When investing, how much risk we are prepared to accept is important as we can’t know how well or badly any investments chosen may perform. We also can’t be sure how quickly our investments will then go up or down (volatility).

Modern investments are made up of many different types of “asset”, depending on the mix of asset’s chosen, this will lead to the ups and downs’ experienced. Traditionally, there are 4 simple asset classes as explained in this video!