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.

Abstract: A computer-implemented financial investment and trading game comprising a Game Economy, a Player Interface and a Master Game Control Program which comprises computer-readable instructions on a computer-readable medium for defining, operating and managing play iterations, the Game Economy and the Player Interface, wherein the Game Economy comprises a plurality of Player Accounts, a Bank, an Exchange, a Corporations Database, an Opportunities Database, and a Directives Database, the Game Economy defined by one or more indicators that are automatically updated by the Master Game Control Program at play iteration, the Player Interface comprising instructions for continuously and automatically displaying the indicators, the play iteration involving a selection and execution of action items from one or more of the Opportunities Database and the Directives Database.