High school students set to compete in stock market challenge at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN High school students from Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana and Ashtabula Counties will be meeting on Friday morning to compete in the Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio Stock Market Challenge.
The challenge will be held from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on October 17 in the Weir Atrium, located in Williamson Hall on the Youngstown State University (YSU) campus.
A crowd of 125 high school students will be participating in the stock market simulation challenge, split into teams of three to four.
Students will practice buying and selling stocks while also navigating current events that could positively or negatively impact the market. A total of 60 days of trading will be simulated, with each day lasting one minute.
Business and community leaders from the Valley will act as floor traders, working with the students to execute their trades.
Trophies and scholarship money will be awarded to the top three teams in the competition.
