{{ block title }} Instructions 2/3 {{ endblock }} {{ block content }} On the following pages, you will be presented with information about hypothetical outcomes relating to the stock market and, in some cases, to your personal employment situation as well.

These outcomes are shown as branches, with each branch indicating a situation that might happen at the end of the year. All situations are equally likely to happen. So, if you see only two outcomes, there is a 50-50 chance of having each occur at the end of the year.

The information about the stock market is for a mutual fund that passively invests in a broad blue-chip stock market index, such as the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Index. Each branch represents the value of a $1 investment at the end of the year. For example, a value of $1.20 indicates that your investment grew by 20% and a value of $0.90 indicates that you lost 10% of your investment. In this example, both outcomes are equally likely. Below you can see an illustration of how this will look like.



Your personal employment situation is related to changes in your salary for the year. When available, you will see this information on the right of the stock market outcome. Below you can see an illustration of how this will look like.

In this case, the upper branch means that, when the investment value increases by 20%, your salary will decrease by 5%. Conversely, the lower branch means that, when the investment value declines by 10%, your salary will increase by 5%.

In other words, a branch represents a joint outcome. Moreover, both branches are equally likely.



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