King Students Run With The Bulls, Clinch Win In Mock Stock Competition

STAMFORD, Conn. — A team of students from King School took home the top place in a mock stock market challenge offered by Junior Achievement of Southwest Connecticut in Stamford on Thursday.

Students from King in Stamford took home first place during a mock stock market challenge offered by Junior Achievement of Southwest Connecticut in Stamford on Thursday.
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Jay Polansky

05/03/2016 5:00 a.m.

During the event, students in teams of four traded $500,000 of virtual cash. The students’ mock trades were instantaneously projected to three large screens, which also displayed stock prices, stock performance graphs and team rankings.

A team from New Canaan High School took second place and a team from the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford took third place.

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