Investing for Teens: A Guide to Getting Started with The Motley Fool

Chad Dunn: This book is a great tool when it comes to teenagers savings, not only for their future investment needs, but also for their day-to-day or monthly expenses. Perfect for school and life in general.

Canada on Feb 03, 2023

jsweety: Easy enough to understand with some help from a person with some experience.

United States on Mar 06, 2022

Rainer: The guide was written 10 years ago and is focussed on US teenagers. Whilst the principle statements are valid, being 'everyone can be a millionaire at retirement, the compounding and the time works in your favour, and adopt a saving habit', the style of writing may be a bit jazzy. The examples may also be a bit unrealistic in the UK: which UK teenager can chose between buying a car and putting some money away.
The book is written by a commercial organisation and there is some advertising noticeable.

United Kingdom on Mar 03, 2022

Elena: It gives you a perspective of the stock market and how to find companies that are good enough to invest in.

United Kingdom on Feb 06, 2022

Jerome Potozkin: This is an amazing book for teaching kids about personal finance. Some have criticized some of the dated examples. In my opinion that doesn't matter as the principles taught are timeless. We have two teenage boys and review a chapter a week. They have been interested and are learning about the time value of money and the importance of not over spending. This should be required reading in every high school.

United States on Feb 02, 2021

Mike: Better to read on line.

Canada on Jul 10, 2018

Gabriel Coja: Fast and good. Thank you!

Canada on Jan 16, 2015

Zach V: This book definitely deserves a 5-star rating. Sure, some may claim that the guide is aimed at young teens by the style of writing the authors chose, but that does not take away from the information the book provides. At 19 years old, this is the first investment book that I have read. It reviewed some common knowledge of saving, compound interest, and stock market principles. However, it also introduced me to a wide variety of investment opportunities - possibly the best, the Roth IRA. It may sound silly, but I was never introduced to any of these opportunities to stash some cash for the future, but this book has certainly done that and convinced me to get started immediately. If I were a high school personal finance teacher, I would make sure this is on my required book list. It's a simple, yet important read that all teenagers can benefit from. I would highly recommend it to anyone who desires to be financially fit. This book will help you become a winner in the big game we all play: life.

United States on Jan 10, 2013

Kent T. Stuver: As the author of  The Teen's Guide to Becoming a Millionaire , and a frequent follower of the Motley Fool, I was very interested to see what David Gardner had to say about investing for teens. The promise of the book is very grand: eight steps to having more money than your parents ever dreamed of. I wanted to see how well the book lived up to its promise.

Overall, I would say that this book does a good job in several areas. In each of these cases, Gardner takes a complex topic and distills it down to the basics in a form that teens can understand. The eight steps themselves are very solid, and a person can reliably follow them and be far better off than someone who doesn't follow them.

The eight steps begin with helping teens set goals and make plans. They help teens have an understanding of how they can earn money (which becomes the seed of their investments) and to begin saving the amount that is needed to start investing. They then move on to teaching teens the basics of the financial system, including banks, credit unions, brokerage firms, insurance, etc. Then, the eight steps moves on to understanding how the stock market works, and finally to an...

United States on Jun 14, 2012

Tyron Chay: highly recommend this book to those of you who are in high school or before, im currently in college right now and had i read this book and made the time and investment into learning and attaining the insightful information this book has to give, i probably could of saved a whole lot of money in high school and into college. there are a lot of young americans out there who just dont "know" (whether its because their parents didnt have the time or knowledge to properly show their kids) on how to save and spend wisely. this book puts into perspective a very important life skill many individuals must have, in order to be financially savvy growing up. anyways if your a rookie at banks and money savings i highly recommend this book.

United States on Jul 20, 2011