Invest
Like Duolingo, but for Invest. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 32 levels across 3 sections, about 64 minutes end to end, roughly 13 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Start Growing Your Money, Build a Portfolio That Lasts, and Understand the Money Machine. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Invest
- A financial target is the specific cash amount needed for the milestone
- Time horizon is the duration of time an investment is held
- Calculating a percentage of a total value to find a down payment goal
- Categorizing life goals by time window
- Short time horizons require lower-risk assets to protect against market volatility
- How to calculate a financial target based on a future life goal
- Long time horizons allow for higher-risk assets because there is time to recover from market dips
- Matching life goals to their appropriate time horizons
- The priority of time horizon over asset selection for risk management
- IRAs have penalties for withdrawals before age 59.5
- Standard accounts are taxed annually on realized gains
- Standard brokerage accounts allow for flexible withdrawals at any time
- Tax-advantaged accounts protect growth from immediate taxation
- The account type (wrapper) determines the tax drag on profits
- Compounding is more effective when taxes aren't deducted annually
- Choosing an account based on the timeline for spending the money
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Invest the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you are eyeing a $500,000 home, what is your actual financial target for your investment account?
Get it right to open this lesson and 31 more in the app.
Where Invest takes you
Stop letting your savings sit still and start putting them to work. Learn how to build a simple portfolio that grows over time without needing to watch the news every day.
- 1
Start Growing Your Money
- Setting Your Money Goals
- Opening Your First Account
- Buying Your First Slice of a Company
- The Magic of Automatic Investing
- Staying Calm When Prices Drop
- 2
Build a Portfolio That Lasts
- Spreading Your Eggs in Many Baskets
- Picking Between Stocks and Bonds
- How to Spot High Fees
- Investing for Your Future Self
- When to Check Your Progress
- The Power of Rebalancing
- Avoiding Common Scams
- 3
Understand the Money Machine
- How Compound Interest Actually Works
- Why Prices Change Every Day
- The Role of the Stock Market
- How Inflation Affects Your Savings
3 sections · 16 units · 32 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Invest is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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