The contents of most engineering economy texts imply that relatively few engineering economy courses include coverage of investing. However, most current and future students must save and manage their investments for retirement, buying a house, sending children to college, etc. We believe that engineering economy - the only course about money that most engineers take-should cover this. Fortunately, a short discussion of a powerful real-world model for investing also helps support understanding of (1) the relationship between risk and return, and (2) the value of diversification. Increasing a course's relevancy to the student's life has been shown to increase both motivation and understanding.
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