Investors Weather Europe's Financial Storms in Fantasy Stock Market Game

Many investors are looking for less risky ways to trade on the stock market. As it turns out some have found the solution they need.

Orem, UT (prHWY.com) June 25, 2012 - Orem, UT - 26 June, 2012 - More waves of bad financial news from Europe will likely continue to pummel global stock markets. As world
leaders meet to find solutions, doubtful traders are flocking to an online stock market simulation.

While Greece's near bankruptcy has been widely published, many financial experts are increasingly worried about similar collapses in
Spain and Italy, who are much larger economies that are also on the cusp of insolvency. "Until we can put a moat around them, it won't be over," said Jon Najarian, co-host of CNBC's Fast Money.

Many investors feel rattled. Hundreds of thousands of them who are yearning for safety until the storm passes will continue testing their investing strategies by building and tracking virtual portfolios at Smartstocks.com. The fantasy stock market game lists stocks as they appear on the actual exchanges and lets players invest virtual money as they would on the real market. Mike Woolf, vice president at Smartstocks.com said that market jitters often increase new registrations on the site, which is on track for a record number of new user registrations in 2012.

"Many investors get spooked and put a pause on their real money portfolios," Woolf said. "But they still want to know how they would
have fared. We let them compete with peers in a harmless way. It's a fun, safe, and educational place to wait out the storm, where you can still test your trading theories with virtual money, until things cool down a bit."

Smartstocks.com executives attribute some of their surging membership in 2012 to mounting concerns about Europe, Facebook's botched IPO, and other drains on investor confidence that make investors gunshy.

In addition to daytraders and gamers, college students account for many of Smartstocks.com's 600,000 registered users. The game allows
them to gain experience while learning financial principles in business classes. Many experienced investors say they use the fantasy
stock market as a portfolio tracker and a refuge from a sequence of storms plaguing global capital markets.

Anyone can sign up for a free account at Smartstocks.com.

Smartstocks.com hosts the largest virtual stock market game in the nation. The stock simulator uses real stocks and tickers from the
market. The company's goal is to spread financial literacy through stock market instructional video courses, as well as its interactive
and entertaining paper trading game.

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Mike Woolf, Vice President
SMARTSTOCKS.COM LLC
Orem, Utah 84058
801.787.5491
mike.woolf@smartstocksuniversity.com

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