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Session 7 Family Guide

Money, Values & You — Tips for families facilitating Session 7: Investing and Growing Money

Overview

Learn what investing means, the basics of risk and reward, and how halal investing screens for values.

Facilitating Each Lesson

Lesson 1: What Is Investing?

Tip: Discover what investing means and how it differs from saving. Learn the difference between ownership and lending. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.
Try asking: "What do you think about what investing means: putting money to work to grow?"

Lesson 2: Risk vs. Reward

Tip: Learn why higher potential rewards come with higher risks, and how to think about risk wisely. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.
Try asking: "What do you think about what is risk: the chance of losing some or all of your money?"

Lesson 3: Stocks and Businesses

Tip: Understand what stocks are, how businesses raise money, and what it means to be a shareholder. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.
Try asking: "What do you think about what a stock is: a small piece of ownership in a company?"

Lesson 4: Halal Investing and Sukuk

Tip: Learn how Islamic investing screens for values, avoids prohibited industries, and uses sukuk instead of bonds. Take time to discuss each topic and let your child share their thoughts before providing answers.
Try asking: "What do you think about what halal investing means: investing according to islamic principles?"

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