Practice Your Investment Skills
You can practice your investment skills with a stock market
simulation game. This is the best way to gain basic skill from
this game before you actually investing real money in the stock
market. Simulation games are usually played on the internet,
where people can experience the thrill of investing in the stock
market without any risks, costs or any fear of losing money when
and if they make a poor investment decision.
This game is very useful. Many teachers and professors of
banking and finance are now using stock market simulation games
to teach their students about the rudiments of investing in
stocks. Most stock market simulation games come with a fee to
get started, but there are some that are free of any charge. One
does not need have prior knowledge about the stock market to
join.
You may wonder how this game is about. This is how stock market
simulation games usually work:
First, players must register. After registration, players are
given an initial sum of "virtual" money to invest in companies
of their choice. Players build a portfolio of stocks by buying
and selling shares in companies. Most stock market simulation
games use real-time market data.
The objective of most stock market simulation games is to
increase the value of your portfolio of stocks so that it is
greater than that of the other game players.
Below are some tips on choosing a stock market simulation game:
* Choose a stock market simulation game that is used and
recommended by reputable colleges, high schools, middle school,
investment clubs, brokers in training, corporate education
courses and any other group of individuals studying markets in
the U.S. and worldwide.
* Choose a stock market simulation game that is comprehensive
and easy to implement in any Finance, Economics, or Investments
class. A good stock market simulation game should feature
trading of stocks, options, futures, mutual funds, bonds from
the U.S. and many of the world's major markets.
* Choose a stock market simulation game that provides a
valuable, reliable, and realistic trading simulation at a
reasonable price to members and other individuals who are
interested in learning more about investing and trading. The
simulation game should also have some capability for testing a
variety for investment strategies.
* Choose a stock market simulation game that has a toll-free
customer service phone number and excellent e-mail support for
members. The support function should be able to quickly answer
any questions that members/players may have.
* Choose a stock market simulation game that is easy to use and
easy to teach even to those who have never had any real hands-on
investment experience.