Stock Market: Parallel Reality To Fantasy Football

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Good Morning Class. Now before the young man in the red shirt in the third row completely dozes off, let me explain why I’m here. We experience a parallel reality to fantasy football in our daily lives with the Stock Market. A lot of us tend to be afraid of investing due to the uncertainty and unpredictability of stocks, however we dive right into the world of Fantasy sports and it is here that we actually find that it isn’t all that different than investing in stocks.

Let me break it down for you:

1. Diversify your assets
When drafting your fantasy team, you want to have a roster with different players at different positions in order to provide balance and depth to your lineup. Same can be said for your stock portfolio, which is composed of different kinds of stock that you have invested in such as value stock and magnification stock. Most of your starting lineup should consist of players that you know will consistently reward you like value stock (more dividends) and then you’ll have decent players that can sneak up on the rest of the league and become winners and be like your magnification stock (expected growth in value).
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Keepers and Trades There are going to be players on your team that are so valuable that you will want to hold to them no matter what. These are your core players and will always give you a ton of points and a great return on investment like a Blue-chip stock. For example, Tom Brady is a blue chip stock because he like a Fortune-500 company in that he is of the best in the league and so you never want to trade away Tom Brady. Alongside this, there are players that you may want to either pick up and add to your roster for a week to see how they do, or players already on your team that you want to trade. No matter what you do, keep your core

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