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Course 17 · 10 lessons · Ages 14–17

Picking Your First Company

Ten lessons that teach you to actually look at a business — before you ever put money into one.

The third course on The Family line, written directly for the teenager doing the learning — ages 14 to 17. Ten short lessons on what a company actually is, what a custodial account lets you own and who controls it, how to size up a business you already use, why a stock's price and a company's value are two different numbers, what a price move does and doesn't tell you, a few real numbers worth reading, why boring beats exciting, how long real ownership actually takes, and a closing assignment: pick one company, follow it for a year, and buy nothing. No advice on what to buy. No promises about what investing pays. Just how to look.

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Unit 1 — The Business Behind the Logo

3 lessons

Unit 2 — Sizing Up a Business

4 lessons

Unit 3 — Learning to Wait

3 lessons

Not financial advice · Educational only