Gave His Gains Away
Shane took his gains from the market and donated them to a charity that buys goats for families in a hurricane-damaged country. Newsday wrote it up.
For parents of high schoolers in grades 9 to 12
Give Your Teen the One Activity on Their College Application That No One Else Has and a Skill They'll Use for the Rest of Their Life
A former Morgan Stanley professional teaches your teen to invest for real over six weekends, live on Zoom. Your teen learns how the market works, researches companies the way an analyst does, and places trades in a simulated account they keep, with zero real money at risk. They finish with a Certificate of Achievement and a skill they will use for the rest of their life.
Pick My Teen's Weekend Dates
Secure checkoutSwap dates any timeFull refund up to one week before class
$697, or 2 payments of $367. Classes cap at 30 students.
6 weekendsLive on Zoom
2 hours a weekSaturday or Sunday, your pick
Swap any timeOne email moves them
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. Since the pandemic, test scores carry less weight, and admissions offices ask a different question now: what did this student actually do?
Parents want one thing that stands out on the application and still matters long after college. Investing is one of the few things that does both.
WHAT ADMISSIONS OFFICES SEE
1
A sport that ends at graduation
2
A club that ends at graduation
3
A summer program ten thousand other students also took
4
An investing record your teen can explain in an interview, and a skill they keep for fifty years
The gap
Investing Is Rare on Applications Because Nobody Teaches It
A teenager who can research a company, read a chart, and explain why they bought what they bought has done something almost no other applicant can claim. Three reasons so few can.
1
Schools Skip It
The economics elective, if the school has one, covers supply and demand and stops there.
2
The Free Apps Push Trading
They hand a 17 year old a trading account in four minutes. They make money when he trades, so trading is what they push, with no education behind it.
3
Most Parents Were Never Taught
So there is no one at home to ask, and most families do not know where to start.
How it is taught
Your Teen Does the Work, Not Just the Listening
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.
Research starts at home with the cereal box, the phone, and the car in the driveway. Your teen reads an earnings report like a report card. Every class is live, hands-on, and small, with games and brain breaks built in.
Every student gets a live simulated trading account loaded with virtual cash. They place real trades in real time with zero real money at risk, and they keep the account after the program ends.
The four-part path
From First Class to Standout Project in Four Parts
Each part ends with something your teen can say out loud, to you, to a college interviewer, or in an essay.
1
Learn How the Market Works
The language of Wall Street, how a company goes public, 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 read an earnings report and tell a real business from a hype stock.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"I can explain why I picked the companies I picked."
3
Trade With a Plan
Know when to buy and when to sell, manage risk, place trades in a simulated account, and track it in a spreadsheet.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"I managed risk on real decisions and I can show you the results."
4
Put It to Work
The program goes on the activity list. The project they build becomes the essay, and the optional Teen Investor Cup can add a competition result.
YOUR TEEN CAN SAY"Here is what I built with what I learned."
What's inside
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading Covers Two Parts Over Six Weekends
Most programs teach kids what a stock is. This one teaches them how to research, decide, act, and live with the result.
PART 1 · WEEKENDS 1 TO 3
Wall Street 101
- How the stock market works and the language of Wall Street
- Stocks, bonds, and the products you can invest in
- How to evaluate an investment opportunity
- Wall Street careers, investment banks, the Fed, and the other players
- How to read and understand stock charts
- How a company goes public (IPO)
AFTER PART 1"I can explain how the market works and why I picked the companies I did."
PART 2 · WEEKENDS 4 TO 6
Investing & Trading
- Technical analysis: when to buy and when to sell
- Placing trades in a live simulated account they keep
- Risk management and why it matters
- Fundamental analysis: how to pick good stocks
- How the economy and interest rates move the market
- What to do when the market drops
AFTER PART 2"I managed risk on real decisions and I can show you the results."
Every Enrollment Includes
- Six live two-hour weekend classes, interactive and never lecture-style
- One hour of self-paced learning between classes that fits between homework and practice
- Small classes: 30 students maximum, with breakout groups of 8 to 10 organized by age
- A live simulated trading account with virtual cash, theirs to keep
- Research spreadsheets with the formulas built in
- A final Ask Me Anything class with Annaline
- A Certificate of Achievement for the application file
- Recordings of every class for catch-up
Upcoming weekend dates
Pick the Six Weekends That Fit Your Teen's Season
Each session runs six weekends in a row, and Annaline adds new sessions each season. Your teen picks Saturday or Sunday and a morning or afternoon time, and can change any of it later.
10am to 12pm ET1pm to 3pm ET (10am to 12pm PT)
NEXT UP
Winter 2027
- Saturdays
- Jan 9 · 16 · 23 · 30 · Feb 6 · 13
- Sundays
- Jan 10 · 17 · 24 · 31 · Feb 7 · 14
- Seats
- 30 maximum
$697 or 2 payments of $367 for any session. Sibling discount available, email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com.
If something comes up
High School Schedules Change, and Your Teen's Spot Moves With Them
Games get rescheduled. Finals land on a Saturday. A ski weekend shows up on the calendar in January. Parents tell Annaline the schedule worries them more than anything else, so the program bends around it.
ONE BUSY WEEKEND
Switch the Day or Time
Both days and both time slots teach the same class. Your teen moves from Saturday to Sunday, or morning to afternoon, any week. Send one email and Annaline's team moves them.
