Step one: review several stocks by looking at stock tables and reading news articles. when you read about the company, be on the lookout for information, such as what products or services they sell, if they have any new products, and if the company has been making a profit. select one stock to pretend to invest in. here are a few suggestions, along with their symbols: google: goog linear technology: lltc mcdonald’s: mcd intel: intc amazon: amzn chipotle mexican grill: cmg kraft: kft target: tgt any other stock step two: pretend to invest $1,000 in the stock that you chose. you will need to calculate how many shares of stock you can purchase by dividing $1,000 by the price of the stock. for instance, if your stock sold for $23.10 a share, then you could buy 43.29 shares. 1000/$23.10 = 43.29 shares for more information track the stock using an online portfolio on a web site, such as or over the next week, look up and record the price of stock each day. record the stock name and its daily price per share in a word processing document or spreadsheet. at the end of the week, upload the document.