Abstract: A system and method for a computer-implemented educational investment and trading game comprising a player interface for display on player computer comprising a computer-usable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for continuous display of current values for indicia in the group comprising player account equity, where player account equity comprises cash, stocks, and bonds in a player account object, economic indicators, where economic indicators comprise economic indicators used in a real-life economy and selected by the player from a database of pre-defined economic indicators during a game initialization step, and current stock price for each corporation selected by the player in a game initialization step, the indicia being adjusted upon execution of each play iteration of the game, the player interface further comprising a notice of activity icon during the execution of the play iteration comprising a textual explanation of the step being executed.