A WEEKEND THAT CANNOT MOVE
Catch Up From the Recording
Annaline records every class. Your teen watches the one they missed and arrives at the next class caught up.
A WHOLE SEASON GETS BUSY
Move to Later Dates
If a sport season or a family trip takes over, your teen moves to a later session, or picks up Part 2 in a later session after finishing Part 1. Their enrollment carries over.
Enroll now and decide the details later. Pick the session that looks best today to hold your teen's seat. If the dates stop working, email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com and the team will move your teen.
The Teen Investor Cup
The Teen Investor Cup Is an Optional Add-On Where Your Teen Puts the Skill to Work
Competitions now carry real weight on college applications. A competition result shows an admissions office what a student did with what they learned.
The Teen Investor Cup is Annaline's international investing competition. Your teen manages a simulated portfolio against students from around the world, with weekly office hours and coaching from Annaline. The Cup teaches strategy: how the Fed, interest rates, and company earnings move the market.
Only students who finish the weekend program can enter, so every competitor starts with the full skill set. A strong result in a serious competition means something to an admissions office.
OPTIONAL ADD-ON
The weekend program is complete on its own. The Cup is an extra step for teens who want to compete once they finish.
ON THE ACTIVITY LIST"Learned about investing"
IN THE ESSAY"Competed in an international investing competition"
- Runs after the weekend program ends
- Add it at checkout, or after your teen finishes
STEP 1
Build a Plan
Pick companies, set an entry price, and decide what they can lose before they buy.
STEP 2
Trade and Track
Place trades in the competition account and log every decision in their spreadsheet.
STEP 3
Get Coached Weekly
Bring the week's decisions to office hours and adjust with Annaline's feedback.
STEP 4
Finish With a Result
A ranking, a certificate, and a record they can explain in an interview.
Student projects
The Project Your Teen Builds Is What Admissions Offices 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 activity lists, and a project tells them this student took initiative and finished something. It also gives your teen a real story for the essay and the interview.
The weekend program gives your teen the skill. The project is what they choose to do with it. Here is what three students built after the same class.
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
Real emails and reviews from families who took this program, unedited.
Enroll
Everything Your Teen Gets for One Price
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading
$697one payment, or 2 payments of $367
- Six live weekend classes, Saturday or Sunday, morning or afternoon
- Swap the day, the time, or the whole session when life gets in the way
- Self-paced lessons between classes and recordings of every class
- A simulated trading account and research spreadsheets they keep
- A Certificate of Achievement for the application file
- The option to add the Teen Investor Cup once they finish
FULL
REFUND
REFUND
If the dates stop working or you change your mind, email up to one week before your teen's first class and Annaline refunds every dollar. No questions asked.
Prefer summer?
Your Teen Can Take the Two-Week Live Summer Program Instead
If the school year is already full, the summer program covers the same skill in a longer, deeper format: two weeks of live classes on weekdays, when your teen has room to focus. Teens can split it into two separate weeks if the summer calendar is busy.
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.
I have taught teenagers to invest for 15 years, online since 2020. The kids are the best students I have ever had. They ask better questions than adults do, and when a 15 year old marks up a stock chart correctly for the first time, you can see it click.
I know how busy high school is, because my students tell me every week. That is why your teen can switch days, catch up from a recording, or move to a later session. I would rather your teen finish than squeeze in.
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
What if my teen has to miss a weekend?
Your teen can switch to the other day or the other time slot that weekend with one email. If they cannot make either, they watch the recording and join the next class caught up.
What if the whole session stops working for us?
Email the team and they will move your teen to a later session. Your teen can also finish Part 1 now and take Part 2 in a later session.
Is this good for beginners?
Yes. Part 1, Wall Street 101, starts from the ground up. Most students arrive knowing nothing about the market and leave able to explain how it works.
Will my teen be bored?
Annaline built the classes for teenagers. They are live and small, with breakout groups, games, and brain breaks, and students trade in their own account from the first weeks. Parents often write to say their teen asked when the next class starts.
How much money does my teen need to start?
None. All trading happens in a simulated account with virtual cash. Any real account down the road is a family decision.
Can a 9th grader keep up?
Yes. Breakout groups are organized by age, and students finishing 8th grade do well here too. Curiosity is the only requirement.
Does this count as an extracurricular for college applications?
Yes. The program goes on the activity list, the certificate goes in the application file, and the skills give your teen something specific to write about. The optional Teen Investor Cup adds a competition result.
Is the Teen Investor Cup required?
The Cup is an optional add-on, open only to students who finish the weekend program. The weekend program is complete without it. You can add the Cup at checkout or wait until your teen finishes and decide then.
What does my teen need for class?
A computer or tablet with Zoom, headphones, a notebook and pen, and their camera on for the full session so the instructors can keep everyone participating.
How big are the classes?
A maximum of 30 students. Formal instruction happens together, then students break into groups of 8 to 10 per instructor, organized by age.
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?
A full refund if you cancel one week or more before your teen's first class.
Did not find your question? Email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com.
Your teen's next six weekends
Give Your Teen the One Extracurricular That Still Matters After the Acceptance Letter
Six weekends from now, your teen can read a chart, explain why they bought what they bought, and show you the results. That goes on the application, and the skill stays with them for fifty years.
Pick My Teen's Weekend Dates
$697 or 2 payments of $367. Swap dates any time. Full refund up to one week before the first class.
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.
