Stock market board game

Abstract

A stock market board game comprising a game board having a central stock market pricing display for all the stocks, a plurality of dividend spaces indicating dividend amounts, a plurality of spaces holding quarterly earning cards for each stock along the perimeter of the board, a plurality of tables for the estimated quarterly earnings and for the annual target prices for each stock aligning along the perimeter, a plurality of price marker pegs and share-splitting marker pegs for the pricing display, a yearly marker peg indicating years played, a plurality of quarterly earning cards for each stock, and a plurality of dice utilized to generate random numbers for earning card disclosure and price fluctuations. Play money of various denominations and the stock certificates are used for financial transactions between stock market and players. There are peg holes on the board for the easy and stable placement of marker pegs. The price markers are movable in response to the fluctuation of the prices randomly generated by rolling dice. The highest price for each stock is predetermined by the setup of the share-splitting marker. The sum of earnings on four quarterly earning cards disclosed by rolling dice finally adjusts the stock's annual target price.

1 . A stock market board game comprising: 
 a) A game board consisting of a central stock market pricing display, shared by all the stocks, divided into a plurality of spaces indicating prices, a plurality of spaces indicating dividend amounts, a plurality of spaces holding quarterly earning cards, a plurality of tables showing all possible quarterly earning estimates and a plurality of tables showing all possible annual earnings and target prices, one for each company, and a timeline indicating the years played;    b) A plurality of quarterly earning cards for each stock;    c) A plurality of price markers, one for each stock;    d) A plurality of share-splitting markers, one for each stock;    e) A plurality of dice for the fluctuations of the stock prices and earning cards disclosure;    f) A year marker indicating the timeline of the game;    g) A plurality of stock certificates; and    h) Play money of various denominations for financial transactions during the game.    
   
   
       2 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which the gaming methodology, which overcomes the shortcomings of traditional stock market games that each player's actions are determined by the roll of die or the draw of event card, provides all the players with equal chances and risks using the stock trading rules explained thereinafter.  
   
   
       3 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which each price space or dividend space on the game board bears a plurality of peg holes for the easy and stable placement of the price marker pegs and share-splitting marker pegs. These peg holes are aligned, across all these price and dividend spaces, so as to form a plurality of tracks, each designated to one or more stocks.  
   
   
       4 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which each share-splitting marker, bearing indicia of the stock, is non-moveable during the game, and its position is predetermined and setup on the designated track of the stock before the game indicating the highest price, or share-splitting price, for the stock.  
   
   
       5 . A stock market board game according to  claim 4  in which the said predetermined positions of the said share-splitting markers at beginning of the game for each stock also divide the central pricing display into a plurality price ranges, one for each stock.  
   
   
       6 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which each price marker, bearing indicia of the stock, is moveable during the game along the designated track of the stock across the price spaces in central pricing display. When the price marker meets the share-splitting marker, it returns to the space that is labeled with amount equal to the split price.  
   
   
       7 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which a plurality of quarterly earning cards, bearing indicia of the stock companies and amounts as their quarterly earnings, are deployed with face down after reshuffling and disclosed with face up during the game.  
   
   
       8 . A stock market board game according to  claim 7  in which the said amounts of quarterly earnings for each stock are such selected that it is easy to sum up any four of them and that multiplying each said sum by its corresponding growth derives a set of target prices for the stock, which are within the said price ranges according to  claim 5 , and therefore allocates such a price range for the stock in the central pricing display that it can share with other stocks price ranges using the same or different tracks.  
   
   
       9 . A stock market board game according to  claim 7  in which a plurality of earning estimates tables, each bearing indicia for a stock company, display all the possible quarterly earnings shown on the said cards, providing the clues to count possibilities for the incoming quarterly earnings.  
   
   
       10 . A stock market board game according to  claim 8  in which a plurality of target price tables, each bearing indicia for a stock company, display all the possible said target prices, also known as intrinsic values of the stock, using the formula in  claim 8 , providing the clues to calculate the risks and opportunities for each stock when valuing the stock instance price.  
   
   
       11 . A stock market board game according to  claim 10  in which by comparing the instant price of the stock to its possible intrinsic values in the said target price tables each stock can be categorized into the conventional categories, such as growth, value or income.  
   
   
       12 . A stock market board game according to  claim 10  in which the real market leverage, according to which the stock with higher growth bears higher P/E ratio, higher price fluctuation and therefore higher risk, is reflected during the game.  
   
   
       13 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which the play money includes a plurality of papers bearing indicia representing denominations of money.  
   
   
       14 . A stock market board game according to  claim 13  in which denominations of play money are one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars.  
   
   
       15 . A stock market board game according to  claim 1  in which the stock certificates, a plurality of papers or cards, bearing the indicia of the stock companies, are indicated as one thousand shares, five thousand shares and ten thousand shares.