Investing
Investing is how money can grow faster than inflation over long periods — but it comes with real risk. This course explains how investments work so you can understand them. It doesn't recommend what to buy, and it isn't about trading.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- 8 modules
- Estimated time: 1 hr 35 min
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What you'll be able to do
- Explain the difference between saving and investing
- Describe how stocks, bonds, ETFs, and index funds work
- Explain diversification and why it reduces certain risks
- Match investment choices to time horizons in general terms
- Explain why fees and time matter so much over decades
Lessons
Each module includes a short lesson, a visual explanation, a real-world example, an interactive activity, and a knowledge check.
- 01What Investing IsSaving vs. investing, and why investing involves risk.10 min
- 02StocksOwning a piece of a company — and why stock prices move.12 min
- 03BondsLending money to governments and companies in exchange for interest.12 min
- 04Funds, ETFs, and Index FundsPooled investing, and how fees quietly add up.14 min
- 05DiversificationWhy owning many things reduces the damage any one can do.10 min
- 06Risk and Time HorizonVolatility, and matching investments to when you'll need the money.12 min
- 07Compound Growth in InvestingReinvesting returns, and what fees and time do over decades.12 min
- 08Portfolio BasicsAsset allocation in plain English — and how investing differs from speculating.14 min
- Final course quizScenario-based questions covering the whole course