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Finance · Module 2

Investing and Building Wealth

Module 1 built the foundations — budgeting, saving, debt, and the basics of risk and return. This module is about the long game: how ordinary people actually build wealth over decades, and the boring, evidence-based habits that beat clever guessing.

You will learn what you can own and how each asset behaves, why diversification and low-cost funds are a sensible default, how compounding turns time into money, why fees and taxes quietly matter more than they look, how your own psychology sabotages returns, how insurance protects what you build, and how to pull it all into a simple plan you will actually keep.

This module is educational and not personalised financial advice; specifics vary by country and change over time, and a significant decision may warrant a qualified professional.

Lessons
7 lessons
Estimated time
~6-8 hours
Assessment
Module quiz included

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Lessons

Lesson 1 · 16 min

Asset Classes: Stocks, Bonds, and Cash

Lesson 2 · 15 min

Funds and Diversification

Lesson 3 · 16 min

Compounding and Long-Term Growth

Lesson 4 · 16 min

Fees, Taxes, and Tax-Advantaged Accounts

Lesson 5 · 16 min

Market Behavior and Investor Psychology

Lesson 6 · 16 min

Insurance and Protecting Your Wealth

Lesson 7 · 17 min

Building a Long-Term Financial Plan

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Investing and Building Wealth — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.Money you will need to spend in eighteen months is best matched to which asset class, and why?
  2. 2.What is the 'quiet' risk of holding wealth entirely in cash?
  3. 3.According to S&P's long-running SPIVA scorecards, what tends to happen to most actively managed funds over long periods?
  4. 4.What does diversification reliably protect against, and what does it not?
  5. 5.Using the Rule of 72, roughly how long does money take to double at an illustrative 6% annual return?
  6. 6.Why do the earliest years of a long-term investment tend to matter most?
  7. 7.Two identical illustrative portfolios differ only in annual fee, 0.1% versus 1.0%, over 30 years. What is the likely effect?
  8. 8.In general terms, what best describes a tax-advantaged retirement account?
  9. 9.What does the "behaviour gap" refer to?
  10. 10.According to the prospect theory of Kahneman and Tversky, how do people typically weigh losses against equivalent gains?
  11. 11.Insurance is best described as…
  12. 12.Which of these losses is the best candidate for insurance rather than self-funding?
  13. 13.In the classic priority order, what should generally come before investing for long-term goals?
  14. 14.As a long-term goal draws near, how does asset allocation typically shift?
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