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Stock Market Challenge 2008

Student Teams Seeking Sponsors!
November 13, 2008

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STOCK MARKET CHALLENGE 2008

This event is the largest Stock Market Challenge Ever Held by Fun-Raiser's since it's inception in 1999! There are still students looking for a sponsors. For details on sponsorship see below!

Premise of the Stock Market Challenge

  1. Teams begin the game with $500,000 trading dollars which the can invest in fictitious stock.
  2. Once the bell is rung, every 80  seconds is a new trading day, in this volatile market! Teams can track their stocks performance and their overall team standing by the information projected onto  three massive screens at the front of the room.
  3. Teams can buy or sell stock by attracting the attention of a floor trader, just as they do on the stock trading floor. Every floor trader is equipped with a hand held computer which sends orders instantly into the system, via wireless transmission.
  4. The team with the largest portfolio after 60 days of trading WINS !

Who can participate?

  1.  Each Team consists of 4 players

  2. There will be a student event open to local Middle & High Schools see list below- FULL, OVER 450 STUDENTS! Contact Amanda for next year's waiting list! 413-747-7670 or email amanda@jawm.org

  3. These 450 students are still looking for Sponsors! There will be a Corporate event in the evening which is included with every student team sponsorship and to see the Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities please click on the pdf below.

Title Sponsor

St. Germain Investment Management

Platinum Sponsors

Citizens Bank

MassMutual Financial Group

Savage Sports Corporation


Silver Sponsors

Country Bank 

Easthampton Savings Bank

Elms College

PricewaterhouseCoopers

OMG, Inc.

Zasco Productions

 

Media Sponsors

CBS 3 Springfield
Clear Channel Radio
The Republican

Team Sponsors

Bacon & Wilson, P.C.
Balise
Excel Dryer, Inc.
Florence Savings Bank
MMWEC
Northwestern Mutual Financial Group
Smith Barney
The Gaudreau Group
Tom Manzi
United Bank
United Industrial
W.F. Young
Waste Management
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Wolf & Company

Stock Sponsors

Disability Management Services, Inc.
Marketing Mentors
NetLogix
NewAlliance Bank
Regional Employment Board of Hampden County
PeoplesBank
Valley Communications Systems, Inc.

Participating Schools

Belchertown High School
Cathedral High School
Commerce High School
East Longmeadow High School
Easthampton High School
Enrico Fermi High School
Forest Park Middle School
Gateway Regional High School
Holyoke Catholic
Holyoke High School
Longmeadow High School
Ludlow High School
Minnechaug Regional High School
Monson High School
Mount Carmel Academy
Mt. Everett High School
New Leadership Charter School
Our Lady of Hope
PACE School
Pittsfield High School
Putnam Vocational High School
SABIS International Charter School
Springfield Central High School
Springfield High School of Science and Technology
Springfield Renaissance School
Taconic High School
Westfield High School
YSET

 

For more information on Sponsorships Available Click on pdf below

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