27 Bellefontaine High School business students participated in the Mad River Region Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge competition at the Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center in Urbana on Thursday.
Students were placed on teams, and they set up stock portfolios, reviewed stock lists, analyzed economic market conditions, monitored the exchange board, and initiated stock trades on a simulated stock market floor.
At the close of the stock market simulation, the three teams with the highest portfolio value- placed in the competition, with the top team qualifying for the JA Future Bound Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, in June.
Bellefontaine High School teams earned the top three spots at the Stock Market Challenge.
Here are the results:
- 1st Place – Curtis (CJ) Butler, Cayleb Overmann, and Jack Wilson
- 2nd Place – Jamison Clement, Landen Cooper, Sebastian Estepa, and Beckham Harman
- 3rd Place – Grady Feasel, Liam Naumann, Myles Sellars, and Anthony Sylvia
The 1st place team of CJ Butler, Cayleb Overmann, and Jack Wilson qualified for the JA Future Bound Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, June 9th-11th to compete against teams from across the country.
