Comments on: Top 6 Reasons Why High School Students Think You Should Invest

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:49:13 +0000

When I was in middle school, our social studies teacher ran a stock contest. At the end of the school year the returns would be tabulated. The winner would get a certificate while the student with the worst return would get a ‘dollar’.

Who won? A student named Chris won because he put all his money into the stock of Chrysler. By the time the school year ended, Chrysler had gotten a bailout loan and the stock price recovered handsomely. Needless to say, I lost having put most of my money in U.S Steel.

Those were the days, when a billion dollar loan to Chrysler was real money.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:01:39 +0000

I remember back in high school I loved to learn about investing and whenever I would chat with my friends, they had no clue what any of the things I was talking about. From simple money market accounts to CDs, I'm almost positive 5% or less of high schoolers could tell you what one is. Tom’s last blog post..5 Electronics Every College Student Should Have

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By: tom

tom — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:45:04 +0000

Maybe its because they see what their parents are going through saying, hell no, i don't want this. But the other question is, how many of them actually do it? tom’s last blog post..Top 10 valuable posts week 2

By: Studenomics

Studenomics — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:22:05 +0000

"Bragging rights"- Let me guess that's what most of the male students said? I remember hearing guys brag in high school about the stock market and what not. The only problem was that they didn't know that I have always been reading about personal finance and securities. When their bragging was done I would ask how many shares they had or through which brokerage they made their purchase only to receive the usual look of confusion. My little brother is starting high school in a year and he will definitely be reading personal finance blogs such as this one. Studenomics’s last blog post..How the Weekends Could Make You Rich