Thur Oct 1

Dragons Den,

Unfortunetly, your test will have to be postponed, yet again due to an assembly.

Your test will be FRIDAY (even if the school is on fire!)

Wed Sept 30

Dragons Den, since we missed it yesterday

Finish the questions from yesterday's entry.

Rieview for test TOMORROW!!

Tue Sept 29

Wall Street Questions

1. What is insider trading?

2.  What does zero-sum-gain mean.

3.  What does free market mean?

4.  Answer this question in PARPGRAPH form: Do you agree with Gordon Gecko's view that "Greed is good, greed works".  Do you feel that in a free market capitalist system that it is important to always seek the biggest profit?  Explain Why or why not.

Fri Sept 25

Today we will talk about the stock market.  

We will be watching Wall Street.  There will be questions at the end.  

Thur Sept 24

Dragons Den

Terms for test

entrepreneur

employee

% of small businesses in Canada

advantages of being and entrepreneur (4)

disadvantages of being an entrepreneur (4)

basic business letter format

key points of good communication (eye contact, be polite, speak clearly etc)

how to determine markup and mark down

how to calculate percent

how to calculate profit

'principle'

productivity

supply and demand

monopoly

4 functions of business (productivity, marketing, management, and finance)

fixed cost

variable cost

marginal cost vs marginal benefit

economic cycle (boom, growth, recession, depression)

sole proprietorship

partnership corportation

Presentations

Tue Sept 22

Dragons Den

Read the article "Networking 101 and answer the following questions"

1. What is networking?

2. Why is networking important, especially to small businesses?

3. What are some of the do's and don'ts of networking?

Mon Sept 21

NOTES and Activity on the following

fixed cost

variable cost

marginal cost vs marginal benefit

economic cycle (boom, growth, recession, depression)

Today we will be carrying on with learning about Corporations, Publicly Traded companies and the stock market.

Activity:

We will be starting a stock market game/competition that will run from today until January 7, 2010.  You will be given $100,000 (imaginary) to invest using an on-line stock market simulator.  This is VERY realistic, because it uses REAL stocks and stock prices.  The people who make the most money by January will win a PRIZE!!

Go to the following link and create a login (MAKE SURE YOU WRITE IT DOWN so you don't forget)

http://www.investopedia.com/

Start buying and selling stocks.

(See the teacher and the internet for help and stock tips)