{"id":57267,"date":"2023-07-31T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:59:50","slug":"investing","status":"publish","type":"rbc_my_money_matter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-b-0 pad-t-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6ba379fd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"h3 mar-b-0 mar-t-0\">Investing &#8211; saving for something big or putting money away for a rainy day, special events or retirement, is part of your financial plan. Explore the different investment types including stocks, mutual funds, and bonds. And while you are here, learn about your risk tolerance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-eec48154-58df-4b29-b1d6-1da9f075b237\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-types-of-investments\">Types of Investments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/types-of-investments\/\">More from Types of Investments<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-c1affaef-a4b9-48ad-8a57-0279814f8beb\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mar-b-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-r mob-mar-r-0 mar-b-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-87535\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-87535 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-gic tag-investing tag-mutual-funds rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-investments rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-inspired-investor rbc_mmm_category-investing rbc_mmm_category-investing-academy rbc_mmm_category-investing-basics rbc_mmm_category-types-of-investments\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"A woman on her laptop\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"640\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/shutterstock_2233829799.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"A woman on her laptop\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/investing-academy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInvesting Academy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/investing-academy\/striking-the-right-balance-why-investors-shouldnt-pit-gics-vs-mutual-funds\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Striking the Right Balance: Why Investors Shouldn&#8217;t Pit GICs vs Mutual Funds<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-08fb889e-69d4-4724-a60b-8077994e636c\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr pad-t-0 pad-b-0 pad-l-0 pad-r-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner pad-l-0 pad-r-0 pad-b-0 pad-t-0\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-2729268c-8dcc-4699-9f7f-830185dcdcf3\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-medium-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-a05f9ece-dce1-4ff3-87ac-79923eb13ccd\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Investing costs and fees can eat into your gains and feed into your losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-39445d61-35a3-40b3-8846-789f6ae20978\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-b2cf0a32-3fbf-4eaa-8cf1-d6718f892297\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-understanding-risk\">Understanding Risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/understanding-risk\/\">More from Understanding Risk<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-5018dc1a-4623-446b-899d-cbc4c6fd9c1d\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mar-b-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-r mob-mar-r-0 mar-b-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-92892\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-92892 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-economy tag-investing tag-personal-finance rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-investments rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-inspired-investor rbc_mmm_category-investing rbc_mmm_category-investing-academy rbc_mmm_category-money-academy rbc_mmm_category-understanding-risk\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Animated image with a cartoon woman balancing on a seesaw on top of a pile of coins. Sky is blue and there are clouds in the background.\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"540\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_2211703031.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Animated image with a cartoon woman balancing on a seesaw on top of a pile of coins. Sky is blue and there are clouds in the background.\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/investing-academy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInvesting Academy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/investing-academy\/exchange-rate-effect\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">The Exchange Rate Effect: Understanding Its Role in Your Investments<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-a03a7b8b-031e-4b62-80ea-d912dba95b35\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr pad-t-0 pad-b-0 pad-l-0 pad-r-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner pad-l-0 pad-r-0 pad-b-0 pad-t-0\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-083151dd-e4d0-4997-b9e1-9c656bbdfca5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-medium-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-042952b2-9d88-40c8-a49d-aedbd395ffb1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Long term investing can maximize profits for almost any investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-249f3dd6-2df2-49e3-9320-b62d6a90b3c9\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-6426a2c5-fa0c-4f98-944b-b693bf7b2c75\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-7f217b03-475b-4632-a017-7b676325a817\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-investing-basics\">Investing Basics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/investing-basics\/\">More from Investing Basics<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-6c93b193-9d9b-4b54-8b3c-c96cb92728ce\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mar-b-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-r mob-mar-r-0 mar-b-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-91377\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-91377 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry rbc_content_type-article rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-investing rbc_mmm_category-investing-basics rbc_mmm_category-money-academy\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Two wooden cubes with the plus and minus sign\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"576\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Invest-vs-debt-shutterstock_2162744243.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Two wooden cubes with the plus and minus sign\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/investing-basics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInvesting Basics\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/investing\/investing-basics\/debt-or-invest\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Should I Invest or Pay Down Debt? Where to Stash Your Cash<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-b00270ea-3cd6-414f-9418-6b2129dbb479\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr pad-t-0 pad-b-0 pad-l-0 pad-r-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner pad-l-0 pad-r-0 pad-b-0 pad-t-0\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-023725e9-c11a-4bb7-8ae0-f131699e9a81\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-medium-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-0795bd88-c06a-4ff0-b8bc-1fd8044c9c84\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Avoid the urge to chase hot tips in investing. 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