Stock Market Returns Explained
*read this in a youtuber voice* What’s up guys! It’s your pal, anonymous Mogo blog writer, here to drop some more financial knowledge to help YOU level UP your MONEY GAME!!!!!!!!! That was exhausting, even to type. Alright, fun’s over. Read this in your normal inside-brain voice now. I was just here to tell you about stock market returns, what the heck they are, and what they mean to you. Let’s get back to basics! This explainer series unpacks commonly misunderstood terms so you can level up your financial vocab. Shall we begin? First, let’s just allow those of you with no interest in stocks to self select out of reading this post. It was nice having you here, but you will probably find this boring. For folks interested in trading stocks in responsibly managed portfolios, or for folks that want to shout things like “SELL!!!! SELL! SELLL!!” into an earpiece like Gerard Butler’s character Max Skinner in Ridley Scott’s 2006 film A Good Year, this one’s for you. The stock market is a big global amalgam of all markets and exchanges where it’s possible to buy or sell shares issued