Task
You will complete a project based on choosing investing options including stocks, bonds, and CD's. It is up to you to make a wise decision, you can do this.
What do you want to be when you grow up? If you have answer to this age old question then great! You are ahead of your age group! If you don't have an answer, you'll have to pick a career that you would consider as a possibility. After you have looked up an average salary you will be required to invest 10% of it. Of the 10% you will have to invest half of it (50%) in the stock market. Then you will decide how to divvy up (spread out) the rest of the money among bonds, CD's, and savings. Many of these ideas will be new and so you will come across new vocabulary. This is why you will be making your own dictionary to help you learn new words and gain a better understanding of the investment world.
By tracking your stocks throughout the course of the semester you will learn how much a stock can change. At the end of the semester you will be required to graph the results of how the stock price changed each week. You will also need to complete a reflection on why you think the stocks moved the way they did.
Finding a charity you are interested in and donate 1% of your income to it is a great way to learn to value people more than money.