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Welcome to Economics 411®
Experiment and learn how investment strategies work.
Our strategic interactive game illustrates the effects on different investments over time and under differing economic conditions.
Improve your own finances!!

*In addition to Single Player Games, Group Games* can be played against friends and/or our robots. Play Group Games over a day, a month or longer.**
It's free and easy to play - no gimmicks. Just decide on a screen name and play! We're advertiser supported so support our advertisers		*Replay games* using different strategies – see if you can beat your best score

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These images shows the game in action. They show the current holdings of the player; current economic indicators; current game date as well as economic projections for upcoming time periods in the game.
Other images show a few of the investments available in the game.
The player's holdings show how much each investment has made or lost since the player purchased the investment.
How to play!

How to Play -

It's Free
It's Easy
It's Educational
It's Fun
It can be played by yourself, against our robots, or in a group game with others.

You begin with a stake of say $1,000 but that varies depending on the game chosen. You use your cash to buy different investments – Businesses (Manufacturing, Construction, Medical), Real Estate (Residential homes, Apartments, Office Buildings) and Financial Instruments (Savings Accounts, Stocks, Bonds).

Businesses can be of many different types, each relating to the economic changes differently.

A manufacturing company might be more sensitive to a changes in employment indicators than a service business.

Real Estate investments come in many forms - Single Residential, Multi Family (Apartments), Office Buildings as well as being located in different areas.

An apartment complex in Casper, Wyoming might be less sensitive to employment indicators than a commercial building in Seattle, Washington, however both might react similar to interest rate fluctuations.

Financial Investments, like other investments take on many forms - from the conservative ( passbook savings) to the more aggressive - Hedge funds and Commodities.

Small Cap stocks may be more sensitive to most economic indicators but they may have the best potential for gain - or loss!

As the game progresses and the years advance, you’ll buy and sell investments based on the economic indicators that are shown in the game. Your interpretation of that data and how it relates to the various investments will determine how well you do in the game. Your investments will gain or lose value based on the economic indicators – just the way it is in real life.

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Current High Scores More High Scores!

Name	Game Title	Game Time	Date Completed	Total Value
snali96	Rollercoaster	145 Yrs 0 Mths	9/17/2010	$ 6,378,784,961	Mil
10Crumra	Nice and easy or is it	190 Yrs 0 Mths	8/3/2009	$ 5,987,235,663	Mil
kangaroodude	Don't be caught in 1929	183 Yrs 0 Mths	11/12/2009	$ 3,147,101,724	Mil
10Crumra	Don't be caught in 1929	160 Yrs 0 Mths	8/3/2009	$ 1,899,575,838	Mil
elliot123	Swing Batter!	190 Yrs 6 Mths	11/27/2011	$ 1,691,829,398	Mil
The Howling	Nice and easy or is it	170 Yrs 0 Mths	9/7/2010	$ 1,456,053,504	Mil
djh882	The Swinging 40's	150 Yrs 0 Mths	2/26/2010	$ 1,200,923,759	Mil
cdonley137	Don't be caught in 1929	160 Yrs 0 Mths	9/12/2009	$ 1,196,623,444	Mil
aarangill	Rollercoaster	163 Yrs 0 Mths	10/15/2009	$ 936,677,570	Mil
BigWilly	Rollercoaster	164 Yrs 6 Mths	1/21/2012	$ 893,640,558	Mil
NotApplicable	Jumping 10's	110 Yrs 0 Mths	3/22/2010	$ 843,905,525	Mil
NotApplicable	Don't be caught in 1929	180 Yrs 0 Mths	3/22/2010	$ 796,234,904	Mil
gilmouraglory	Swing Batter!	179 Yrs 6 Mths	10/12/2011	$ 785,216,368	Mil
Dan74578	Rollercoaster	171 Yrs 0 Mths	1/27/2011	$ 766,964,790	Mil
NotApplicable	Don't be caught in 1929	178 Yrs 0 Mths	3/22/2010	$ 739,680,966	Mil

Here are some recent High Scores.
Results can also be based on the largest amount of holdings at the end of a certain time period - say 100 years.

A user's success can also be based on other methods - such as who can get to a certain amount( say 1 Billion dollars) in the shortest number of years. Of course group games offer even more interesting challenges.