This does mean that any money I invest is ‘at risk’ — if the market does badly, and the value of the stocks goes down, I lose money too. But on average, if the market does well, I’ll be in line to get more return on my investment than I would if I stuck it in a cash ISA. There are also different risk levels: a low risk fund will invest a share of my money in the extremely safe, predictable world of government bonds, which offer hardly any financial benefits but are also extremely unlikely to lose value, either. At this point my head begins to hurt.
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