‘Playing’ the stock market at HLWW

HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED, MN — This year, the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted eighth graders took part in an online stock simulation in their civics class. Each student was given an imaginary $100,000 to invest in the stocks of their choice at the beginning of the year. In a tough market, only about 20 percent of the students were able to make a profit. Some students lost as much as $75,000. The top five investors were Brody Egeberg, with $143,271; Owen Borrell, with $135,973; Michael Krueger, with $135,896.08; Zach Scherping, with $135,754; and Alex Hecker, with $120,729.