Show them the top ten stocks your Fidelity and Vanguard have,they may not win over a year,but they will learn that investing early in their life pays off.
BINGO!!!..if its a contest to the end of year and they don't have to invest real money.....Tell em to pick long shots..no dividend stocks....Just the opposite of what you'd do at a young age.....Then...after the contest is over..view the losing portfolios...pick one in the middle and invest some real money in those stocks for them
Einstrein said it best....
Albert Einstein called compound interest the “eighth wonder of the world”, adding: “He who understands it earns it; he who doesn't pays it.”
Which is more than I learned. I had to play catch up in my life and it sure sacrificed our lifestyle later in our 30’s and early 40’s.