Gave His Gains Away
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Self-paced online program for grades 9 to 12
Give Your Teen the One Activity on Their College Application That No One Else Has, on Their Own Schedule
A former Morgan Stanley professional teaches your teen to invest through recordings of her real live classes. The program is completely online and self-paced, so your teen starts the day you enroll and learns whenever it fits: after practice, on a weekend, or during a school break. If a question comes up, your teen emails it in and gets an answer.
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$697, one payment. Independent study with 12 months of access and no live classes to schedule around.
Start today12 months of access
100% onlineRecorded lessons, no set times
Email support90 days to ask questions
Grades 9 to 12No prior knowledge needed
Annaline Dinkelmann spent ten years at Morgan Stanley and was the Wall Street guide financial journalists turned to during the 2008 crisis. She has taught teenagers to invest for 15 years.
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The problem
Every College Application Has the Same Activity List
Most parents of high schoolers have looked at their teen's activities and thought it looked fine. A sport, a club, decent grades, maybe a part-time job.
Every other applicant has the exact same list. At the most selective schools, most applicants also have strong grades and test scores. The activities list and the essays are where admissions officers see what a student actually did with their time.
The hard part for busy families is finding the time. Between practice, homework, and a job, a teen's week is already full, and a program with fixed class times can be one thing too many.
WHAT ADMISSIONS OFFICERS SEE
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A sport that ends at graduation
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A club that ends at graduation
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A summer program ten thousand other students also took
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An investing skill your teen can describe on the activities list and write about in an essay, and keep for fifty years
Why self-paced works
The Self-Paced Program Fits Around a Schedule That Is Already Full
Your teen gets the same lessons Annaline teaches live, without a single class time to plan around.
1
Start the Day You Enroll
Your teen gets access right away. There is no session to wait for and no start date to miss.
2
Learn at Their Own Pace
Your teen can pause a lesson, rewatch a chart walkthrough, or finish a whole part in one weekend. They set the speed.
3
Fit It Around Everything Else
Sports seasons, finals, a job, and family trips stay on the calendar. Your teen studies in the gaps.
How it works
Your Teen Learns From Annaline's Real Live Classes, Recorded
After ten years at Morgan Stanley, Annaline found that teenagers can grasp the stock market. They just cannot be taught like adults. So she translates the way a professional works into a teenager's world.
The self-paced program is built from recordings of her live classes, edited into lessons. Your teen watches Annaline teach real students in real time: research that starts with the cereal box and the phone, earnings reports read like report cards, and charts marked up step by step.
This is independent study. There are no live classes and no live instruction, so your teen works through the lessons on their own and emails in any questions.
HOW YOUR TEEN WORKS THROUGH IT
Watch
A recorded lesson from Annaline's live classes, on any device, at any time
Practice
Worksheets, games, assignments, and trades in their own simulated trading account
Ask
Email a question any time in the first 90 days and get an answer
Finish
A Certificate of Completion and a skill they keep
What's inside
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading Covers Both Parts in About 20 Hours of Lessons
Most programs teach kids what a stock is. This one teaches them how to research, decide, act, and live with the result.
PART 1
Wall Street 101
- How the stock market works and the language of Wall Street
- Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs
- How to research a company's financial health and growth
- The players: stock exchanges, investment banks, the SEC, and the Fed
- How to read a stock quote and a stock chart
- Market crashes and scams, and how to spot the red flags
AFTER PART 1"I can explain how the market works and why I picked the companies I did."
PART 2
Investing & Trading
- Chart reading and technical analysis
- When to buy and when to sell
- Investment strategies and risk management
- Simulated trades in their own account, using real-time market data
- Diversification, index funds, and investing regularly
- Building and managing a portfolio
AFTER PART 2"I understand risk, I can read a chart, and I know how I would invest."
Every Enrollment Includes
- About 20 hours of video lessons, edited from Annaline's live classes
- Worksheets, games, and assignments for every part
- A simulated trading account with virtual cash
- 90 days of email support for your teen's questions
- A Certificate of Completion when they finish
- 12 months of access, 100% online on any computer or tablet
- Qualification for the Teen Investor Cup
90 days of email support
When a Question Comes Up, Your Teen Emails It In and Gets an Answer
Self-paced does not mean stuck. For the first 90 days, your teen can email any question about a lesson, a chart, or an assignment.
A LESSON DID NOT CLICK
Ask About It
Your teen writes in about the part that confused them and gets an explanation in plain language.
A CHART LOOKS WRONG
Send It In
Your teen can describe the chart or the trade they are working on and get feedback on their thinking.
STUCK ON AN ASSIGNMENT
Get Unstuck
An answer by email keeps your teen moving, so one hard lesson does not stall the whole program.
Email support runs for 90 days from enrollment. The 90 days also give your teen a clear window to work through the program.
The four-part path
From First Lesson to Standout Project in Four Parts
Each part ends with something your teen can say out loud to you, describe on the activities list, or write about in an essay.
1
Learn How the Market Works
The language of Wall Street, stocks and bonds, reading a chart, and who the players are.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"I can explain how the stock market works and why prices move."
2
Pick and Research Companies
Start with the companies around them, then tell a real business from a hype stock.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"I can explain why I picked the companies I picked."
3
Invest With a Plan
Know when to buy and when to sell, manage risk, and practice with simulated trades.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"I know how to manage risk before I invest."
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Put It to Work
The program goes on the activities list, the project they build gives them something real to write about, and finishing qualifies them for the Teen Investor Cup.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"Here is what I built with what I learned."
Qualifies for the Teen Investor Cup
Finishing the Program Qualifies Your Teen for the Teen Investor Cup
Competitions stand out on college applications now. The Teen Investor Cup is Annaline's international investing competition, and teens have to qualify by completing one of her programs. Finishing the self-paced program qualifies your teen to enter.
