08-10-2022, 09:58 AM
(08-09-2022, 10:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The principal is the amount of the original investment.
If you invest in stocks the value of your principal can drop.
If you invest in bonds you may not make much return, but the investment will never be worth less than the original investment.
For any posters on this site, please don't take financial advice from fredtoast. The last sentence is blatantly false.
