All the lessons.
The 10 ideas, before any lesson.
A 5-minute primer for absolute beginners. Plain words, one picture per idea, the full lesson is one click away.
- 01 What investing actually is
- 02 Money sitting still loses value
- 03 The compounding curve bends late
- 07 Before investing: emergency fund
The vocabulary
Optional intro, the words before the lessons.
Why invest at all.
The forces that make money grow, and the ones that quietly take it away.
What you can buy.
Stocks, bonds, ETFs, and the trade-off behind every choice.
Stocks, bonds, ETFs
What you're actually buying.
Bonds, in earnest
Why a fund of bonds can lose money, and what duration really means.
Funds vs ETFs
Same engine, different chassis. The wrapper matters more than you think.
Indices and diversification
How spreading your bets quietly does the work.
Risk vs. return
The trade-off behind every decision.
Currency, the hidden lever
Buying the S&P 500 in euros: how much depends on the dollar?
How to invest well.
The boring habits, buying regularly, watching costs, waiting, that do most of the work.
Dollar-cost averaging
Why timing doesn't matter as much as you think.
Fees
The silent killer of long-term returns.
Surviving crashes
Why sitting still beats the smart move.
The cost of waiting
Why starting today beats starting perfect.
Your head vs the market
The biases that quietly do most of the damage.
Putting it to work.
Taxes when you sell, and a step-by-step for your first ETF purchase.