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Investing

Time Horizon

How long you plan to keep money invested before you need it.

Your time horizon is the expected length of time until you will use your invested money. Longer horizons can generally accommodate more risk because there is more time to recover from downturns and benefit from compounding.

Examples

  • Money you won't touch for 30 years has a much longer time horizon than next year's rent.

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