Webinar Topics and Schedule for Fall 2017

Topics

1)SMG Basics(1hr) – Getting Started, Teacher Support Center, & student portfolios

2)Invest It Forward (1hr) – learn how industry professionals can assist in enhancing participation in the SMG program

3)InvestWrite(1hr) – learn how to utilize InvestWrite, our national and state-wide essay competition as a great culminating activity for the SMG program

4)Basic Company Research(30 min) - using Yahoo and Nasdaq, basic terminology and company headlines will be reviewed

5)Winning with Diversification (1hr) – strategies for building a diversified portfolio with stocks, bonds, ETF’s and mutual funds.

6)Let’s Trade Today! (30 min) - A quick overview of the SMG portfolio and how to get Stock Market Game student trading in their portfolio.

7)Trading Mutual Funds (30 min) – researching and trading mutual funds in the SMG program

8)Trading ETF’s (30 min) – comparing and contrasting ETFs and mutual funds

9)Weekly Portfolio Analysis (30 min) – team analysis of major indexes and portfolio holdings

10)PRE-CHC (1hr) – An overview of the national Capitol Hill Challenge

Schedule

Date / Time / Title / Registration Link
8/21 / 7pm / SMG Basics /
8/23 / 5pm / SMG Basics /
8/28 / 5pm / SMG Basics /
8/30 / 7pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
8/31 / 4pm / SMG Basics /
September
9/5 / 8pm / SMG Basics /
9/6 / 8pm / Invest It Forward /
9/7 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
9/11 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
9/12 / 7pm / Invest It Forward /
9/13 / 7:30 am / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
9/13 / 8pm / SMG Basics /
9/14 / 6pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
9/18 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
9/19 / 8pm / SMG Basics /
9/25 / 6pm / Basic Company Research /
9/26 / 3:30 pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
9/27 / 8pm / Winning with Diversification /
9/28 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
October
10/2 / 6pm / Trading Mutual Funds /
10/3 / 8pm / SMG Basics /
10/4 / 8pm / Let’s Trade Today! /
10/5 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
10/5 / 7pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
10/9 / 6pm / Basic Company Research /
10/10 / 7:30 am / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
10/10 / 8pm / SMG Basics /
10/11 / 8pm / Winning with Diversification /
10/12 / 6pm / Basic Company Research /
10/16 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
10/16 / 9pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
10/17 / 8pm / Trading ETF’s /
10/19 / 6pm / Trading Mutual Funds /
Sat. 10/21 / 9am / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
10/23 / 6pm / Let’s Trade Today! /
10/25 / 8pm / Winning with Diversification /
10/30 / 6pm / Basic Company Research /
November
11/1 / 8pm / Weekly Portfolio Analysis /
11/2 / 6pm / Weekly Portfolio Analysis /
11/2 / 7pm / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
11/6 / 6pm / Weekly Portfolio Analysis /
11/8 / 8pm / Weekly Portfolio Analysis /
11/13 / 6pm / Weekly Portfolio Analysis /
11/15 / 7:30am / SMG Writing Project: How to InvestWrite /
11/27 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
11/28 / 4:30pm / How to Submit Your InvestWrite Essays: Questions & Answers /
11/30 / 9pm / How to Submit Your InvestWrite Essays: Questions & Answers /
December
12/5 / 5:30pm / How to Submit Your InvestWrite Essays: Questions & Answers /
12/7 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
12/11 / 7pm / Pre-CHC /
12/14 / 6pm / SMG Basics /
12/18 / 7pm / Pre-CHC /