Finance Student:

Thank you for your purchase of a McGraw-Hill/Irwin Introduction to Business text. You are entitled to one free trading account in the Investments Trader. You will be competing against other Introduction to Business students from around the country. Enrollment is free and the top 10 portfolio managers will receive an Investments Trader T-shirt at the end of the semester. Here are the basic rules (for the complete rules, please see the link on the left):

• Each account begins with $100,000
• Each account is limited to 100 trades
• Trading Period for Spring 2008 starts from 12/17/2007 and ends on 04/11/2008.
• Trade any stock that is on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, or American Exchange that is $5.00 and higher. This includes preferred stocks, WEBS, and Index Trusts. You may also trade any actively traded mutual fund.
• Stock trades made when the market is open will be executed at the 15/20 minute delayed price. Stock trades made when the market is closed will be filled at the next opening price. All mutual fund trades will be filled at the current business day's closing Net Asset Value (NAV).
• Investments are limited to 50% of initial cash balance (you will not be allowed to invest more that $50,000 in any one security).
• Investments are limited to half actual market volume at time of trade.
• Register for only one account. Students registering for more than one account will have all of their accounts deleted.