Stock market board game apparatus

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A STOCK MARKET GAME FOR TWO OR MORE PLAYERS COMPRISING A GAME BOARD HAVING A PLAYING AREA INCLUDING A STOCK PRICE SCALE AND A MARKET BANK PORTION HAVING SPACES DESIGNATED THEREON FOR RECEIVING STOCK CERTIFICATES; SAID STOCK PRICE SCALE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PATHWAYS, EACH PATHWAY INDICATING A DIFFERENT STOCK, PIECES OF PLAY MONEY POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID PLAYING AREA FOR BUYING SHARES OF STOCK FORM SAID PLAYERS, STOCK CERTIFICATES STACKED ON EACH OF THE SPACES ON SAID MARKET BANK PORTION REPRESENTING ALL OF THE SHARES OF STOCK AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PLAYERS, ADDITIONAL PLAY MONEY TO BE HELD BY THE PLAYERS, SAID STOCK CERTIFICATES HAVING INDICIA DESIGNATING THE COMPANIES REPRESENTED THEREBY AND SAID SPACES HAVING INDICIA IDENTICAL TO THOSE ON THE STOCK CERTIFICATES STACKED THEREON, MOVABLE MARKER MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID STOCK PRICE SCALE INDICATING THE CURRENT PRICE OF EACH STOCK, A PLURALITY OF MARKET ACTION CARDS CONTAINING DIFFERENT PRICE CHANGES FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID MARKER MEANS TO CONCURRENTLY PROVIDE AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF AT LEAST ONE STOCK AND A DECREASE IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHERS, SAID CARDS BEING ADAPTED TO BE MANIPULATED BY EACH PLAYER TO DIRECT OPPOSITE MOVEMENT OF AT LEAST TWO OF SAID MOVEABLE MARKER MEANS ON SAID STOCK PRICE SCALE; BUYING OF STOCKS BEING EFFECTED BY REMOVING STOCK CERTIFICATES FROM SAID PLAYING AREA AND BY PLACING PLAY MONEY ADJACENT TO SAID PLAYING AREA; SELLING OF STOCKS BEING EFFECTED BY TAKING PLAY MONEY FROM ADJACENT SAID PLAYING AREA AND BY PLACING STOCK CERTIFICATES ON THE SPACES HAVING THEIR IDENTICAL INDICIA, THEREBY CAUSING THE NUMBER OF STOCK CERTIFICATES STACKED ON THE SPACES ON SAID PLAYING AREA TO INCREASE AND DECREASE DURING THE COURSE OF PLAY.