Stock Market Portfolio and Long Term Investing

Big Idea: How can saving and investing help me meet my short-term and long-term goals?

After today I should be able to: Explain the difference between short term and long term investing.

Agenda:

1. Stock Market game portfolio.
2. Benefits of long term investing.
3. Take notes on the videos above. I will be checking these notes for a grade.
4. Complete a group presentation about the benefits of long term investing.
1. What is the difference between short term and long term investing?
2. The power of patience - include ideas from this video
3. Choose eight of your stocks. Imagine that you had bought 100 shares of that stock 1 year ago, 5 years ago, and 10 years ago. What would be the difference in profit over the different time periods? Include images and graphs to make your point.
4. What have you learned about long term investing? What goals can you meet by long term investing?

Homework:

1. None