The Cup is optional and has a separate entry fee. Your teen manages a simulated portfolio against students from around the world, and a top-performer award can go in the Honors section of the application.
QUALIFICATION
ON THE ACTIVITIES LIST"Completed an investing program"
IN THE ESSAY"Competed in an international investing competition"
- Qualify by finishing the self-paced program
- Optional, with a separate entry fee
- Compete against students from around the world
Student projects
The Project Your Teen Builds Is What Admissions Officers Remember
A project is something a student starts on their own using what they learned: a fundraiser, a podcast, a campaign, a club. Admissions officers read thousands of activities lists, and a project tells them this student took initiative and finished something. It also gives your teen a real story for the personal essay and the supplemental essays many selective schools ask for.
Teens who choose self-paced study already know how to work on their own, which is exactly what a project takes. Here is what three of Annaline's students built.
SHANE
TYLER
Changed a State Law
Tyler finished the program at 15 and petitioned his state senator to get financial literacy taught in New York public schools. He collected 500 signatures and the senator sponsored the bill. He is at Cornell now.
ANNA
Taught Her Community
Anna built Monopoly Money Mastery, a podcast library that teaches kids in her community how to invest using real estate. She got into her first-choice college.
What will your teen's project be?
Proof
What Parents and Students Say About Annaline's Teaching
Real emails and reviews from families in Annaline's live classes, the same classes these lessons come from. Unedited.
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Everything Your Teen Gets for One Price
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading: Self-Paced
$697one payment
- About 20 hours of video lessons from Annaline's live classes
- Worksheets, games, assignments, and a simulated trading account
- 90 days of email support for your teen's questions
- A Certificate of Completion when they finish
- 12 months of access, 100% online and on their own time
- Qualification for the optional Teen Investor Cup
30-DAY
GUARANTEE
GUARANTEE
We are so confident your teen will love this program that every enrollment comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Have your teen start the lessons and do the work. If the program is not what we described on this page, email us within 30 days of enrolling and we will refund your full payment.
Prefer live classes?
Your Teen Can Learn With Annaline Live Instead
If your teen does better with a set class time and a teacher in the room, Annaline teaches the same program live online. The weekend program runs six Saturdays or Sundays during the school year, and summer camp runs two weeks on weekdays.
15years teaching teens
10years at Morgan Stanley
Your teen's instructor
Hi, I'm Annaline Dinkelmann
I started my career on Wall Street, literally. I spent ten years at Morgan Stanley with an office across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. I traded professionally, and for years I gave walking tours of Wall Street. During the 2008 financial crisis, I was the guide financial journalists turned to when they needed Wall Street explained.
Every year, parents write to me because their teen wants to learn but cannot make a live class time. A travel team, a job, a school schedule in another time zone. So I recorded my live classes and edited them into lessons your teen can take on their own.
Your teen hears the same explanations and the same questions from real students that I teach live. And if something does not make sense, they can email us.
I do not recommend stocks, and this is not a get rich quick class. I teach teenagers how the market works so they can make their own decisions for the rest of their lives.
Annaline
Questions
Questions Parents Ask Before Enrolling
Is this program online?
Yes, completely. Your teen watches every lesson online, on a computer or tablet, whenever it fits their schedule.
Are there any live classes?
No. This is independent study. Your teen learns from recordings of Annaline's live classes and emails in questions. If your teen wants live instruction, the weekend program and summer camp teach the same material live.
How does email support work?
For 90 days from enrollment, your teen can email questions about any lesson, chart, or assignment and get an answer back. Annaline or her team replies within two business days.
How long does my teen have access to the lessons?
Your teen has 12 months of access from the day you enroll, so they can work through the lessons at their own pace and come back to rewatch anything.
How long does the program take?
The lessons add up to about 20 hours. Some teens finish in a few weekends and others spread it over a season. Your teen sets the pace.
Is this good for beginners?
Yes. Part 1, Wall Street 101, starts from the ground up. Most students arrive knowing nothing about the market.
Will my teen stay motivated on their own?
Self-paced works best for teens who can work independently. The lessons come from live classes, so they move like a real classroom, with real students asking questions, and the 90 days of email support give your teen a clear window to finish.
How much money does my teen need to start?
None. Your teen practices in a simulated trading account with virtual cash, and no real money is involved. Any real account down the road is a family decision.
What is the Teen Investor Cup?
The Teen Investor Cup is Annaline's international investing competition. Teens qualify by completing one of her programs, and finishing the self-paced program qualifies your teen. The Cup is optional and has a separate entry fee.
Does this count as an extracurricular for college applications?
Yes. The program goes in the activities section of the application, and the skills give your teen something specific to write about in their essays.
What is the difference between this and the live programs?
The material is the same. The live programs add live instruction with Annaline, small breakout groups, and set class times. The self-paced program has no class times, starts the day you enroll, and includes 90 days of email support.
Do you offer sibling discounts?
Yes. Email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com and the team will set up a 10% discount for a second child.
What is the refund policy?
We are so confident your teen will love this program that it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Have your teen start the lessons and do the work. If the program is not what we described, email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com within 30 days of enrolling with what your teen worked through, and we will refund your full payment.
Did not find your question? Email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com.
Start today
Give Your Teen the Skill and the Story, on Their Own Time
Your teen can start the first lesson today. By the end, they can read a chart, explain why they would buy what they buy, and write about it on their application. The skill stays with them for fifty years.
Start My Teen's Program Today
$697. 100% online and self-paced. 12 months of access, 90 days of email support, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Teach Me Wall Street is an education company founded by Annaline Dinkelmann. Nothing in this program constitutes financial advice or a promise of financial results. All practice trading uses virtual currency in a simulated account.
