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Investing basics

Investing vs trading, compound growth, index funds and ETFs, and diversification.

  1. Investing, trading and gambling: what is the difference?Three ways to put money at risk, compared by time, ownership and what it costs you to be wrong.8 min
  2. Compound growth: why time matters more than timingHow growth on top of growth works, and why starting early usually beats waiting for the perfect moment.8 min
  3. Index funds and ETFs: what you actually ownWhat an index is, how an index fund and an ETF follow it, and what is really in your account when you buy one.8 min
  4. Diversification: not everything in one basketWhy owning many different things lowers the damage of any single mistake, and what correlation means in plain words.8 min

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