ECONOMICS
MONDAY
4/25
FOR THE WEEK STARTING 4/25/16
DAY 2 WEDNESSDAY
4/27
DAY 2
FRIDAY
4/29
DAY 2
READING: 275-284
CLASS: FM activities
ACT: PF 22-31, Answer q’s from
PF 22-31
ASSIGN: SEMESTER RESEARCH
PROJECT
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
1) IDENTIFY THE KEY CONCEPTS
OF CREDIT
2) IDENTIFY THE TRADE-OFFS
OF INSURANCE.
3) DISCUSS THE STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF INSURANCE.
READING: 284-301
READING: PGS. 308-314, 323-330
CLASS: INVESTMENT TOOLS
CLASS: GDP and Economic Growth
ACT: RISKS & RETURNS OF INVESTMENT ACT: INTRODUCE RESEARCH PROJECT
TOOLS /INFORMATIONAL GRID
ASSIGN STOCK MARKET GAME
VOCAB:
Character Collateral
Capital
Capacity
Conditions
Credit report APR
Installment loans
Truth in Lending laws
Fair Credit reporting act
Bankruptcy
Beneficiary
Deductible
Co-pay
FICO score
VOCAB:
coupon rate
par value
savings bond
municipal bond
capital market
primary market
secondary market
futures
bear market
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
1) DEMONSTRATE THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIARIES.
2) IDENTIFY THE TRADE-OFFS OF RETURN,
LIQUIDITY & RISK
3) IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES OF DIFFERENT INVESTMENT
TOOLS
maturity
yield
corporate bond
junk bond
money market
share
capital gain
options
bull market
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
1) DEFINE AND IDENTIFY THE
COMPONENTS OF GDP.
2) DISTINQUISH BETWEEN INCOME AND
EXPENDITURE APPROACH TO DETERMINE
GDP.
3) IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE
4) EXPLAIN HOW ECONOMIC GROWTH IS
MEASURED AT A SYSTEM LEVEL
VOCAB:
GDP
intermediate goods
Durable goods
nondurable goods
Nominal GDP
real GDP
Leading indicators
recession
Depression
stagflation
Expansion
contraction
Peak
trough
GDP per capita