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Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the future, but the past can give us a window to understanding the risks and rewards of investing in the stock market. This lesson will track the history of a Dow Jones 30 …

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 14: How are Stock Prices Determined from CEE's Learning Earning and Investing for a New Generation publication (Lesson 18 in the previous version). Students participate in a simulated stock market activity that shows how the price of a share …

In this personal finance activity, students will define key terms related to the stock market.

The students work in small groups that represent households. Each household answers questions about stocks and stock markets. For each correct answer, a household earns shares of stock. At the end of the game, the groups that answered all questions correctly receive a certificate good for…

Yale University professor Robert Shiller was one of three Americans honored with the Nobel Prize for Economics for research on how financial markets work and how assets, like stocks, are priced. Economics correspondent Paul Solman sits down with Shiller to discuss the award, irrational exube…

At the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow ended above 16,000, another record high. Meanwhile, companies continue to report healthy profits. And yet the recovery is weak and unemployment is high. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks for answers and asks whether the Federal Reserve's stimul…

Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Students analyze the stock prices of companies who buy ad time during the Super Bowl.   Did that advertising positively impact stock prices?  Is it worth the multimillion dollar price tag?

Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people’s lives. In this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies experienced a crisis in the 1960s and what helped the…

One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a college education is rising, but so are the benefits. In this lesson, students will begin by learning the relationship between level of education and the average unemployment rate; and l…

In this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market.