GLOSSARY

Loss

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

A fall in value that has already happened — on paper until you sell, real once you do.

WHERE YOU MEET IT

Unrealised losses show in each holding's gain; realised ones once you sell.

WATCH OUT FOR

A paper loss isn't final, and a recovered price doesn't mean nothing went wrong.

EXPLAINED IN

Risk and loss are not the same word

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