How investing actually works
What a market really is, where a return comes from, and why prices move the way they do. Start here if the vocabulary itself is the obstacle.
Most explanations of investing start with products. This one starts earlier.
A market is not a line on a chart. A return is not owed to anyone. A price is not a verdict on what something is worth. Get those three straight and most of what follows stops being mysterious.
Nothing here assumes you already invest.
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Price, value and expectations
A price is not a measurement of what something is worth. It is what buyers and sellers will trade at now, and it already contains what they collectively expect. That is why an announcement can be good and the price can still fall.
A strategy is a decision method, not a prediction
A prediction says what will happen. A decision method says what you do, under stated conditions, whatever happens. The difference shows up at the only moment that matters: when you have to act and the outcome is still unknown.