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I just finished reading the book, Investing 101<\/em>, by Kathy Kristof.\u00a0\u00a0I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about basic investing…enough to have a diversified portfolio.\u00a0 And certainly enough to be able to have investing discussions with the elementary and middle school students I work with.<\/p>\n

But continued education is always a good idea.\u00a0 Besides, in the financial world, things change so it’s important to keep up with them.\u00a0 After reading the book, I gave myself a pat on the back…not because I finished it, it’s actually an easy read, but because John and I have been doing many of the things she suggested.<\/p>\n

One area that really made an impression in terms of things I should discuss with my students, was inflation.\u00a0 Although putting money into CDs and bonds are great first investments for kids, over time they will not keep up with inflation.\u00a0 And since kids have all the time in the world, getting them investing in mutual funds and individual stocks early on is a pretty good idea.<\/p>\n

In the book,\u00a0Kathy reminded us to keep our emotions in check when investing in the stock market.\u00a0 “Have a plan”, she wrote.\u00a0 “Decide what the price will be when you want to sell and then stick to the plan.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

This reminded me of Ryan when he bought his Chipotle\u00a0shares.\u00a0 He had decided that when they reached sixty-something he would sell several shares and buy in to Costco.\u00a0 And that is exactly what he did.<\/p>\n

But what really amazed me about Ryan’s story was that after he sold his Chipotle\u00a0shares, the share price continued to go up.\u00a0 He seemed unnaturally okay with that.\u00a0 But he had set his plan, followed through, and not looked back.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 If I was honest with myself I’m pretty sure I would\u00a0have spent\u00a0some time brooding about selling too soon.\u00a0 Perhaps I need to listen more to my own lesson about not getting emotionally attached.\u00a0 Seems Ryan is already one step ahead of me in that area…and a bunch of other areas…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just finished reading the book, Investing 101, by Kathy Kristof.\u00a0\u00a0I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about basic investing…enough to have a diversified portfolio.\u00a0 And certainly enough to be able to have investing discussions with the elementary and middle school students I work with. But continued education is always a good idea.\u00a0 Besides, in the financial world, things change so it’s important to keep up with them.\u00a0 After reading the book, I gave myself a pat on the back…not because I…<\/p>\n

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