5. What can we invest in? | 12 Steps to Get Started Investing​

You can invest in all kinds of things through the stock market. 

You might have heard a few of them thrown around like; Stocks, Bonds or Property. They’re called different Assets or Asset Classes. 

So how choose which is right for you and how do these assets make you money? 

That’s what we’ll cover in part 5 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

You will learn: 

·      What is an investable asset?

·      The most common forms of investments

·      How you can access them all through the stock market

·      How do you actually make money from any of these assets? (2 ways)

·      Why we prefer stocks over all the other assets

This is Part 5 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters

00:00:00 What Is An Investable Asset?

00:02:15 The Four Most Common Investments

00:04:53 ETFs are like Bundles

00:06:31 Two Ways Investments Make Money

00:07:47 Investing Versus Speculating

The Seth Klarman Clip at 7:42 is from 'Margin of Safety' on the Active Investor Magazine YouTube Channel, 14 Feb 2025.

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