Blue Chip Kids

Klappentext THE HOW-TO GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF MONEY AND INVESTINGBlue Chip Kids: What Every Child (and Parent) Should Know About Money, Investing, and the Stock Market is a fun and easy-to-understand introduction to the world of money and investing for kids and parents. Frustrated by the lack of entertaining financial teaching materials for his 13-year-old son, this book is the result of a father´s commitment to pass on one of life´s most important skills. Written by David W. Bianchi-an investor and lawyer with an economics degree from Tufts University-this hands-on resource demystifies the basic principles about money matters and shows what it takes to spend, save, and invest wisely.Filled with simple examples and numerous illustrations, this easy-to-read book discusses money and investing in 100 bite-size topics.For every parent who wants their children to develop the skills to invest wisely and become responsible money managers, regular savers, and to earn money while they sleep, this book is a must-have. Zusammenfassung The essential guide to being smart about money and investingBlue Chip Kids: What Every Child (and Parent) Should Know About Money, Investing, and the Stock Market is a fun and easy-to-understand introduction to the world of money and investing for kids and parents. Frustrated by the lack of entertaining financial teaching materials for his 13-year-old son, this book is the result of a father´s commitment to pass on one of life´s most important skills. Written by David W. Bianchi--an investor and lawyer with an economics degree from Tufts University--this hands-on resource demystifies the basic principles about money matters and shows what it takes to spend, save, and invest wisely. Filled with simple examples and numerous illustrations, this easy-to-read book discusses money and investing in 100 bite-size topics.For every parent who wants their children to develop the skills to invest wisely and become responsible money managers, regular savers, and to earn money while they sleep, this book is a must-have. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xvA Note to the Reader xviiAcknowledgments xixChapter 1 Money, Money, Money 1The Journey Begins 1Money from around the World--It´s Not All the Same 5The Euro: What´s That All About? 10Exchange Rates and Currency Exchanges 14Different Ways to Make Money 18Bitcoin 27Chapter 2 Different Ways to Pay for Things 29Checking Accounts 29Electronic Bill Payment 31Electronic Banking 33Credit Cards 33Debit Cards 36Wire Transfers 37Chapter 3 The Stock Market Is Cool 39Stock Markets and Stock Exchanges: What Is the Difference? 39What Is a Stock Market? 39Wall Street and the Stock Market 40Stocks 47Stock Certificates 51Market Cap 52Bid/Ask/Spread 53The Free Market and Valuation 54When Can You Buy and Sell Stocks? 56Stock Market Indexes 56Initial Public Offerings (IPO) 59The Securities and Exchange Commission 65Market Correction 65Market Rally 66Chapter 4 Let´s Buy and Sell Some Stocks 67Buy the Dips 67Bulls and Bears 68Paper Profits and Paper Losses 69Risk On/Risk Off 69Stock Charts 70Market Top 72Market Bottom 73Trading Range 74Being Long a Stock 74Being Short a Stock 75High-Frequency Trading 80Fully Invested 82Leverage 82Chapter 5 Stock Options (Impress Your Friends with This One) 86Options and the World of Puts and Calls 86Options: How They Work 87Options Expire: They Don´t Last Forever 88Puts 88More about Puts 90The Underwater Put Option (Say What?!) 92Calls 94More about Calls 97The Underwater Call Option 99The Naked Call Option (OMG, Did You Say Naked?!) 100Trading Options 102Chapter 6 Funds (Giant Pools of Money) 104What Is a Fund? 104Index Funds 105Mutual Funds 107Hedge Funds 111Chapter 7 Bonds and Certificates of Deposit (Sounds Boring but It´s Not) 114Bonds 114Yield 117U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds 1...

Product details

• Authors: David W Bianchi, David W. Bianchi
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2015
• EAN: 9781119057192
• ISBN: 978-1-119-05719-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Finanzwirtschaft, Geldanlage