PDF TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS PickiNg sTocks usiNg The New York Times

TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS

Picking Stocks Using The New York Times

nOn the board, write the names of 10 companies with which students are familiar and that are represented in the current "S&P 100," or the 100 leading U.S. stocks (e.g., Coca Cola, Dell, Disney, Ford, Google, McDonalds). (You can survey the "S&P 100 Stocks" list yourself by looking on the "Market Gauges" page of the Business Day section.)

nExplain to students that today they will be putting together a stock portfolio of their top five stock picks of the day.

nWithout revealing the stock values for any of the companies, instruct students that they may "buy" 100 shares of stock divided among any five stocks listed on the board. For example, a student may decide to purchase 20 shares of each of the five stocks of her choice or she may decide to purchase 80 shares of one stock and just five shares of each of the other four stocks in her portfolio.

nOnce students decide in which stocks they are investing and how they are allocating their 100 shares of stock among the five stocks, have them fill in the first two columns of their stock portfolio charts, located on the "Picking Stocks Using The New York Times" sheet.

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