Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution

Technology Stock Game

Construct a hypothetical stock portfolio of five companies from the technology sector. One of these company names will serve as the name of your group. Following selection of your group name, prepare a brief written profile of that company for presentation at the following class. That profile should include a description of its products and technologies, its location and company URL, and a brief synopsis of why you selected it. Cite all sources used!

Example: Bitstream

Rules of the Game

1. Student groups pick five technology stocks listed on the New York Exchange, the Nasdaq market or the American Exchange. The picks may be distributed among the exchanges in any way desired. Stocks priced under $3 are ineligible.
2. At least one company selected must have a market capitalization less than $100 million. You may select your group name from among those companies qualifying in this category.
3. Each group will have a hypothetical portfolio of $10,000 -- $2,000 for each of the five selected stocks -- as of the close of the trading day on February 14, 2000. The winners will be the groups with the highest hypothetical portfolio values at the close of trading May 16, 2000.

The Prizes

1. The group with the highest portfolio value will receive a bonus of 15% on the final exam.
2. The second highest value will receive a bonus of 10%.
3. All other groups with portfolio values exceeding $10,000 at the end of the game will receive a bonus of 5%.

Comments, suggestions, or requests to ghw@udel.edu. "http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/colloq2000/techstocks.html" Last updated Feb. 9, 2000. © George Watson, Univ. of Delaware, 2000.