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Personal Finance (2nd Period, 6th Period, 7th Period)

Today’s Topic: Wharton Investment Competition: COMPANY RESEARCH 2

First, students will work in collaborative groups to 1) decide which sectors students will focus on (each student must focus on one sector) and 2) students will decide if they want to purchase stock on the companies they researched earlier last week. Today students will continue doing research on companies in their respective/assigned sectors.
Students will trade stock at Wharton’s Stocktrak.com.
Here is the Approved Stock List.
Here is the Investment Competition Guidebook.
To continue your research, please the Company Analysis Form in today’s Google Classroom assignment.

Reminder: The 9 Business Sectors are: 1) Consumer Discretionary, 2) Consumer Staples, 3) Energy, 4) Financial Services, 5) Healthcare, 6) Materials and Processing, 7) Producer Durables, 8) Technology 9) Utilities

IB Business Management Juniors
Today’s Topic:
SWOT Analysis
Today students will finish making presentations on their SWOT analyses.

IB Business Management Seniors
Continue Unit 4.5 – The Four Ps (Product)
Today students will discuss the Product Life Cycle, Extension Strategies, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix and Branding.
Students will play this Sporcle Game to see if they know the Top 10 Brands in different product categories.