What You'll Learn
- ✓ How mutual funds pool investor money and are professionally managed
- ✓ Why index funds outperform most actively managed funds over time
- ✓ The key differences between ETFs and mutual funds
- ✓ How expense ratios and fees erode your investment returns over decades
- ✓ When to choose an ETF vs a mutual fund for your portfolio
Lessons
1
What Are Mutual Funds?
Learn how pooled investing works, what NAV means, and how mutual funds are actively managed.
2
Index Funds Explained
Discover passive investing, how index funds track benchmarks, and why most active managers underperform.
3
ETFs vs Mutual Funds
Compare trading mechanics, tax efficiency, expense ratios, and when to choose each fund type.
4
Expense Ratios Matter
See how even small fee differences compound into massive costs over decades of investing.
Your Fund Tree
"Many trees together form a strong forest"
Complete lessons to help your tree grow!
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Key Terms
- NAV: Net Asset Value, the per-share price of a fund
- Expense Ratio: Annual fee as a percentage of assets
- Index Fund: A fund that tracks a market benchmark
- ETF: Exchange-Traded Fund, trades like a stock