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Lesson 8 of 8 · 2 min

Risk and spreading it out

Risk is how bumpy the ride is. Owning several different things makes the ride smoother.

Your basket

Tap stocks to add or remove them. Equal amounts in each.

Yr 1Yr 2Yr 3Yr 4Yr 5Yr 6Yr 7Yr 8

Made-up numbers, for practice only.

Your ride

Your $1,000 became · after 8 years
$1,440
+$440 · +44%Best year +40%, worst year −30%.
What just happenedOne stock swings a lot. Add more and watch the bars shrink.
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