CH. 11: INVESTING
3 THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH MONEY: INVEST IT! SAVE IT! SPEND IT!
REDIRECTING YOUR RESOURCES FOR PROFIT AND FUTURE BENEFIT INVESTING: REDIRECTING YOUR RESOURCES FOR PROFIT AND FUTURE BENEFIT
INVESTING CONTRIBUTES TO THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM Profit Motive: PRIVATE CITIZENS INVEST IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROFIT
HOW DOES INVESTING WORK?
WHAT DOES INVESTMENT REQUIRE? Financial System Assets Financial Intermediary Knowledge of Risks
FINANCIAL SYSTEM MUST BE: STABLE REGULATED FREELY ACCESSIBLE BY INVESTORS AND INVESTEES
ASSETS MONEY (OR THINGS OF WORTH) TO INVEST
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES HELP YOU INVEST PROVIDE: PROSPECTUS PORTFOLIOS DIVERSIFICATION LIQUIDITY
BONDS: LOANS OR IOUs THAT REPRESENT WHAT A CORPORATION OR GOVERNMENT OWES YOU AT MATURITY
THREE BASIC COMPONENTS OF BONDS: COUPON RATE: interest rate paid to you MATURITY: the date that you can cash it in PAR VALUE: the principal (starting) value
See p. 279 for bond rating systems
STOCKS EQUITIES OR SHARES: a corporation allows you to own a “piece” of their company in exchange for either “dividends” or “capital gains”
HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY IN THE STOCK MARKET? Step # 1: Research the corporation Step # 2: Find a financial intermediary Step # 3: Buy the stock (number of shares) Step # 4: Monitor the progress Step # 5: Sell it to earn “capital gains” or to cut “capital losses” Step # 6: Collect “dividends”
WHERE CAN YOU RESEARCH? FINANCIAL NEWS CORPORATE WEBSITES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
ALL STOCKS ARE NOT THE SAME
WHERE DOES THIS HAPPEN? NYSE - an actual place in NYC - largest stock exchange - blue chip stocks NASDAQ - mostly electronic - OTC stocks Brokers and Traders
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE SHOWS THE HEALTH OF THE TOP 30 CORPORATIONS IN THE STOCK MARKET
S & P 500: TOP 500 CORPORATIONS
BULL VS. BEAR MARKET Bull Market: prices are rising Bear Market: prices are falling Which is scarier?
OPTIONS & FUTURES Investing based on prices in the future and reserving the option to buy or sell in the future.
What’s it like to work at the NYSE? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55G2kt93IU