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06x07 - Walkin' on Wall Street

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Schoolhouse Rock!". Aired: January 6, 1973 – March 31, 2009.*
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Themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.

06x07 - Walkin' on Wall Street

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[male narrator] Let's go walkin'
on Wall Street.

Extra! Extra! Latest Wall Street prices!

[Lester] Here's a quarter.
Keep the change!

♪ You got to be cool ♪

♪ When you're walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ Like going to school ♪

♪ You learn a lot every day ♪

♪ And this is the rule ♪

♪ When you're walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ Buy low, sell high
Take a piece of the pie ♪

♪ That's the Wall Street way ♪

When you use your money
to make more money,

that's called an investment.

When you invest in a corporation,
that means you own your own share of it.

The companies that manufacture
Things we use

♪ Like telescopes and videos
And high-top shoes ♪

♪ Are looking for investors
Such as me and you ♪

♪ So we can own shares
In the company too ♪

That's called "stock."

Smart investors look to buy stock in
a company that's going up in value.

♪ Here's a stock that's looking
Mighty good, I think ♪

♪ Whiz Bang Cola--
That's my favorite drink ♪

♪ Looks as if their sales
Are going up sky-high ♪

♪ Better call my broker
And tell him to buy ♪

Hello, Leroy? This is Lester the Investor.

Whiz Bang Cola's going up.

Buy some stock for me!

OK, Lester! Confirming your order--

Buy Whiz Bang Cola
at eight and a quarter

[Lester] All right!

♪ You got to be smart ♪

♪ When you're walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ So just for a start ♪

♪ I check the paper each day ♪

♪ First, I read the comics
Then I check the sports ♪

♪ And then I take a look
At the market reports ♪

♪ To see if my stock
Is riding low or high ♪

♪ So I know when to sell,
And I know when to buy ♪

Oh, oh! Here's a dime. Keep the change.

Stock prices go up and down

so smart investors like me buy
a little at a time every month.

That way, we can watch the ups and downs
average out in the long run.

Leroy calls that "dollar cost averaging."

♪ I don't want to get hurt ♪

♪ When I'm walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ I could lose my shirt ♪

♪ Not to mention my cash ♪

♪ So I stay alert ♪

♪ When I'm walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ Buy low, sell high
Take my piece of the pie ♪

Read all about it!
Latest Wall Street flash--

Whiz Bang Cola is on the rise!

[Lester] ♪ Well, I came out ahead ♪

♪ And I'm swinging on Wall Street ♪

♪ And just like I said ♪

♪ I'm learning more every day ♪

♪ So remember the rule ♪

♪ When you're walking on Wall Street ♪

♪ Buy low, sell high ♪

♪ Take your piece of the pie ♪

[Lester] Here's a dollar. Keep the change.

♪ That's the Wall Street way! ♪