Learn about assets, liabilities, equities, and stock options. But wait! The Standard Deviants have more secrets to show. Learn about interest rates, risk, and the curve that shows it all: the yield curve. Then you’ll look into our financial crystal ball and find out the future value of your money.
Grade levels: Adult
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Money Management
The Standard Deviants help you navigate a future path for your money, with example calculations and handy reference charts, and aid in the unraveling of confusing interest rates.
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Investing
Excitement. Adventure. Surprises galore! Does this sound like a pulp fiction cliffhanger? No! It’s even better. It’s risk, the chance you take when you invest in a company. You’ll learn to take your chances and roll the dice, the smart way.
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Diversification
Learn why “diversification” is the nicest thing you can say to an investor, and why two funny sounding names, Beta and CAP-M, are music to investor’s ears.
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Bonds
The Standard Deviants show you why bonds are super investments. You’ll learn all about coupons, par values, maturities, discounts, yields, and premiums.
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A Beginner’s Guide
Sure, we all know what periods, exclamation marks and question marks are, but you’d be surprised how often people use them incorrectly! By illustrating all of the rules and tricks, the Standard Deviants show you when and where you should – and shouldn’t – use these punctuation marks. You’ll also learn about that ever-useful punctuation mark, the comma.
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Commas and Colons
Do you yearn for proper punctuation? Do semi-colons frighten you? If so, this program is just what you need. You’ll learn how to use commas for fun and profit, and how to make colons work for you. Plus, the Standard Deviants will even demystify one of the most problematic punctuation marks around: the elusive semicolon.
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Dashes and Hyphens
Imagine a world without punctuation – it would be chaos. Fortunately, the Standard Deviants are here to help you understand these powerful little signs and the rules for using them. You’ll learn how to use dashes, hyphens, and the ever-useful apostrophe.
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Punctuation Pairs
Stop right there and get ready to yield, because the Standard Deviants are here to satisfy your thirst for punctuation. They’ll teach you everything you need to know about punctuation marks that come in pairs, like parentheses, quotation marks, and brackets. You’ll also learn about slashes, ellipses and more.
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Grendel, Dragons, & Meanies
It’s all about the bad guys of fantasy literature. First, we’ll meet Grendel and his mother, two mean and nasty monsters from the medieval poem Beowulf. Next, we’ll check out one of the genre’s most ferocious creatures: the dragon. The Standard Deviants finish it all off with a look at some sly and sinister villains.