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Inspiring "Teen and Tween" Investors
Hi Everyone,

A member of a bivio family investment club writes to say they have quite a few "teen and tween" members. They are asking for ideas for keeping these members motivated and interested in the investing activities of the club.

Anybody have any ideas or experiences that might be useful for them?

Laurie Frederiksen
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Show them the impact of compounding and how great a position of advantage they are in simply due to their time horizon.   I know, when this was shown to me by both my parents and my high school economics teacher, it really had a profound impact on me and my willingness to save.

Stuart Weissman


From: Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz>
To: The Club Cafe <club_cafe@bivio.com>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 11:14 AM
Subject: [club_cafe] Inspiring "Teen and Tween" Investors

Hi Everyone,

A member of a bivio family investment club writes to say they have quite a few "teen and tween" members.  They are asking for ideas for keeping these members motivated and interested in the investing activities of the club.

Anybody have any ideas or experiences that might be useful for them?

Laurie Frederiksen
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It always seemed that looking at companies that are of interest to the teenagers (or younger) was important, rather than just looking for the BEST investment.  Think Disney, Mattel, Coke &/or Pepsico, The Hershey Co., etc.  Anything of interest to them can be researched, and bought or tossed.  (Great learning exercises is when and why to bypass a company you otherwise like.)

Roy Chastain


"Little by little, I am learning the art of being quite content with doing very little slowly."  

Lionel Hardcastle in "As Time Goes By"



--- On Fri, 5/4/12, Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz> wrote:

From: Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz>
Subject: [club_cafe] Inspiring "Teen and Tween" Investors
To: "The Club Cafe" <club_cafe@bivio.com>
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012, 8:14 AM

Hi Everyone,

A member of a bivio family investment club writes to say they have quite a few "teen and tween" members.  They are asking for ideas for keeping these members motivated and interested in the investing activities of the club.

Anybody have any ideas or experiences that might be useful for them?

Laurie Frederiksen
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Thank you Roy and Stuart. I will pass along your suggestions.

Has anyone had any experience with games or contests that might also encourage further participation?

Laurie Frederiksen
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I would send them shopping – at home.  Turn them loose and ask them to come back with the names of companies that actually make the stuff they find around the house.  They will begin to understand that Crest, Charmin, Cover Girl, Gillette, Pantene and Downey are all PG. Most likely, they will see some Colgate products too.  In the kitchen they find the same thing with lots of brands that are General Mills, Kelloggs, Pepsi and Coca Cola.  My example may be household goods, but the kids will begin to appreciate how diverse some of these companies can be. 

Now have them look at two of those same companies as investments and compare; KO or PEP?  PG or CL?  GIS or K?  Not only have they begun to understand the investments, they have begun to see how to study an industry.

Mark Eckman

I would make it a game. Give them real cash, say, $1K. If they win,
they get to keep the portfolio and spend it as they like. The winner
is the largest portfolio after a year. Two investment clubs: parents
against kids. You could use bivio for this without having to open
another account and deal with tax issues and other hassles.

If anybody would like to try this, email support. We'll give 50 free,
one-year subscriptions to families who belong to an existing bivio
investment club. Part of our mission is to support financial
literacy. Starting with kids is a great way to do that.

Cheers,
Rob
And Emerson Electric (EMR) makes the garbage disposal and
Waste Connections (WCN) stops at their house once/week. They
can think about making money on some of those chores, too.
(g)
Here's a link to an article a few years ago where we pointed
out that -- even though most of us are averse to many of
these -- the youth apparel stocks like Aeropostale (ARO),
American Eagle (AEO) and Abercrombie (ANF) are among the
strongest-performing stocks over the last decade. Urban
Outfitters (URBN) too. For many of these, developing a
buying and SELLING discipline is going to be prudent. (I
know ... it's ALWAYS prudent) But armed with a long time
horizon, and the young people have the best shot at that ...
not even a moon landing for a round of golf is out of the
question for them:

http://www.manifestinvesting.com/articles/200801cover