Lesson 1 of 3 · 9 min

Risk & return

Higher expected returns always come with higher risk — anyone promising otherwise is selling something.

Diversification spreads risk: many companies, sectors and countries instead of one bet.

Practice

Rank these by risk: savings account, broad index fund, single stock, lottery ticket.

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