Stocks

I have bought dell, and China Unico. Dell has a history of always going down, but then ends up coming back up again. Dell will have drops in their stocks but then will always jump back up. Dell always holds pretty solid at around $13 or more, and when it drops it only falls to $12. The catalysts shows that the stocks will drop for a short amount of time, and then go back up and hit their stable spot. 

China unico, is a trade because when I bought the stock it was very high and making a lot of money, but now it has dropped and I will be trading it for something that will be making more money and won't be dropping as low as China Unico, although it will go back up it is still very low right now. 

Black Jack

On Wednesday when we walked into the room we were all handed 12 poker chips, and them we had to go sit at a table. 12 people were allowed the sit down at the table and place their bets. We were then given one card and then another that was flipped up. Then the dealer asked if we wanted to get another card "hit" or if we wanted to stay. You wanted to try getting as close as you could get to 21. And if you went over then you "busted" and you lost the Chips that you bet. When I played my first hand I didn't know what I was doing at first, and then the next three hands I understood the game more. Throughout the game you wanted to try and end up getting the most chips in the class, but you had to make sure that you played at least 4 hands, and if you didn't get the chance to play four hands, you were able to win. This activity was a good idea, because it taught us strategy, and we had to be able to think and look at the positives. Playing blackjack, was just like buying an investment, with a little trade.  

Investments vs. Trades

Investments are what are going to benefit you in the long run. You aren't always going to be losing or gaining money, but keeping the money that you have put into it because you can earn it back. They are going to last you long term and you have to research if they are stable and if they have a good history. If your investment usually drop and then go back up it could be okay to buy the stock when they are low because they could hit a high like the have done in the past. The investment could also help you and to keep your money. You are putting money into something that you think will help you.
Trade is a short term. You have to research and decide when a good time to buy a stock is. You could buy Walmart during the pre-school season, for that stock would go up because of everyone going there and buy school supplies. You cant keep the stock for the long-term and you have to decide when a good time is going to be for you to sell or trade the stock back. You are going to trade something at a low for something at a high to gain something out of it.

Candy Stocks

On Thursday as we walked into the classroom, there was a lot of noises going on, and the room was warmer than usual. We walked to the middle of the room and saw candy and fake money laying on the ground, and we all began to gather as much as we could get. I grabbed more money than I did candy, because I could grip the money better than the candy and I knew I would be able to get more. Then we were told that the market was going to open within the next couple of minutes. The amounts for each piece of candy was than written on the board and we tried to figure out what candy we wanted to keep and what candy we would want to invest in and buy. The amounts of each candy would either go up or down. Some people got what they thought was money, but they then realized that there was clues about what was going to happen with the stocks of the candy and they could use that as an advantage for themselves. If people made the right investment they would have bought twizzlers, jolly ranchers, the little suckers,  because they were the ones who went up the most.
In the room, it was very hot and the lights were off. There was projectors going of people yelling and watching the stocks and how they were going up and down. There was also a light shinning on the board where the stocks were written. Everyone was walking around the room trying to make deals, and buy the candy that they thought would benefit them. Sometimes its okay to buy the items that are very low in price because they could end up being higher in the end.