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The pioneers of cyber-investing and personal finance education direct their wry, irreverent approach to a new young audience, delivering serious advice in fun-to-read, accessible language. This guide is designed to help teens begin investing, build a portfolio, and take advantage of the years ahead to watch their profits grow.
List of contents
ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Eight Steps to Wealth1. Set Goals (and Reach Them)
2. Make and Save Money
3. Be Smart About Your Money
4. Avoid Financial Blunders
5. Know What to Expect
6. Your New Friend: The Mutual Fund
7. Actually Invest!
8. Learn Together
9. Win $, Being a Fool
Part II: The Search for GreatnessBonus Section: The Search for Greatness
10. Finding Great Companies
11. Tracking Your Companies
12. Launching an Investment Club
13. Understanding the Business
14. Crunching the Numbers
15. Managing Your Portfolio
Our Grand Conclusion
Glossary
Additional Resources at Fool.com
Index
About the author
David Gardner learned from his father how to invest, and with his brother, Tom, started The Motley Fool in 1993 with a mission to educate, amuse, and enrich. Today, the Fool works to empower individual investors, reaching millions every month through its website, premium services, podcasts, radio show, newspaper column, and more. With Tom they have coauthored several books, including
You Have More Than You Think,
Rule Breakers, Rule Makers, and
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens.
Tom Gardner learned from his father how to invest, and with his brother, David, started The Motley Fool in 1993 with a mission to educate, amuse, and enrich. Today, the Fool works to empower individual investors, reaching millions every month through its website, premium services, podcasts, radio show, newspaper column, and more. With David they have coauthored several books, including
You Have More Than You Think,
Rule Breakers, Rule Makers, and
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens.
Summary
From the personal-finance duo Fortune magazine called “funny, smart, cynical, [and] opinionated” comes savvy financial advice for today’s street-smart young investors.
The Motley Fool has made investing fun and easy for millions of people. Now, it custom designs its wit and wisdom for today’s money-savvy teens. The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens helps teens stand out from the ho-hum mutual-fund crowd, build a portfolio of stocks they can actually care about, and take advantage of the investor’s best friend—time—to watch their profits multiply.
Strike a blow for financial independence. The Fool shows you how to:
· Question authority when it comes to managing your money
· Save cash (for investing, for college...and, yes, even for having fun!)
· Dodge the spending and saving pitfalls that trap so many adults
· Get started investing—online and off—with just a few dollars
· Discover up-and-coming businesses that could become future blue chips
Warning: this is not your parents’ money guide! From identifying companies that are both cool and profitable to building a portfolio that makes tracking investments exciting, The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens shows young investors the way to financial freedom.
