Financially Inclined: What you need to know before investing in the stock market

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Hey Smarties! We get a lot of questions about the stock market, and today we’re sharing an episode from “Financially Inclined,” Marketplace’s new podcast for teens, that might answer some of them. Host Yanely Espinal gets into how the stock market works, the difference between stocks and bonds and what to consider when opening a retirement account. If you’re a newbie investor or want to talk more about this with the young people in your life, this episode will make you smart!

This podcast is presented in partnership with Greenlight: the money app for teens — with investing. For a limited time, our listeners can earn $10 when they sign up today for a Greenlight account at http://ww.greenlight.com/inclined.

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0:00.0	Hey parents and teens, this episode of Financial Incline is presented in partnership with Greenlight,
0:05.3	the Money App for Teens with Investing. Today's episode is all about the basics of the stock market.
0:12.4	Before we start, did you know that Greenlight's investing platform gives teens hands-on experience?
0:18.4	Teens can learn about the world of investing and proposed investments with parent approval on every trade.
0:24.5	It's the safe way for teens to learn to build long-term wealth, which makes a big difference for their future.
0:30.8	For a limited time, our listeners can get $10 when they sign up today for a Greenlight account
0:35.7	at greenlight.com slash inclined. That's greenlight.com slash INCLINED.
0:44.8	Hey smarties, Kimberly here. We talk a lot on the show about the stock market,
0:49.7	and we get a lot of your questions about how it all works. Unfortunately, we can't get to all of them,
0:55.3	and that's where the new Marketplace podcast, Financially Incline, comes in. Every week, host Yinelli,
1:02.3	Espinal, rakes down some important lessons about money, and today we're going to share a recent
1:07.4	episode where she gets into a little investing 101. So if you ever wanted to know the difference
1:12.7	between stocks and Kai's favorite thing, bonds and ETFs, this episode is for you. Okay, now onto the show.
1:42.7	Pretty big and at times stressful topic, which is the stock market. The stock market is basically
1:49.2	a marketplace where investors can buy and sell parts of publicly traded companies. That way,
1:54.8	they can participate in the growth and success of those companies. Investing in the stock market
2:00.4	has been one of the greatest ways to build wealth over time. And when I say over time, I mean it,
2:06.8	because this is not a get rich quick type of strategy. Investing in the stock market is something
2:12.0	that will serve you if you're in it for the long haul. So keep that in mind. But how does somebody
2:18.2	even get started with the stock market? At first, it can feel really confusing and there's so many
2:23.9	terms that get thrown around like what's the difference between a stock, a bond, and an ETF.
2:30.8	Well, don't worry, because we're going to break this all down with one of my best financial friends,
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