Lesson Objectives
- Evaluate investment alternatives: money markets, bonds, single stocks, mutual funds, annuities, and real estate.
- Explain the Rule of 72.
- Identify different types of retirement plans.
- Explain how taxes affect the rate of return on investments.
- Understand how pre-tax and after-tax investments work.
- Understand how the stock market works.
- Be familiar with the various retirement account tax treatments.
- Develop a plan for investing; describe how to buy and sell investments.
Assignment 8.2.12
- Make a copy of this Google Document. Rename the document to Rule of 72-(Your Initials) and move it into your Chapter 8 folder.
- Complete the document based on the directions within it.
Assignment 8.2.13
- Make a copy of this Google Document. Rename it to Comparing Investments-(Your Initials) and move it into your Chapter 8 folder.
- Complete the document as directed within the document.