1. Introduction
1.1 Goal:
My goal in this project is to gain a greater understanding of investing and the stock market in general, and apply this through a stock market simulation. In the course of this project I hope to gain a practical understanding of investment which I can use in the future to guide my personal investing. These two objectives of research and simulation separate this IQP into two phases. In the first phase of the project I will research the different types of investments (stocks, bonds, etc), as well as different investment strategies, and compare their relative merits. During this time I will learn what I need to know in order to choose stocks for the simulation. In the second phase I will choose a strategy for selecting stocks and begin the simulation. The simulation will last forty days..