What Cats Can Teach You About Investing in the Stock Market

How do you talk about the market without having people fall asleep? Have cats trade stocks, of course.

This week MONEY used kittens provided by the Best Friends Animal Society to illustrate the complexities of the equity market and explain how difficult it is to pick and flip stocks without losing your shirt.

Feline siblings Macy and Mattox were given a set of 24 shares to choose from, representing some of the most recognizable, yet volatile companies in the S&P 500 index.