Financial Fitness for Life, Chapter 22: Financial

Transcript:Financial Fitness for Life, Chapter 22: Financial:
Financial Fitness for Life, Chapter 22: Financial Investing Presented by Matthew Gherman October 22, 2020 mgherman@schools.nyc.gov EconEdLink Membership You can now access CEE’s professional development webinars directly on EconEdLink.org! To receive these new professional development benefits, become an EconEdLink member. As a member, you will now be able to: Automatically receive a professional development certificate via e-mail within 24 hours after viewing any webinar for a minimum of 45 minutes Register for upcoming webinars with a simple one-click process Easily download presentations, lesson plan materials, and activities for each webinar Search and view all webinars at your convenience Save webinars to your EconEdLink dashboard for easy access to the event You may access our new Professional Development page here Professional Development Certificate To earn your professional development certificate for this webinar, you must: Watch a minimum of 45-minutes and you will automatically receive a professional development certificate via e-mail within 24 hours. Accessing resources: You can now easily download presentations, lesson plan materials, and activities for each webinar from EconEdLink.org/professional-development/ https://store.councilforeconed.org/ Agenda To examine lessons and activities to improve students’ understanding of exploring financial instruments for investment Objectives Students will be able to: define key investment terms such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. describe key investment strategies including index funds and dollar-cost averaging. summarize the costs and benefits of investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. explain the importance of diversifying an investment portfolio. National Standards Standard 5 Financial Investing, Grade 12, Benchmark 3 – Expenses of buying, selling, and holding financial assets decrease the rate of return from an investment. Standard 5 Financial Investing, Grade 12, Benchmark 4 – Buyers and sellers in financial markets determine prices of financial assets and therefore influence the rates of return on those assets. Standard 5 Financial Investing, Grade 12, Benchmark 5 – An investment with greater risk than another investment will commonly have a lower market price, and therefore a higher rate of return, than the other investment. Standard 5 Financial Investing, Grade 12, Benchmark 6 – Shorter-term investments will likely have lower rates of return than longer term investments. State Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA Literacy. W.11-12.9 – Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.6; CCSS.ELA Literacy. L.11-12.6 – Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level;