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With Yahoo! Finance pulled up, review and record as a whole group the…

• Company name

• Ticker (Key term)

• Today’s price & date

• Take note of how the prices have changed since last session. What are some of the reasons the price might have gone up or down?

• How much the company is up or down since market open?

• The 1 month movement of the stock

• Point out the “Sustainability” tab

Show students how on Yahoo! Finance under “Chart,” you can view the history of a company stock by different date ranges.

Today, students will be sketching the 1 month chart of Apple (AAPL).

Discuss out loud what should go on the x-axis (time frame) and what should go on the y-axis (stock price).

With Yahoo! Finance pulled up, review and record as a whole group SPY’s…

• Today’s price & date

• How much the ETF is up or down since market open

• WHY might the ETF be up or down since market open

• The 6 month movement of the ETF

• WHY the 6 month movement fluctuates and WHAT might cause SPY to fluctuate?

Remind students that the S&P 500 is considered one of the most important measures of how the U.S. stock market is performing.

In discussing how the stock market is performing, we might describe how volatile the market is.

Introduce New Investment Key Term:

Stock Market Volatility

Read through the definition out loud and discuss the Napkin Finance graphic.

Quick Check:

Have students noticed any volatility in the stocks that they are monitoring?

Have the prices been going up and down a lot?

Post-Assessment Related Question:

Which of the following is true of stock market volatility?

A) Stock market volatility measures fluctuations in stock prices. B) Low volatility can be interpreted as investors being very worried and acting on that fear. C) Low volatility means small fluctuations, investors are not worried. High volatility means large fluctuations, which implies an element of fear in investors’ current attitudes.

D) Both A and C are true.

Additional Case Study Components: (10 minutes)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Discussion tips:

• What are the benefits of implementing strong CSR practices within a company?

• What are indicators that a company is a leader in CSR?

• Why might a company’s CSR impact investors’ decisions?