Focus Question:  How Do financial markets, such as the stock market, channel funds from savers to investors?

Link to Special Topic Page:  Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange

• Here is an interesting video from the 1950's that gives an explanation of one of the programs available to investors in the stock market.

• This video is only 3 minutes but provides very useful information on the Stock Exchange

• Linked here is a video that attempts to explain how the stock market works in a little over 4 minutes 

Here is a game that allows students to simulate playing the stock market

Stock Market Live Tracker

Here is a website from the NEA covering different areas of investment with activities that cover multiple grades

Here is a timeline that allows the ability to see 13 years of Financial Market history

This website on Khan Academy provides different resources such as videos explanations, and lesson plans. This is a great start to understanding the Financial market. Along with this site, this article provides an understanding to the financial market as well

Stocks and Who Owns Them

25 Most Commonly Held Stocks by Members of Congress

Take a look at this article published by Forbes, and gets into how how the financial industry is still failing women 

Just Over Half of Americans Own Stocks, Matching Record Low(Gallup, April 20, 2

There is a large wealth gap in America between people of color and white families. This spills over into the Financial Markets. Here is an article that highlights the continuing distance of wealth between the two parties.