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The student news site of Coral Gables Senior High School

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The student news site of Coral Gables Senior High School

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The Gables students lined up next to Mr. Paz after the JA Stock Market Challenge.

Mr. Paz Leads his Students to the JA Stock Market Challenge

Selena Feal, Staff Writer Oct 24, 2022

Part of Mr. Paz’s economic curriculum is giving students the opportunity to participate in a real-world immersive simulation experience that resembles the New York Stock Exchange, the Junior Achievements...

The downfall of the Meta stock took the markets and the world by surprise.

A Devastating Drop: Meta Stock Market

Danny Cen, Staff Writer Feb 17, 2022

Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, participated in the worst trading session in history last Thursday, with its stock plummeting by 26% and its market value falling by more than $230 billion....

The Roblox Gaming Company goes public on the stock market, Wednesday, Mar. 10. The IPO shot up from an expected $45 start price to around $60.50 and has since then continued to increase.

The Roblox Company Goes Public

Massimo Aguila, CavsConnect Staff Mar 24, 2021

Roblox, a popular online platform for game creation and user interaction, recently went public on the stock market. Last Wednesday, Mar. 10, Roblox Chief Executive Officer David Baszucki rang the famous...

The Stock Market Competition Club is a new club coming to Gables that aims to teach students about the fundamentals of money management; especially that of the stock market.

Meet The Stock Market Competition Club

Massimo Aguila, CavsConnect Staff Mar 11, 2021

There is a new club coming to Coral Gables Senior High known as the Stock Market Competition Club. The SMCC is a club dedicated to studying the stock market and all aspects concerning financial literacy,...

Tesla buys 1.5 billion Bitcoin and will soon start accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for all products.

Tesla Buys $1.5B in Bitcoin

Massimo Aguila, CavsConnect Staff Feb 15, 2021

Tesla announced it has recently bought over $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. This caused prices to promptly skyrocket to more than $46,000 per bitcoin, an increase of just under $11,000 in the past week....

In this time of high market volatility, Robinhood is being accused of market manipulation. But does this story have more to it?

Is Robinhood Robbing Investors?

Massimo Aguila, CavsConnect Staff Feb 8, 2021

Brokerages across the country face backlash as the buying of certain securities were limited most notably on the recently popular stock of GameStop Corporation. Traders speculated brokerages did this to...

Stock Frenzy: What’s Up With GameStop?

Stock Frenzy: What’s Up With GameStop?

Sam Sommer, CavsTV Staff Feb 7, 2021

GameStop and other companies have had their stocks roar in the past few weeks. Online brokerages have halted trading of these stocks, begging the question, is someone manipulating the market?

A rough week in the United States was felt throughout the investment world.

Nightmare on Wall Street-Stocks Fall as Cases Rise

Japheth Oyedepo, Staff Writer Apr 8, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States, the almost complete closure of businesses has caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to experience its single greatest point loss in...

The world of international economics is a high-stakes gambling ring with real-world impacts.

Stocks to Students: How Does the Nasdaq Affect Teenagers?

Japheth Oyedepo, Staff Writer Aug 10, 2019

On Monday, Aug. 5, the United States Treasury declared China a "currency manipulator". This most recent chapter in the story that is the U.S.-China trade war caused worldly markets to panic and many companies...

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