Kris asked for some links for ways to play the Stock Market as an educational tool without putting any real money in play.
I couldn’t find the one I thought I remember Hubby using with at least one of the kids ages ago through E*Trade. If they still have it, it’s buried on their site.
OTH, Boy’s old Economic textbook pushes The Stock Market Game. I’m not seeing it on the site, but the spread in the book pushed it as the “only” one supported by NYSE or something like that. I think there’s a fee and if they work with homeschoolers, I don’t know.
Supposedly you can find another game by searching for SMS and your state’s name. Since I think you’re in California, here’s the Stock Market Simulation for you.
and OTH, when I tried doing that for Indiana, I got referred to Wall Street Survivor. Which appears to not be state specific.
In tracking this all down, I also ran into Chart School, and educational site about how to analyze stock charts. So, I’ll throw that in as well.

What did you think?