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Greg McGee's avatar

I teach personal finance to high school kids and have likewise been wary of some of the stock picking games. They can send the message that stocks are risky and you have to know what you are doing to invest. I do play one game called build your Stax, which uses real historical data to simulate a 20 year time frame. The index fund wins 90% of the time. I like to teach that long term investing is very easy, anyone can do it, and it beats the professionals most of the time.

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Angie Battle's avatar

Excellent points! Your take reflects an understanding of sound pedagogy. Lectures about how the stock market works aren’t anywhere near as powerful as participating in the Stock Market Game.

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