Know what you own. And why you own it.
Understand how investments work, where risks come from and how to build a portfolio around your goals.
Handbook
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Chapters 01–02
Give your money a job.
Work out the amount, date and currency your money needs to cover.
Chapters 03–05
Understand what you own.
Find your exposures and the losses your goals could bear.
Chapters 06–08
Build a plan you can use.
Choose an allocation, then compare funds, access and full costs.
Chapters 09–11
Keep it working.
Review cash flows and changed plans without reacting to every price move.
Final practice
Put your investment plan together.
Compare two worked decisions, reason from incomplete records and test a written plan in six independent situations.
Deep dives
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Resilience and portfolio families (optional)
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