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Blue chip kids, what every child (and parent) should know about money, investing, and the stock market, David W. Bianchi

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Blue chip kids, what every child (and parent) should know about money, investing, and the stock market, David W. Bianchi

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blue chip kids

Oclc number

893452141

Responsibility statement

David W. Bianchi

Sub title

what every child (and parent) should know about money, investing, and the stock market

Table Of Contents

1. Money, money, money : The journey begins ; Money from around the world: it's not all the same ; The Euro: what's that all about? ; Exchange rates and currency exchanges ; Different ways to make money ; Bitcoin -- 2. Different ways to pay for things : Checking accounts ; Electronic bill payment ; Electronic banking ; Credit cards ; Debit cards ; Wire transfers -- 3. The stock market is cool : Stock markets and stock exchanges: what is the difference? ; What is a stock market? ; Wall Street and the stock market ; Stocks ; Stock certificates ; Market cap ; Bid/ask/spread ; The free market and valuation ; When can you buy and sell stocks? ; Stock market indexes ; Initial public offerings (IPO) ; The Securities and Exchange Commission ; Market correction ; Market rally -- 4. Let's buy and sell some stocks : Buy the dips ; Bulls and bears ; Paper profits and paper losses ; Risk on/risk off ; Stock charts ; Market top ; Market bottom ; Trading range ; Being long a stock ; Being short a stock ; High-frequency trading ; Fully invested ; Leverage -- 5. Stock options (impress your friends with this one) : Options and the world of puts and calls ; Options: how they work ; Options expire: they don't last forever ; Puts ; More about puts ; The underwater put option (say what?!) ; Calls ; More about calls ; The underwater call option ; The naked call option (OMG, did you say naked?!) ; Trading options -- 6. Funds (giant pools of money) : What is a fund? ; Index funds ; Mutual funds ; Hedge funds -- 7. Bonds and certificates of deposit (sounds boring but it's not) : Bonds ; Yield ; U.S. Treasury notes and bonds ; Basis points ; Certificates of deposit -- 8. Analyzing companies (seriously, this will make you very smart) : How to analyze a company to see if you want to buy its stock ; Price/earnings (P/E) ratio ; EBITDA ; Market share ; Earnings season ; Guidance ; Dividends ; Special dividends ; Stock buybacks ; Transparency ; Private versus public companies ; 52-week moving average -- 9. Borrowing money (don't borrow too much--ever!) : Mortgages ; Amortization ; Credit ratings and non-real estate loans ; Default ; Bankruptcy ; LIBOR -- 10. Interest rates (making money while you sleep) : Simple interest ; Compound interest ; Annual percentage rate (APR) -- 11. Net worth (what's your stuff worth?) : Assets ; Liabilities ; Net worth ; Financial statements ; The "Oracle of Omaha" -- 12. Taxes (the lower, the better) : Gross income ; Net income ; Taxes ; Audits -- 13. The economy (the business of business) : The Federal Reserve (The Fed) ; Gross, as in really gross, domestic product (GDP) ; Budgets ; Budgets in action ; Our national debt ; Deficits and the national debt; so what? What do they have to do with investing? -- 14. Venture capital and private equity (big bets chasing big profits) : Venture capital (VC) ; Private equity -- 15. Money smart (move to the front of the class!) : Retirement savings ; Your mission, should you choose to accept it ; You are now money smart! -- 16. And so it ends--or maybe this is just the beginning

Target audience

juvenile

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