Blue Chip Kids by Bianchi, David W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Titlepage Copyright Dedication Preface A Note to The Reader Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Money, Money, Money

The Journey Begins Money from around the World—It's Not All the Same The Euro: What's That All About? Exchange Rates and Currency Exchanges Different Ways to Make Money Bitcoin

Chapter 2 Different Ways to Pay for Things

Checking Accounts Electronic Bill Payment Electronic Banking Credit Cards Debit Cards Wire Transfers

Chapter 3 The Stock Market Is Cool

Stock Markets and Stock Exchanges: What Is the Difference? What Is a Stock Market? Wall Street and the Stock Market Stocks Stock Certificates Market Cap Bid/Ask/Spread The Free Market and Valuation When Can You Buy and Sell Stocks? Stock Market Indexes Initial Public Offerings (IPO) The Securities and Exchange Commission Market Correction Market Rally

Chapter 4 Let's Buy and Sell Some Stocks

Buy the Dips Bulls and Bears Paper Profits and Paper Losses Risk On/Risk Off Stock Charts Market Top Market Bottom Trading Range Being Long a Stock Being Short a Stock High-Frequency Trading Fully Invested Leverage

Chapter 5 Stock Options: (Impress Your Friends with This One)

Options and the World of Puts and Calls Options: How They Work Options Expire: They Don't Last Forever Puts More about Puts The Underwater Put Option (Say What?!) Calls More about Calls The Underwater Call Option The Naked Call Option (OMG, Did You Say Naked?!) Trading Options

Chapter 6 Funds: (Giant Pools of Money)

What Is a Fund? Index Funds Mutual Funds Hedge Funds

Chapter 7 Bonds and Certificates of Deposit: (Sounds Boring but It's Not)

Bonds Yield U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds Basis Points Certificates of Deposit

Chapter 8 Analyzing Companies: (Seriously, This Will Make You Very Smart)

How to Analyze a Company to See If You Want to Buy Its Stock Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio EBITDA Market Share Earnings Season Guidance Dividends Special Dividends Stock Buybacks Transparency Private versus Public Companies 52-Week Moving Average

Chapter 9 Borrowing Money: (Don't Borrow Too Much—Ever!)

Mortgages Amortization Credit Ratings and Non–Real Estate Loans Default Bankruptcy LIBOR

Chapter 10 Interest Rates: (Making Money While You Sleep)

Simple Interest Compound Interest Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Chapter 11 Net Worth: (What's Your Stuff Worth?)

Assets Liabilities Net Worth Financial Statements The “Oracle of Omaha”

Chapter 12 Taxes: (The Lower, the Better)

Gross Income Net Income Taxes Audits

Chapter 13 The Economy: (The Business of Business)

The Federal Reserve (The Fed) Gross—As in Really Gross—Domestic Product (GDP) Budgets Budgets in Action Our National Debt Deficits and the National Debt; So What? What Do They Have to Do with Investing?

Chapter 14 Venture Capital and Private Equity: (Big Bets Chasing Big Profits)

Venture Capital (VC) Private Equity

Chapter 15 Money Smart: (Move to the Front of the Class!)

Retirement Savings Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It You Are Now Money Smart!

Chapter 16 And So It Ends—or Maybe This Is Just the Beginning Disclaimer About the Author Index EULA