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Stocktrak Investment Game Investment Simulation Lecture # 1 Jan H. Jansen E-mail: [email protected] Think global, act local!

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Stocktrak Investment Game

Investment Simulation

Lecture # 1

Jan H. Jansen

E-mail: [email protected]

Think global,

act local!

Stocktrak Investmentgame

Welcome!

You are now a millionaire!

US $ 1,000,000

Rules of the game Assignments

1. 1 or 2 companies on NYSE / NASDAQ (during the game)2. € / $ exposure 3. Raw material price exposure4. Investment in cash equivalents5. Derivatives

Assessment / Evaluation:– Executive report on the stocktrak game– Presentation & Oral defence

Duration: One semester Weekly Lecture

– Scheduled: mr J. Jansen Weekly Consulting Hour

– Scheduled: mr M. Herkes References

– www.stocktrak.com

Introduction to the game

Executive report– Investment strategy

– Performance

– Reflection (what you have learned!)

Presentation & Oral defence

Evaluation / Assessment

Investment Game & Macroeconomics

Week Topic

1 Introduction

Annual Report KPN (1)

2 Shares

Annual Report KPN (2)

3 Bonds

Annual Report KPN (3)

4 Exchange rates

Annual Report KPN (4)

5 Derivatives: Futures

Annual Report KPN (5)

6 Derivatives: Options

Annual Report benchmarking

? Oral exam

Stocktrak Investment game

Investment strategies

Gambling Speculation (short term: 'BLSH') Investment (long term)

Quotes

‘Buy low, sell high’

‘Take your losses and let your profits run’

' I knew better than the market‘ (John Maynard

Keynes)

' In the long run we are all dead’ (John Maynard

Keynes)

'The market is always right' (Milton Friedman)

'There is no such thing as a free lunch'(Milton

Friedman

Stocktrak Investment Game

Exchanges:– NYSE

– NASDAQ

– AMEX

– NYFE

– Others

Stocktrak Investment Game

Types of stocks– Shares– Bonds– US Treasury Bonds– Corporate Bonds– Options on shares– Options on currencies– Foreign Currency Futures– Commodity Futures– Index options– Index futures

Stocktrak Investment Game Short position

– Sell to open– Buy to close

Long position– Buy to open– Sell to close

Ticker symbols Margin requirements & Commission Trading hours: 16.00 hours NY (22.00 hours CET) Stock trade: multiples of 25 shares or $ 500 (mutual fund)

Stocktrak Investment Game

Calculation of your equity

+ Cash

- Debit balance (= Loan balance)

+ Credit balance (= Short sales proceeds)

+ Market value long positions

- Market value short positions

Exchange Codes

North American Exchanges

NYS New York Stock Exchange

NAS Nasdaq Stock Exchange

ASE American Stock Exchange

NF3 Nasdaq Mutual Funds

CEC New York Board of Trade

NYM New York Mercantile Exchange

CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CBT Chicago Board of Trade

OPA Options Reporting Authority

VSE Toronto Ventures Exchange

TOR Toronto Stock Exchange

MEE Montreal Stock Exchange

Exchane Codes

European & Asian Exchanges

PSE Euronext Paris

ASX Euronext Amsterdam

BRU Euronext Brussels

LIS Euronext Lisbon

LIF Euronext LIFFE

LME London Metals Exchange

ISE London Stock Exchange

MSX Spanish Stock Exchange (Equities)

ZRH Zurich Stock Exchange

FSE Frankfurt Stock Exchange

ETR Xetra

AUS Australian Stock Exchange

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