The game officially begins March 1, 1999 and it will end May 7, 1999. Each class has chosen twenty-five stocks from the S & P 500. These fifty stocks will be reduced to 35. You may only invest in our world of 35 stocks. You will be buying and selling based on the current value of the stock at the time of the trade. Trading is open around the clock. If you make a trade after the market closes, those shares will be worth what they were at closing. Each team will start the game with $3000. Each team will receive a weekly allowance of $500. Payment of this allowance will occur every Monday morning except for the first week. Each team must meet with Mark once a week to review their portfolio. Although we recommend that you use Stephen's Brokerage Site to make your trades and track your investments, you may be your own broker. Please see the rules for being your own broker or providing brokerage services. When using Stephen's site, each team may only register once. You must be able to present a paper based record of your trading. If you cannot present a record of your trades, you are out of game. This record should include: In General Value of the stocks you currently hold. Liquid cash available. Portfilio value (value of stocks + liquid cash) For Each Trade Date and time of trade. Company traded. Number of shares traded. Price of one share. If caught cheating, you go to the Board of Deciders. This board is made up of one person from each trading group. Cheating involves but is not limited to lieing about trades made or not made and in general not following the rules and playing fair. If you go bankrupt, you are out of the game, unless you are able to pay back your debt within one allowance period. If you go bankrupt, you become an employee of Mark, Mark, and More Mark. On May 7, 1999 on or before 2:30, you must sell off all of your stocks. During the week of May 14, at a special event your team may use the money you have to bid on valuable prizes.