The U.S. economy is on a roller coaster with an unknown but dreaded destination, and the public expects the worst. In the chaotic economic web and often misunderstood stock market, many high school students don't really consider the effect serious economic downturns directly have on them, and more importantly, don't know what to do about it.
Numerous students have some form of money in stocks or bonds.
They might have changed it by now though. The problem is that few teens understand or are aware of the power of the stock market. Soon todayUs teens will be looking for jobs and would like the economy to be doing well. A problem in the near future involves students whose college funds are in stocks or bonds and whose value is depreciating, losing value, with the slumping market. Many seniors are quickly finding that the money they thought was invested for college has decreased dramatically.