This week we’ve begun a little game/experiment in capitalism. We’ve created a virtual stock competition on MarketWatch.com with a focus on green stocks.
See if you’ve got what it takes to tame the market by picking “green stocks” and see how they do the rest of the year. As this contest has a 2nd Green Revolution theme, you should to be able to explain why the companies you picked are green. Other than that, the basic rules are spelled out on the Virtual Stock Exchange page on MarketWatch.com that has our game (after the read more button). Here are a few “cheat sheets” that may give you a place to start:
http://2ndgreenrevolution.com/features/company-index/
http://greenrankings.newsweek.com/top500
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0703/gallery.green_giants.fortune/
The rankings will be published every Friday on the 2nd Green Revolution homepage. Feel free to use a pseudonym if you want. The winner on the last day of trading in 2010 gets bragging rights and a small prize (TBD). Contact us if you are interested in sponsoring the contest. Good luck!
It’s still awfully early but The Green Hornet has jumped out to a minuscule early lead. Here are the top 5 players as of stock market close on 8/13/2010:
TOP RANKING PLAYERS
| PLAYERS | RANK |
TODAY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Green Hornet | 1 |
+0.01% |
+0.01% |
| Kst |
2 | -0.06% | -0.06% |
| Money Maker | 3 | -0.11% | -1.51% |
| Jason W |
4 | -0.40% | -1.77% |
| Mason Jar | 5 | -0.40% | -2.39% |
Use the information and directions below to join the game.
Game ID: TripleBottomLine
Game Password: 2ndgreenrev
- Open this link and read the competition summary:
http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/StartViewGame.aspx?id=TripleBottomLine - Click on the ‘Join Game’ link.
- If you are an existing Virtual Stock Exchange member, enter your Email address and Password in the login panel and get set to trade. If you are a new user, follow the link to register – it’s easy!
- Follow the instructions and start trading
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