A Voyage Into Investing

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It's a sunny afternoon, not a cloud in the sky. You decide to take a short cruise to celebrate your newfound wealth. Who would have thought that you, of all people, would win the lottery and now have $100,000? The money will be perfectly safe under your mattress at home. It's only a three hour cruise....

The weather starts getting rough; your tiny ship is tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the ship would have been completely lost.

Your boat is now stuck on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Time passes and you learn to exist on a diet of coconuts, mangoes and lobster, (oh the horror!). During that time you start to think about that $100,000 under your mattress.

Is it still there?

I could have invested that money.

How much would it be worth now if I had just put it in a bank?

What kind of investment would have resulted in the largest gain?

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The Chance of a Lifetime

10 years later you are finally rescued by a boatload of producers from a reality series.

The money has been on your mind for that ten years. There were so many things that you wanted to do with that money.

As you journey back home the investment possibilities begin to overwhelm you. You think to yourself, "If only I though about investing it before the trip."

This is your opportunity to make up for that possible mistake!

You are going to compare the results of investing your $100,000 over the 10 years that you were shipwrecked. You will need to organize and record your data, and be able to compare the results. You are back in the real world now and are able to do calculations with more than coconuts. You will need to keep track of your information and be ready to justify the choices you make.

Your task will be broken down into several parts much like your soon to be released, made for TV, movie.

Part 1

You will be asked to define several terms that deal with investing and you will be asked to define several of your own. You will look at different possible investments and explore the good and bad that comes along with them.

Part 2

You will need to be able to compare investments and their worth over the ten years you spent on your little vacation.

Part 3

You will have to be able to analyze the information you collected and come to the decision. What form of investment would have generated the most money. You must be able to justify your answers with facts and figures and create a presentation that shows what investment option you would have chosen