2. The Internet is a great source of information on stock prices and stock price movements. There are many sites that provide up-to-the minute data on stock market indices. One of the best is found at http://finance.lycos.com/home/livecharts. This site provides free real-time streaming of stock market data.

Click on the $indu to have the chart display the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Look at the stock trend over various intervals by adjusting the update frequency

(click on “INT” at the top of the chart). Have stock prices been going up or down over the last day, week, month, and year?