The idea
Putting all your money in one stock is risky — if it drops, you lose a lot. Diversifying means spreading money across different companies, so one bad day doesn't sink you. Think of it like not putting all your eggs in one basket. 🧺
Words to know
- Diversify
- Spread your money across many different companies so one bad pick can't sink everything.
- ETF
- A basket of many stocks you can buy in one tap, instead of picking each one.
- Index fund
- A fund that owns a big group of companies all at once, like the 500 biggest in the US.
- Ticker
- A stock or fund's short code — like a nickname (AAPL = Apple, VOO = an index fund of ~500 big US companies).
- VOO
- An index fund that holds about 500 of the biggest US companies in one basket.
- VTI
- A fund that holds almost the entire US stock market in one basket.
- VXUS
- A fund that holds companies from around the world OUTSIDE the US.
- Sector
- A group of companies that do the same kind of thing, like tech or energy.
Try it — no account needed
Match each strategy to what it really is. (An ETF is a basket of many stocks you buy with one tap; a ticker is a stock's short code, like a nickname.)
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In the full lesson
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