RTE are currently showing a series, previously shown on BBC2, on what really happened during the “credit crunch” in 2008. It’s worth watching.
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The Love of Money
Published December 30, 2009 Business , Business Studies , Economics , Stock Market Leave a CommentTags: credit crunch, lehman, money
TY Stock Competition – Profit & Loss
Published November 6, 2009 Stock Market 3 CommentsTags: shares, stocks
Well done to all the TY students from 4A3 & 4A6 who took part in the Module 1 Stock Competition.
In this module, we used the Virtual Stock Exchange to trade in stocks on the NYSE. Each student started with $1,000,000 and had to build a portfolio of stocks over a four week period.
Ryan was the overall winner with a final profit of $117, 631. Shane from 4A3 was second (+$114,637) and Jack was the top trader from 4A6 with a total profit of $83,791.
How well did both classes do overall?
In order to assess how well each trader did, you have to compare the return on each portfolio to the “market return” i.e. how did the DJIA do over the term of the competition.
During our competition, the Dow Jones increased by 0.61%. Just under half of all students in the competition achieved a return greater than +0.61%.
Over half of all students beat the market return.
That’s a very good performance.
We will be starting a school-wide competition in January 2010 with some prizes to be won.
Back in business!
Published September 12, 2009 Business , Business Studies , Personal Finance , Stock Market Leave a CommentTags: guide
sgcbusiness.com is back in business again.
First post of the new school year. Some of you may be new to the blog and our twitter page.
So what do you need to know?
1. The blog: New content will be posted each week e.g., business and economics news, sample answers for exam questions, worksheets, mind maps etc. Take a look at some of the posts from 2008-2009.
2. Our twitter page: As twitter is now available on the school’s broadband network, you should create your own twitter account and follow sgcbusiness on twitter. The homework you have each day will be posted to the twitter page. You will also see a tweet for any new posts on the blog.
3. Your Google Apps account: You should now have your own Google Apps account. All handouts given in class and worksheets have been shared and you can find these in the Documents section of your account. Any dates for projects and exams are added to the Calendar.
4. Looking for that website? All websites we use can be found on the sgcbusiness.com delicious page. Each website is tagged. You can search by keyword e.g., insurance, to find all the websites for that topic or chapter.
5. View business and economics videos on our Youtube channel.
6. We also have a Business Library. You can view and reserve any business book or magazine online.
So check the blog and your email account on a regular basis and follow sgcbusiness on twitter.
Never miss a post on the blog by subscribing to our RSS feed.
If you have any questions, you can ask them in the comments section of this post or email mrhannon [at] geralds [dot] ie
Examination Results
Published June 10, 2009 Business , Business Studies , Personal Finance , Stock Market 3 CommentsTags: exam, results
Summer examination results are now available by email.
Send an email to mrhannon [at] geralds [dot] ie to get your summer exam result.
School Stock Competition – Winner!
Published May 22, 2009 Stock Market 1 CommentTags: shares, stocks, vse
Barry in TY is the winner of the second sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition and wins his own copy of Warren Buffett’s biography.
In what was a very close competition, Barry made an overall profit of $86,774 while Ahmed (TY) was second with a profit of $61,507.
The lead changed several times in the last few days of trading with Matthew (TY) leading for several days until the last week of the competition.
Thanks to all those who entered. We will be running a bigger competition next year.
4A6 – Stock Market Evaluation
Published May 22, 2009 Stock Market Leave a CommentTags: evaluation, shares, stocks
This online survey is to be completed by all students in 4A6.
Click here to complete the module evaluation.
Well done to Ciarán from 4A3 and John from 4A6 on winning their class Stock Competition.
Each student had €100,000 to invest. Ciarán made a highly impressive profit of €72,000 and John made an excellent profit of €55,000 in just six weeks of trading.
These are the highest returns since we started the stock competitions in 2001.
Click the on the links below to view the winning portfolios.
Maybe we should all ask Ciarán and John for some stock tips?
Find out who is leading the sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition on our Twitter page. Only $6,000 between first and second place at the moment.
10 days left to go in the competition. You can still join and win!
School Stock Competition
Published April 29, 2009 Stock Market 4 CommentsTags: competition, shares, stocks, vse
The second sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition is now open for registration.
The competition starts on Friday May 1st and ends on Friday May 22nd.
What are the rules?
- You have $1m to invest.
- You can only trade in stocks on the New York stock market.
- You can sell short.
- You can set a stop loss on your trades.
- You may only enter the competition once.
- You can enter anytime up to Friday May 22nd.
- There is a prize for the best trader.
How do you enter?
- Go to vse.marketwatch.com and register.
- Then send an email to vse [at] geralds [dot] ie to get the password to join the game.
It’s that easy. Let’s see can anyone beat the winner of last year’s competition who made a profit of $344,467.
Post any questions you have in the Comments section of this post.
We are now on Twitter
Published April 27, 2009 Accounting , Business , Business Studies , Economics , Personal Finance , Stock Market 2 CommentsTags: twitter
sgcbusiness.com now has its own Twitter page.
I will be using the Twitter page to post the homework you have each day and to also keep up to date with the latest business news.
Go to our twitter page now and add it to your favourites.
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