game,” Jones said.
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