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Investing Game - Rules & Prizes

                  Budget & Investing Prizes

                         Full Semester Programs*          

1st:                $100 student; $60 teacher

2nd:               $50 student; $30 teacher

3rd:                $30 student; $30 teacher

4th-10th:      $20 student; $20 teacher

 

                                    Quarter Semester**          

1st:                $100 student; $60 teacher

2nd:               $50 student; $30 teacher

3rd:                $30 student; $30 teacher

Game Basics: ​

  • Starting Cash: $100,000.00 

  • Stocks, EFTs, Mutual Funds, Bonds and Options

  • Minimum Buy Price: $5.00

  • Commission Fee: $10.00 

  • Four Stocks Minimum - Maximum of 25% in One

  • Interest on Cash Balance: 3%

  • Short Selling Allowed 

  • Margin Trading Allowed

  • Interest on Margin Accounts (borrowing):  8%

                                       Prize Rules:  

 

All student prizes are shared prizes among the winning team.

In the spring contests, sponsored counties receive even more prizes!

View our state map and find out if your county is sponsored! 

Teacher request:  Budget Games are open until Jan 10th for the first semester and until May 30th for the second semester. 

Only one prize per school per division to allow more schools opportunities to win

All Spring Budget Challenges end (only for prizes - the program may still be used until May 30th) with the Investing Challenges dates, due to the closeness to the end of year - making it difficult to find and award students and teachers. 

* Games #2, #5:  Top 10 - Elem, MS & HS  ** Games #1, #3, #4, #6:  Top 3 Overall

The Personal Finance Lab with Brighter Financial Futures, as described in our website, is only for school districts in Pennsylvania. Private Pennsylvania Schools may participate with prizes by asking for permission at cshirk@penncfl.org.  

All Rules Can Change At any time Due to Hacking and Fraud. 

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