Risk Basics Day‑0: Volatility, Drawdowns, and Time on One Simple Chart
TL;DR
Quick Summary
- Volatility is how wildly an investment’s price wiggles around its trend.
- Drawdowns are the drops from a recent peak to a later low; calculate as (peak − trough) / peak.
- Time horizon is how long you plan to stay invested before needing funds.
- The same investment can feel very different depending on the time horizon and the size of past drawdowns.
- Read any chart by asking: How noisy is it? How deep are the pits? How long am I in this story?
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