2. Your friend Jasmina is excited that you took personal finance this semester and comes to you for investing advice. She tells you: "I'm totally new to investing. I kind of know what a stock and bond are but I don't really know which specific ones to invest in. I remember playing the stock market game in school so I know
the way to invest is to select individual stocks to put your money inBut, I don't know WHERE I go to actually start investing! When I started my job, our HR department told me that they offer
a 401(k) plan and do a dollar-for-dollar match up to 3%...although I don't know what any of that actually means. I've also heard a lot of crazy stories in the news about individual stock prices
just plummeting because of an unforeseen event, and I'm super worried that I'll lose my money. What should I do? Where do I start?"
In your response below,
Answer Jasmina's questions to make sure she gets the investing knowledge she's looking for
Clarify any misconceptions she has about investing
Identify what steps Jasmina can take to start investing. Make sure you explain why she should take these steps and how they will set her up for success.
Identify steps she can take in the future once she's more comfortable with investing

Which of the following best states the purpose of an import quota? a. to prevent a budget deficit. b. to reduce competition from foreign producers. c. to increase the gross domestic product. d. to lower taxes and limit government spending

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain