Participants develop skills in personal finance, economics, math, language arts, social studies, business education, and technology while building and maintaining a stock portfolio. Teams use the Internet to follow their portfolios, research stocks, study how the financial markets work, enter trades with real time prices, manage budgets, and see their daily regional and state rankings as they compete with 20 –30 teams in their region. Regions are set using grade level and geographic locations.

The Missouri Council on Economic Education (MCEE) coordinates SMG™ for all school districts and adults in the state of Missouri as part of its mission to raise the economic and financial literacy of Missouri citizens. It achieves this primarily by working with Missouri public and private school teachers and their students. Training of teachers and adults allows them, their students and their families to become informed voters, consumers, employers, savers and employees. MCEE is part of the National Council of Economic Education and its network of university – based affiliated state councils. MCEE has five affiliated centers for economic education throughout Missouri that develops programs for teachers. MCEE Centers are located on three University of Missouri campuses in Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis as well as at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. MCEE is located on the University of Missouri – Kansas City campus.