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Assignment: IBEC 490 Managerial Economics

Team (Final):

Team Name	Contact Information	Member
Team2		Antonio B	Jared B	Rachel B	Greg B
OSU Bucks		Kandice G	Bartley H	Brian J
Team4		Justin K	Jessica O	Robert B
Wall Street Worms		Melanie R	Sean R	Joshua S
RamRod		Gregory S	Christopher S	Bill N	Kimberley H

[1] Weekly Wall Street Journal Quizzes

• Starts Nov. 27 Monday. Coverage is the previous week.
• Quickly assess students' understanding of Journal context.
• About 25 weekly multiple choice questions are based on front page articles from the Journal's First Section, Marketplace, Money&Investing, and Personal Journal sections.
• Team competition.
• I join, too. Beat me if you can.
• Not an open-paper quizz.
• Your team performance will be a part of your course grade.

Results

Team Name	11/27	12/4	12/11	1/18	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	Total	Ranking
Perfect score	24	26	25	23	22	26	26	26	198
Team2	14	20	20	12	17	18	19	21	141	1
Wall Street Worms	11	21	22	13	17	20	18	12	134	2
RamRod	13	13	16	16	15	16	17	17	123	3
Matsuda	15	13	14	12	18	16	16	13	117	4
Team4	15	10	16	11	15	20	12	10	109	5
OSU Bucks	9	12	17	10	10	8	14	11	89	6

[2] WSJ Article Presentation

• Base WSJ article
• Presenting team decides the format of the presentation. Method is entirely up to the team. You can use PowerPoint, SmartBoard, whiteboard, handout.
• Presentation time is less than 12 minutes.
• The question team must ask at least five good questions to the presentor.

Team Name	WSJ Article Presentation	WSJ Article Question
Team2	12/4, 1/25	12/18, 2/5
OSU Bucks	12/11, 1/29	1/8, 2/12
Team4	12/18, 2/5	1/22, 2/15
Wall Street Worms	1/22, 2/15	12/11, 1/29
RamRod	1/8, 2/12	12/4, 1/25

[3] Textbook Chapter-End Question

 

Team Name	Ch 1	Ch 1-2	Ch 2	Ch 4	Ch 5	Ch 5	Ch 7	Ch 8
Team2	received	received	received	received	received	received	received
OSU Bucks	received	received	received	received	received	received	received	received
Team4	received	received	received	received	received	received	received	received
Wall Street Worms	received	received	received	received	received	received	received	received
RamRod	received	received	received	received	received	received	received	received

 

[4] Stock Trading Simulation Game provided by MarketWatch's Vertual Stock Exchange (VSE)

Step 1: Students are divided into 5 groups according to their last name. Each group has 3 or 4 members.

Step 2: Each group determines the name of the group. For example, Ada AAA Fund. Whatever you like.

Step 3: Go to http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx

Step 4: Game ID: MatsudaMEWin06 (case insensitive), Game Name: ONU Matsuda Managerial Economics Investment Game

Step 5: For new uses, you must first register to MarketWatch.

Step 6: Password. I will tell you in class.

Step 7: Good luck.

Past History of Stock Trading Game

• Winter 2006

[5] Paper Airplane Contest

• On our last class date: 2/15/Thursday/2007.
• Individual Competition.
• Involves the use of scarce resource (paper) and its efficient use.
• Rules: The use of tape is allowed. But nothing else.
• You can use any type of paper you want.
• On the competition day, you have one try.
• Prize: Sushi at Japan West or Tokyo Steak House or else.