1. Buy or Sell the investment game

2. Buy if it will go up in value
Commodities
generic term for any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs
Wheat
Corn
Copper
Beef
Coffee
Buy if it will go up in value
Sell if it will go up in value
Supply & Demand

3. Tomorrow
Today

4. Investment Game Read the Newspaper headlines On your notepad
Write down the name of the commodity stock that you will buy
Write down the name of the commodity stock that you will sell
If the price will go up tomorrow …buy it now while it’s cheap
If the price will go down tomorrow …sell it now before you lose money

5. Buy, Sell? Dr. Atkins discovers that bread makes you gain weight
Rural areas getting the internet
Study: adults stay up too late
Buy, Sell?

6. D D D Wheat……..…$ Sell Corn…………… Copper…...…. $ Beef…………… Coffee…………$
Buy D
Buy

7. Buy, Sell? Excessive coffee may lead to stress Kids love Red Bull
Mad Cows disease spreads:
Where’s the beef?
Buy, Sell?

8. D S D Wheat……..… Corn……………$ Copper…...…. Buy Beef……………$ Coffee…………$
Sell D

9. Buy, Sell? Corn to be used as medicine
Study: Sandwiches lead to diabetes
Copper Mine opens in Eastern NC
Buy, Sell?

10. D D S Sell Wheat……..…$ Corn……………$ Copper…...…. $ Buy Beef……………
Coffee…………
Buy D
Sell S