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Week 40: the plan nobody notices
Forty weeks of the same amount on the same day, and why a plan nobody notices is the point. Put in so far: $4,000.
Week 39: what is inside an index fund
What an index fund holds, drawn as a basket, and what it means to hold a little of everything on a list. Put in so far: $3,900.
Week 36: why the amount stays the same
Why I keep the amount the same every week, and what a steady habit does and does not do. Put in so far: $3,600.
Week 38: looking at the number less often
Why I look at the number once a week and no more, and what looking more often does to how I read it. Put in so far: $3,800.
Week 35: what a fund’s running cost means
What a fund’s running cost is, in words, and where to find it on a fact sheet. Put in so far: $3,500.
Week 37: a fund, a basket and a share
Three words that get mixed up, explained with a bag of shopping. Put in so far: $3,700.
Week 34: when the news says everything fell
What a falling week looks like on a chart of money put in, and what I did. I am not telling you to do the same. Put in so far: $3,400.
Week 33: one fund or several?
The questions that decide whether you hold one fund or several, and why they decide it for you, not for me. Put in so far: $3,300.
Week 32: saving and investing are not the same
Saving keeps money still and safe; investing means it can go up and down. Two different things. Put in so far: $3,200.
Week 31: how my plan is set up
My plan written on one page, so that you can see what a plan is made of. Put in so far: $3,100.
Week 30: three thousand put in
What three thousand put in looks like on a chart: a staircase, and not much else. A look back at how the plan has behaved. Put in so far: $3,000.
Week 29: a fund is not a bank account
Two different places for money, and how each one behaves when you look at it on a bad day. Put in so far: $2,900.
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Dull on Purpose
A short letter every Sunday on index funds in plain words, with the one number I track: what I put in.