What stocks should i buy in a stock market game?

playing a stock market game for school. want to buy stock in companies that will hold steady or go up. suggestions? is apple a good buy?|||Generally, the people or teams that do well in stock market games tend to pick companies with high volatility (i.e. companies who's prices swing wildly up or down). You can find the most volatile stocks in the "over the counter" market. I have been pretty successful with my investment in Animas Resources, Inc. (ANIMF). The company mines gold. However, it's not a game - I actually bought the stock. It's gone up over 300% since I bought it. The price has been pretty steady for the last several months, but I think it's set to take off again soon.|||The stocks you want to focus on is consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and healthcare. These are DEFENSIVE stocks that will survive through good and bad times. Most of my positions are in these stocks. Some names include 3M, Procter %26amp; Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Exxon Mobil, Walmart, Costco. Everybody's got to eat and wipe their butts regardless of the state of economy. Many of these companies survived through the Great Depression.





That's the benefits. You can sleep at night knowing your money is doing well. There are NO guarantees that you won't lose money. It's just that these stocks are the best. They pay good dividends too.|||If the markets suffer a major correction, then all your big stocks like AAPL, GOOG, JNJ, WMT etc... will roll over with them.





If you can't short in the game, then I would also look at penny stocks that move independently of the markets. Take over chatter in the pharma industry still causes pretty good pops. What you could do is use a screener at google finance or finviz.com to narrow down your search for a bunch of low price stocks, then read the news headlines on them.





It's basically gambling, but could help you with the game.|||Tech stocks like Apple are typically a good buy, especially this time a year as they are selling a lot of product.