Finance Essentials

Finance Essentials immerses high school students in the dynamic world of finance, introducing them to financial instruments, institutions, and their role in the global economy. Students develop core skills through hands-on sessions that focus on different markets and financial tools. You’ll engage with practitioners, examine the functions and interconnections of banks, investment firms, stock exchanges, and government institutions such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury. Students analyze the flow of financial instruments between investors and savers and explore alternative structures that address climate, biodiversity, and social equity challenges. Through lectures, simulations, group exercises, and micro-assignments, students build skills in money management, investment, risk evaluation, and institutional operations. You’ll investigate the transition to a net-zero economy, apply finance to combat climate change and inequity, and discover how finance can shape the future you want to help create. By the end, students connect finance knowledge to career paths and personal financial tools to pursue their aspirations.