The American Dream Still Exist In Modern Society

The American Dream, an ideal first defined by James Truslow Adams in the 1931 novel Epic of America. Adams defined the dream as, "The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" (Adams 214). The American Dream popularized in the 1950's and 60's with pictures of homes with white picket fences in the suburbs, two cars, family vacations, and a family pet. These pictures inferred a time when life was good, where the average American had achieved a level of financial independence. The Dream of yesteryears does still exist in modern society, but achieving this dream has become much more difficult for the average American as

Investing is the process of allocating money to a venture (a stock, capital project, real estate project, etc.) with the possibility of receiving a financial return on the investment. Investing does not come with a guarantee of financial independence, but by giving our young people the tools to understand investing, they are being given a fair chance to achieve the goal. Despite this attempt to provide learning tools, a subset of the population will continue to feel that it is their employers, union, or governments responsibility to take care of them. One of the great myths of investing perpetrated by investment professional centers around the belief that investing is too difficult for a non-financial person to understand. An individual uncomfortable with investing could also choose to hire a broker. A broker is either a person or company who buys and sells securities on behalf of an interested party. A broker is paid a commission on each buy or sell trade they execute on your behalf. Although the vast majority of brokers are trustworthy, unscrupulous brokers may engage in excessive trading to line their pockets with commissions, this is a practice known as churning. In