Kids Investing—Your First Bear Market
We began this Stockpile investing adventure six months ago, and at that time it would have been difficult to foresee the sort of volatility these budding portfolios would experience. Two months back, in February 2020, … read more Kids Investing—Your First Bear Market
Kids Investing — Portfolio Review Three Month Update
It is a good idea to review all investment portfolios occasionally. I believe that even buy-and-hold investors should periodically review their holdings to determine if there is something there that could be replaced with another … read more Kids Investing — Portfolio Review Three Month Update
Kids Investing — Taking Risks
Risk at Eight Instead of Fifty-Eight Take a Flyer One of the greatest things about investing with your kids is the ability to “take a flyer.” Not every stock that you build their portfolio with … read more Kids Investing — Taking Risks
Kids Investing — Best First Stocks For Kids
Buying Your Kids Their First Stock Getting kids started, and more importantly interested, in trading is a great first step towards their future financial well-being and independence. We discussed setting up their first account using … read more Kids Investing — Best First Stocks For Kids
Kids Investing—Environmentally Responsible Investing
Investing for the Green I won’t pretend to be the most environmentally responsible investor myself. Throughout the years I’ve bought and sold all manner of terrible company. But that doesn’t mean I can’t at least … read more Kids Investing—Environmentally Responsible Investing
Kids Investing—Learning About Earnings
Corporate quarterly earnings might not sound like an exciting topic for eight and nine year olds, but when they own a few shares of Target stock, suddenly they’re interested. This morning Target (TGT) reported quarterly … read more Kids Investing—Learning About Earnings
Getting Kids Interested in Investing
My kids had seen me trading for years, and they had a rough idea of what it was I do, but recently I decided to get serious about teaching them about investing. I opened them … read more Getting Kids Interested in Investing
Stockpile – Easy Investing for Kids
Starting Early – Simple Finance Lessons Build Confidence I first heard of Stockpile from a sailing family whose ten-year-old son was interested in the stock market and had begun to use it, with very good … read more Stockpile – Easy Investing for Kids