STOCK MARKET CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY DO YOU WANT THE INSTRUCTIONS (YES-TYPE 1, NO-TYPE 0)? 1 THIS PROGRAM PLAYS THE STOCK MARKET. YOU WILL BE GIVEN $10,000 AND MAY BUY OR SELL STOCKS. THE STOCK PRICES WILL BE GENERATED RANDOMLY AND THEREFORE THIS MODEL DOES NOT REPRESENT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS ON THE EXCHANGE. A TABLE OF AVAILABLE STOCKS, THEIR PRICES, AND THE NUMBER OF SHARES IN YOUR PORTFOLIO WILL BE PRINTED. FOLLOWING THIS, THE INITIALS OF EACH STOCK WILL BE PRINTED WITH A QUESTION MARK. HERE YOU INDICATE A TRANSACTION. TO BUY A STOCK TYPE +NNN, TO SELL A STOCK TYPE -NNN, WHERE NNN IS THE NUMBER OF SHARES. A BROKERAGE FEE OF 1% WILL BE CHARGED ON ALL TRANSACTIONS. NOTE THAT IF A STOCK'S VALUE DROPS TO ZERO IT MAY REBOUND TO A POSITIVE VALUE AGAIN. YOU HAVE $10,000 TO INVEST. USE INTEGERS FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS. (NOTE: TO GET A 'FEEL' FOR THE MARKET RUN FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS) -----GOOD LUCK!----- STOCK INITIALS PRICE/SHARE INT. BALLISTIC MISSILES IBM 102 RED CROSS OF AMERICA RCA 87.5 LICHTENSTEIN, BUMRAP & JOKE LBJ 167.75 AMERICAN BANKRUPT CO. ABC 140 CENSURED BOOKS STORE CBS 118.25 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGE: 123.1 TOTAL STOCK ASSETS ARE $ 0 TOTAL CASH ASSETS ARE $ 10000 TOTAL ASSETS ARE $ 10000 WHAT IS YOUR TRANSACTION IN IBM? 10 RCA? 10 LBJ? 10 ABC? 10 CBS? 10 ********** END OF DAY'S TRADING ********** STOCK PRICE/SHARE HOLDINGS VALUE NET PRICE CHANGE IBM 105 10 1050 3 RCA 88.5 10 885 1 LBJ 175.75 10 1757.5 8 ABC 149 10 1490 9 CBS 126 10 1260 7.75 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGE: 128.85 NET CHANGE 5.75 TOTAL STOCK ASSETS ARE $ 6442.5 TOTAL CASH ASSETS ARE $ 3783.45 TOTAL ASSETS ARE $ 10225.95 DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE (YES-TYPE 1, NO-TYPE 0)? 1 WHAT IS YOUR TRANSACTION IN IBM? 10 RCA? 10 LBJ? 10 ABC? 10 CBS? 10 YOU HAVE USED $ 2723.48 MORE THAN YOU HAVE. WHAT IS YOUR TRANSACTION IN IBM? 5 RCA? 5 LBJ? 5 ABC? 5 CBS? 5 ********** END OF DAY'S TRADING ********** STOCK PRICE/SHARE HOLDINGS VALUE NET PRICE CHANGE IBM 110 15 1650 5 RCA 94 15 1410 5.5 LBJ 183.75 15 2756.25 8 ABC 159.75 15 2396.25 10.75 CBS 131.75 15 1976.25 5.75 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGE: 135.85 NET CHANGE 7 TOTAL STOCK ASSETS ARE $ 10188.75 TOTAL CASH ASSETS ARE $ 529.99 TOTAL ASSETS ARE $ 10718.74 DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE (YES-TYPE 1, NO-TYPE 0)? 1 WHAT IS YOUR TRANSACTION IN IBM? 0 RCA? 0 LBJ? 0 ABC? 0 CBS? 0 ********** END OF DAY'S TRADING ********** STOCK PRICE/SHARE HOLDINGS VALUE NET PRICE CHANGE IBM 114.5 15 1717.5 4.5 RCA 97.25 15 1458.75 3.25 LBJ 195.5 15 2932.5 11.75 ABC 168 15 2520 8.25 CBS 138.25 15 2073.75 6.5 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGE: 142.7 NET CHANGE 6.85 TOTAL STOCK ASSETS ARE $ 10702.5 TOTAL CASH ASSETS ARE $ 529.99 TOTAL ASSETS ARE $ 11232.49 DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE (YES-TYPE 1, NO-TYPE 0)? 1 WHAT IS YOUR TRANSACTION IN IBM? -15 RCA? -15 LBJ? -15 ABC? -15 CBS? -15 ********** END OF DAY'S TRADING ********** STOCK PRICE/SHARE HOLDINGS VALUE NET PRICE CHANGE IBM 127.75 0 0 13.25 RCA 108 0 0 10.75 LBJ 217 0 0 21.5 ABC 186.25 0 0 18.25 CBS 154 0 0 15.75 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGE: 158.6 NET CHANGE 15.9 TOTAL STOCK ASSETS ARE $ 0 TOTAL CASH ASSETS ARE $ 11125.46 TOTAL ASSETS ARE $ 11125.46 DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE (YES-TYPE 1, NO-TYPE 0)? 0 HOPE YOU HAD FUN!!