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A hedge fund, isn't that where hedgehogs live? | This is Money
WHAT'S TOXIC DEBT AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT?
I would deal with toxic debt by getting my dad's gun and shooting it. He shot a rat that was eating the white bit on my gym shoes.
BILLY, six
Get a cleaner.
BEN, eight
Toxic debt is a kind of place where you go and work. Like a factory where they make things.
KIERAN, six
I had some sweets called Toxics so I guess it is something like that. You put them in your mouth and they all fizz up. They could well have been poisonous.
KAI, six
I've heard of the word toxic before, but not debt. I think it's like a fish tank.
JOSHUA, six
Toxic debt might be a nasty creature like a spider. It doesn't sound nice.
ADAM, five
If there was a problem with toxic debt you should run away from it as fast as you can. I'd drive a motorcycle and then jump over a car and land on the pavement and then start running.
DECLAN, six
Maybe you find it in the forest. It's a place where it's really good for growing hedges.
ADAM, five
WHAT IS THE CREDIT CRUNCH?
It's a cereal, a bit like Rice Krispies.
JOE, six
It's a type of nut.
SAM, six
The credit crunch is when you eat lots of food. It's a good thing, because I'm always hungry. My dad says don't waste your credit - which is your eating system. You need to feed yourself healthily - it's about crunchy food. Not too much, but not too little.
SOLOMON, six
It's to do with money. If I want to buy a roast chicken it would have cost £6.99 last time, and now it might be £9.99.
KAI, six
The credit crunch is when you put your card into a machine to pay for something and it goes 'crunch'.
JOSEPH, six
I think the credit crunch might be a sound, maybe something smashing on the floor and making a crack. It's definitely loud. Or maybe it's a place. I heard people say: 'Can we go to the credit crunch?' It's where you go to find circles and rectangles and stars.
KIERAN, six
The credit crunch is if you don't have much money. Last year my dad said Father Christmas didn't have much money to buy presents.
MILLIE, six
I think the credit crunch might be a superhero who has super-crunching powers. If someone gets trapped in a building, then he could break them free by chomping down the walls.
TIA, seven
It sounds like a nasty villain or a nasty dog.
KATIE, seven
The credit crunch sounds like something you can eat that makes lots of noise. Like really crunchy carrots or apples.
JOSHUA, six
It's definitely a bad thing, because you can lose your money and everything. I've heard grown-ups say they don't like it at all.
MILLIE-MAY, seven
Child's play: Millie-May, seven
It's something you do in maths. If you get a number wrong, it's a credit crunch because you get the wrong answer.
ADAM, five
WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO KEEP YOUR MONEY?
I wouldn't put my money in a bank. I'd put it under my bed. But my little sister looks under there when I'm at school and there are always things missing. Then I look under her bed and find them there.
MILLIE, six
Banks are a good place to put your money, but you could put it in your wardrobe in your bedroom. If you left it downstairs near a window then a robber might see it and crash through the window and take it.
KAI, six
Keep it in your Lego box.
HARRY, four
You should put your money in a bank and when you are older you can buy a tractor. Or a lorry.
BAILEY, six
You shouldn't keep your money in a bank because someone could break in and steal it, like in the movies.
KATIE, seven
The best place to keep money safe is behind my snowman.
TOM, four
I keep my money in my grandmother's piggy bank. I have got thousands and thousands of
BILLY, six
I think it is much safer to keep your money in your house because bank robbers don't often rob houses because there are dogs and cats there.
HENRY, seven
...but I haven't got any cats and dogs
EVA, seven
What about a goldfish?
HENRY
I've got hamsters.
EVA
They would bite the robbers' fingers off.
HENRY
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A BANKER IS?
A banker is someone who cooks bread - like for sandwiches. Bankers make all the bread at the bankery. I've seen it on telly.
ADAM, five
Bankers are bad people, because they could steal your money. So don't trust a banker. I heard people on TV say they think that. They were grown-ups in suits. It's best to hide your money away - I keep mine in a glass bottle on my shelf. I even hide it from my parents.
TIA, seven
Your kidding me: Joshua, six
I think bankers are baddies because baddies are people who try to steal money. If you work in a bank there is a lot of chance to steal money. In the bank near us there are only two people who work there. Sometimes there is only one. So it would be easy.
HENRY, seven
Bankers are people who work in banks. My dad sometimes waits a quarter or half an hour to get served. He gets fed up.
EVA, seven
A banker is a person who gives you money from the bank. That's where you keep your money, too, because it's safe.
CHLOE, seven
They give people money when they
MILLIE-MAY, seven
A bankers is someone who owns a bank. He's a good person because he doesn't steal stuff.
SOLOMON, six
WHAT'S A HEDGE FUND?
It's where a hedgehog lives.
MAY, six
A hedge fund is a money-hedge and we have one at the bottom of our garden.
SAM, six
I've seen a hedge fund before. They have one at the hospital, outside the main door.
KIERAN, six
I think you might find a hedge fund in a shop. It's definitely a better thing than a credit crunch.
MILLIE-MAY, seven
HAVE YOU HEARD OF A MAN CALLED GORDON BROWN? WHAT DOES HE DO?
He's a celebrity chef.
FINN, seven
GOD. He kills baddies.
ROWAN, four
Maybe he likes brown sauce. That must be how he got his name. He eats everything with lots of brown sauce.
KATIE, seven
Gordon Brown runs the world.
HENRY, seven
I have never seen him, but he is literally in charge of the country. He's not like the king and queen, though. If he says we should all be kind then we should all be kind.
KAI, six
Gordon Brown is Prime Minister and people at school in my class and in the playground say he is mad, silly and crazy.
BEN, eight
They talk about him on the news. Some people don't like him because he is a bit bossy. My mum doesn't like him and I think he should do something with his hair.
