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Lesson 2. Why You Should Invest in Stocks > Stocks Rock!
Stocks Rock!
There is no shortage of things in which to invest your money. So why choose stocks? Quite simply, because stocks are your best bet. Since its inception, the stock market has consistently delivered the best overall returns when compared with the returns of investments like real estate. Since the purpose of investing is to watch your money grow, the logical choice is to place your money where it has the best chance of doing that.
Tip
Many of the skills you will learn to determine whether stocks are the appropriate investment vehicle for you will later be the same skills you will use to select stocks—you will be able to compare stocks' returns, assets, and liabilities with other available investment options, for example.
