Virtual stock trading. The website listed below is a virtual stock contest and training ground of sorts for students and investors alike. Go to the site, read "Getting Started" as well as the frequently asked questions, and create a stock portfolio. With $\$ 10,000$ in virtual dollars, pick three to five stocks and track the results over a period of time. What did you learn? If you had invested in those same stocks six months earlier, what would your portfolio's gain or loss have been? Are you ready to invest with real money?

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