MAY, six
WHAT'S TOXIC DEBT AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT?
I would deal with toxic debt by getting my dad's gun and shooting it. He shot a rat that was eating the white bit on my gym shoes.
BILLY, six
Get a cleaner.
BEN, eight
Toxic debt is a kind of place where you go and work. Like a factory where they make things.
KIERAN, six
I had some sweets called Toxics so I guess it is something like that. You put them in your mouth and they all fizz up. They could well have been poisonous.
KAI, six
I've heard of the word toxic before, but not debt. I think it's like a fish tank.
JOSHUA, six
Toxic debt might be a nasty creature like a spider. It doesn't sound nice.
ADAM, five
If there was a problem with toxic debt you should run away from it as fast as you can. I'd drive a motorcycle and then jump over a car and land on the pavement and then start running.
DECLAN, six
Maybe you find it in the forest. It's a place where it's really good for growing hedges.
ADAM, five
WHAT IS THE CREDIT CRUNCH?
It's a cereal, a bit like Rice Krispies.
JOE, six
It's a type of nut.
SAM, six
The credit crunch is when you eat lots of food. It's a good thing, because I'm always hungry. My dad says don't waste your credit - which is your eating system. You need to feed yourself healthily - it's about crunchy food. Not too much, but not too little.
SOLOMON, six
It's to do with money. If I want to buy a roast chicken it would have cost £6.99 last time, and now it might be £9.99.
KAI, six
The credit crunch is when you put your card into a machine to pay for something and it goes 'crunch'.
JOSEPH, six
I think the credit crunch might be a sound, maybe something smashing on the floor and making a crack. It's definitely loud. Or maybe it's a place. I heard people say: 'Can we go to the credit crunch?' It's where you go to find circles and rectangles and stars.
KIERAN, six
The credit crunch is if you don't have much money. Last year my dad said Father Christmas didn't have much money to buy presents.
MILLIE, six
I think the credit crunch might be a superhero who has super-crunching powers. If someone gets trapped in a building, then he could break them free by chomping down the walls.
TIA, seven
It sounds like a nasty villain or a nasty dog.
KATIE, seven
The credit crunch sounds like something you can eat that makes lots of noise. Like really crunchy carrots or apples.
JOSHUA, six
It's definitely a bad thing, because you can lose your money and everything. I've heard grown-ups say they don't like it at all.
MILLIE-MAY, seven
Child's play: Millie-May, seven
It's something you do in maths. If you get a number wrong, it's a credit crunch because you get the wrong answer.
ADAM, five
WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO KEEP YOUR MONEY?
I wouldn't put my money in a bank. I'd put it under my bed. But my little sister looks under there when I'm at school and there are always things missing. Then I look under her bed and find them there.
MILLIE, six
Banks are a good place to put your money, but you could put it in your wardrobe in your bedroom. If you left it downstairs near a window then a robber might see it and crash through the window and take it.
KAI, six
Keep it in your Lego box.
HARRY, four
You should put your money in a bank and when you are older you can buy a tractor. Or a lorry.
BAILEY, six
You shouldn't keep your money in a bank because someone could break in and steal it, like in the movies.
KATIE, seven
The best place to keep money safe is behind my snowman.
TOM, four
I keep my money in my grandmother's piggy bank. I have got thousands and thousands of
BILLY, six
I think it is much safer to keep your money in your house because bank robbers don't often rob houses because there are dogs and cats there.
HENRY, seven
...but I haven't got any cats and dogs
EVA, seven
What about a goldfish?
HENRY
I've got hamsters.
EVA
They would bite the robbers' fingers off.
HENRY
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A BANKER IS?
A banker is someone who cooks bread - like for sandwiches. Bankers make all the bread at the bankery. I've seen it on telly.
ADAM, five
Bankers are bad people, because they could steal your money. So don't trust a banker. I heard people on TV say they think that. They were grown-ups in suits. It's best to hide your money away - I keep mine in a glass bottle on my shelf. I even hide it from my parents.
TIA, seven
Your kidding me: Joshua, six
I think bankers are baddies because baddies are people who try to steal money. If you work in a bank there is a lot of chance to steal money. In the bank near us there are only two people who work there. Sometimes there is only one. So it would be easy.
HENRY, seven
Bankers are people who work in banks. My dad sometimes waits a quarter or half an hour to get served. He gets fed up.
EVA, seven
A banker is a person who gives you money from the bank. That's where you keep your money, too, because it's safe.
CHLOE, seven
They give people money when they
MILLIE-MAY, seven
A bankers is someone who owns a bank. He's a good person because he doesn't steal stuff.
SOLOMON, six
WHAT'S A HEDGE FUND?
It's where a hedgehog lives.
MAY, six
A hedge fund is a money-hedge and we have one at the bottom of our garden.
SAM, six
I've seen a hedge fund before. They have one at the hospital, outside the main door.
KIERAN, six
I think you might find a hedge fund in a shop. It's definitely a better thing than a credit crunch.
MILLIE-MAY, seven
HAVE YOU HEARD OF A MAN CALLED GORDON BROWN? WHAT DOES HE DO?
He's a celebrity chef.
FINN, seven
GOD. He kills baddies.
ROWAN, four
Maybe he likes brown sauce. That must be how he got his name. He eats everything with lots of brown sauce.
KATIE, seven
Gordon Brown runs the world.
HENRY, seven
I have never seen him, but he is literally in charge of the country. He's not like the king and queen, though. If he says we should all be kind then we should all be kind.
KAI, six
Gordon Brown is Prime Minister and people at school in my class and in the playground say he is mad, silly and crazy.
BEN, eight
They talk about him on the news. Some people don't like him because he is a bit bossy. My mum doesn't like him and I think he should do something with his hair.
MAY, six
