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Economic Awareness Council: Saving and Investing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the advantages to saving money, some different types of savings plans, and some ways even people with small amounts of money can invest money to fund long-term goals.
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Actuarial Foundation: Building Your Future: Investing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In book 3 of the Building Your Future series, young scholars and teachers work on the concept of investing, including stock and bonds, mutual funds, risk and diversification, and inflation, through a combination of information and practice.
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CNN

Cnn Money: Investing in Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about investing in bonds. Including why buy bonds, how they work, the risks and a glossary.
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Saving and Investing for Students [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource for high school students on the importance of saving and how to begin investing.
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Sec: Investment Products Your Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
Review information on stocks and bonds and mutual funds. Also, lists ways in which you can make money or lose money by investing.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Bonds are a common form of investment issued by governments or corporations as a way to raise money. Learn the different types and how they differ from stocks.
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Federal Reserve Education: Core Concept Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Core Concept Cards is a quick way to reinforce economic and financial literacy concepts. This site offers quite a few ways to use these Core Concept Cards, including games to play with students, and interactive flash cards that...
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Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Sense and Dollars

For Students 9th - 10th
Engaging, fun tutorials and interactive games related to earning, spending, saving, and budgeting money.
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U.s. Securities and Exchange Commission: Internet Fraud

For Students 9th - 10th
"This alert tells you how to spot different types of Internet fraud, what the SEC is doing to fight Internet investment scams, and how to use the Internet to invest wisely."
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
Video [4:11] teaching the concept of Financial Markets and the buying and selling of financial assets, such as bonds, stocks and mutual funds.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Financial Assets

For Students 9th - 10th
This information is intended for AP Macroeconomics students or for those taking college macroeconomics. This lesson summary reviews key terms and concepts related to financial assets. Topics include the basic types of financial assets,...
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Td Ameritrade

For Students 9th - 10th
Ameritrade investment choices include stocks, mutual funds, options, and bonds. Many different account types, features, and trading tools.
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E*trade Financial

For Students 9th - 10th
Investment services for stocks and options, IPOs, mutual funds, and bonds. Other financial services as well, along with community tools.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons and activities to teach students about investing.
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Sec: Invest Wisely an Introduction to Mutual Funds

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Securities Exchange site provides a checklist of items investors need to evaluate about mutual funds. Discusses why one should invest in mutual funds, different types of mutual funds, and much more.
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Aaii: Investing Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of successful investing. Covers risk and return trade-off, diversification, asset allocation, and more.
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The Balance

The Balance: An Introduction to the Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what the different types of financial markets are, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and derivatives, as well as what the functions of financial markets are.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Mutual Funds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about mutual funds, an investment consisting of a collection of different products, such as stocks, bonds and other investments.
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Fidelity: Why Diversification Matterns

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very thorough explanation of the importance of diversifying investments and how to go about making those plans.
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Fidelity Investments

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fidelity Brokerage account includes trading, market research, and many other financial services. Tied for Money.com's top rated online broker.
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Quote.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Market updates, news center, quotes, charts, and community features. Good information and links to other sites.
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Charles Schwab

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Schwab can help beginning investors with the basics, intermediate investors with their portfolio, and advanced investors with after-hours or option trading. Wide array of services and information.
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Financial Web: The Independent Financial Portal

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents market news and commentary from financial analysts. It presents quotes, research, and more.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...

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