Update: This deal is still available.
Open a
Fidelity Youth™ Account for your teen, and $50¹ will be deposited into their account. No account fees or minimums.
Account Benefits:- Open a Fidelity Youth™ Account once they download the Fidelity Youth app and activate their Youth Account.
- The app is free²—plus, no monthly fees or account minimums to open.³
- Teens get their own debit card with no domestic ATM fees.⁴
- Interactive lessons, video, articles, tools, and calculators help jumpstart your teen's financial education. Teens get reward dollars for every level they complete.
- Learning to invest is easy. Teens can invest in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs with as little as $1.⁵
- Parents can keep an eye on their teen's spending, set up alerts, and maintain visibility into account and trading activity.
- Teens are empowered to make, manage, and invest their own money so they feel more prepared for their financial future.
Slickdeals is not registered as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and nothing in these materials should be construed as advice concerning securities, the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, or the merits of any investment adviser.
Disclosures:
The Fidelity Youth Account can only be opened by a parent/guardian. Account eligibility limited to teens aged 13-17.
¹Limited Time Offer. Terms Apply. Before opening a Fidelity Youth Account, you should carefully read the accent agreement and ensure that you fully understand your responsibilities to monitor and supervise your teen's activity in the account.
²The Fidelity Youth™ app is free to download. Fees associated with your account positions or transacting in your account apply.
³ Zero account minimums and zero account fees apply to retail brokerage accounts only. Expenses charged by investments (e.g., funds, managed accounts, and certain HSAs) and commissions, interest charges, or other expenses for transactions may still apply. See Fidelity.com/commissions for further details.
⁴Your Youth Account will automatically be reimbursed for all ATM fees charged by other institutions while using the Fidelity® Debit Card at any ATM displaying the Visa®, Plus®, or Star® logos. The reimbursement will be credited to the account the same day the ATM fee is debited. Please note, for foreign transactions, there may be a 1% fee included in the amount charged to your account. The Fidelity® Debit Card is issued by PNC Bank, N.A, and the debit card program is administered by BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company. These entities are not affiliated with each other, and Fidelity is not affiliated with PNC Bank or BNY Mellon. Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Service Association, and is used by PNC Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.
⁵Fractional shares quantities can be entered out to 3 decimal places (.001) as long as the value of the order is at least $0.01. Dollar-based trades can be entered out to 2 decimal places (e.g. $250.00)
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Member NYSE, SIPC 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917
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I don't have an account with them.
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Most other savings and debit card options for teens are rip-offs. This is a really good option and pretty most won't cost anything.
Most families are okay with this but you just need to be aware.
No, it's not.
I've read: it's not a savings account (so why the debit card?)
It IS an investment account (again, why the card?)
I really like Fidelity, but they could have done a better job explaining what this is and isn't IMO.
Or maybe it's a hybrid thing, but I would like more details on where the funds are drawn from when using the debit card. What if the account is invested 100% in holdings? Does it auto-sell enough shares in something to cover the withdrawal?
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If I have more than one child and open an account for each child will they each get $50?
If I have more than one child and open an account for each child will they each get $50?
My 13 YO is loving this so far...he was so excited to tell me that he already earned 4 whole dollars, doing lessons in the app.
As for the second question, someone upthread mentioned that it's better if you open one for one of the kids, and have your spouse open the other one (can't remember why) to qualify for the $50 for both.
Personally, before I went to that trouble, I would just chat w/Fidelity and ask if you can't get $50 for both kids under your account name.
I've read: it's not a savings account (so why the debit card?)
It IS an investment account (again, why the card?)
I really like Fidelity, but they could have done a better job explaining what this is and isn't IMO.
Or maybe it's a hybrid thing, but I would like more details on where the funds are drawn from when using the debit card. What if the account is invested 100% in holdings? Does it auto-sell enough shares in something to cover the withdrawal?
Our 16yo son has had this for about 2.5 years. It's worked great for him. His youth account is visible to me in my Fidelity brokerage account so I can see what he's up to. He's got a job and is paid with a check every week that he deposits via the app. He uses his debit card to buy mostly fast food a few times a week with friends. Meanwhile, the money he's depositing is growing at 5%. He's also dabbled with buying a small amount of stock in Apple, Tesla, and a couple others which is helping learn about market swings. Currently he's in the green maybe by about $20.
So to answer your question, debit card transactions come out of the holding fund, which is FIDELITY GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET (SPAXX). I'm not sure what would happen if you invest 100% in other funds and try to withdraw, but I wouldn't advise doing that with the kid's hard earned money when they can get 5% right now in the money market fund.
Who goes to college anymore
A greater percentage of Americans obtained degrees across degree types in 2021 when compared to 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's educational attainment data. The number of people with a bachelor's degree or higher increased by 7.5 percentage points in this time frame. And the increase in graduate degree holders was even more dramatic, rising by about 50%. In all, close to 44.4% of people 25 and older now have some type of college degree.
Considering that's right in the middle/ tail end of COVID (2021), I assume those numbers are probably a bit higher now.
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Most families are okay with this but you just need to be aware.