Listicle Project

Throughout this quarter we have read two practical investing books: (1) The Little Book of Common Sense Investing; (2) A Random Walk Down Wall Street. In this assignment I am asking you to distill the content of those books into easily digestible, bite-sized pieces. Specifically, I am asking you to make two listicles. One listicle should be entitled 7 things you should do when investing and the other listicle should be entitled 7 things you should not do when investing. As defined by Wikipedia, a listicle is:

In journalism and blogging, a listicle is a short-form of writing that uses a list as its thematic structure, but is fleshed out with sufficient copy to be published as an article. A typical listicle will prominently feature a cardinal number in its title, with subsequent subheadings within the text itself reflecting this schema. The word is a portmanteau derived from list and article. It has also been suggested that the word evokes "popsicle", emphasizing the fun but "not too nutritious" nature of the listicle.

The target audience of this listicle is an individual in their mid-20s, that has been working for a couple of years in a stable career, has about $20,000 to invest, and has limited understanding of business or investing.

The assignment should be turned in as a single Word document with the 7 things you should do when investing listicle appearing first, and the 7 things you should not do when investing listicle appearing second. The format of the listicle should be:

1. Bolded thing you should do or not do when investing: not bolded 1-2 paragraph explanation of why you should do it.
2. Another bolded thing you should do or not do when investing: not bolded 1-2 paragraph explanation of why you should do it.
3. .

And continue through seven things .

Each item that you have on your listicle should include at least one citation to The Little Book of Common Sense Investing or A Random Walk Down Wall Street. The citation format should be either (CS pg. XX) or (RW pg. XX) where CS stands for The Little Book of Common Sense Investing and RW stands for A Random Walk Down Wall Street; and pg. XX is the specific page number that you are pulling the citation. The citations should be from both books and have enough variety in chapters and topics to demonstrate that you have a comprehensive understanding of material in those books.