Investing money in stocks
- Money in stocks, over the long term, tend to offer very good returns, but stocks tend to be very volatile, with lots of short-term jumps and falls in value. Hold on and be patient.
- Shoot for the average by buying index funds with low fees.
- Don’t bother with individual stocks: they require a ton of research and a lot of attention, and even then they come with a lot of risks.
- Have some portion of your investments in an index fund made up of international stocks and other international investments (euro and the Chinese yuan).
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