Michael Douglas portraying Gordon Gecko in the movie “Wall Street” (1987) Now, that you are about to finish the two-year high-school International Baccalaureate (IB) Economics class, and are packing your bags getting ready for college, might possibly be the best time to embark on a new adventure… In class, time and again, we have mentioned the stock market as a major factor in Economics, as well as a useful investment tool in advanced economies. Statistically, as much as a third of personal wealth is invested there, and therefore, whether one knows much about it or not, it still affects people’s lives and world economies. So, why not take the stock market challenge and apply some (if not all!) of the Economics concepts we had studied all along? While this is just a game, and no money is invested, no actual stocks are traded, and no real gains or losses are booked, please keep in mind that the stock market is a market where fortunes are made or lost, where risk ...
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