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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 (est.)
Start with Money Fundamentals

This course is in development

The syllabus below shows what it will cover. Lessons will appear here as they're published. In the meantime, Money Fundamentals builds the foundation for everything in this course.

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

Course modules

Planned modules. Titles and order may change as lessons are written and reviewed.

  1. 1What Investing Is Coming soonSaving vs. investing, and why investing involves risk.
  2. 2Stocks Coming soonOwning a piece of a company — and why stock prices move.
  3. 3Bonds Coming soonLending money to governments and companies in exchange for interest.
  4. 4Funds, ETFs, and Index Funds Coming soonPooled investing, and how fees quietly add up.
  5. 5Diversification Coming soonWhy owning many things reduces the damage any one can do.
  6. 6Risk and Time Horizon Coming soonVolatility, and matching investments to when you'll need the money.
  7. 7Compound Growth in Investing Coming soonReinvesting returns, and what fees and time do over decades.
  8. 8Portfolio Basics Coming soonAsset allocation in plain English — and how investing differs from speculating.