Money Matters - Investing Part 1: The What

Why we picked it

**Introduction** Welcome (back) to **Money Matters**, a weekly-ish discussion group relating to topics of personal finance and financial education/literacy. Attendees are encouraged to share their personal experiences related to finances to help others learn and achieve their financial goals. It is planned to repeat all the sessions from last year for those new to the group in the last 6 months, or those who couldn't attend. **Topic** The next few sessions will be about investing. They will be split into three parts: "the what" (concepts in the investing space), "the why" (recommendations and explanations why), and "the how" (practical steps to enact an investing plan). The first topic will be **Investing Part 1: The What**. Once you have been able to save some money, you can then invest it and have it grow, during your career for example, to fund your expenses during retirement. There are many aspects and details, so we will be going over a number of concepts to try and understand