Module 5.1: Defining your investment goals and risk tolerance

Learn how to assess a sensible level of risk tolerance based on your current age and desired retirement age. Learn about safe investments like bonds and certificates of deposits, as well as riskier investments that may yield big payoffs or might lose everything.

Competency: Jump$tart Coalition (2015), Investing: “Standard 2. Evaluate investment alternatives” (p. 26).

Introduction to American Personal Financial Literacy, a Udemy course
Module 5.1 lecture recorded 2016-03-22

By Richard Thripp