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Investment Simulator

You have $1,000 of virtual money.

Allocate it across clearly labeled sample holdings, then run a mock five years. This is about understanding risk — not picking winners, and definitely not day trading.

Invested

$1,000

Uninvested

$0

Blended expected return

7.3%

Risk level

Moderate

Build your portfolio

Sample holdings only — mock data, clearly labeled.

Sample Tech Co.

Stock

SMPL-A · Technology · mock volatility 34%

$150

Sample Retail Group

Stock

SMPL-B · Consumer · mock volatility 24%

$0

Sample Energy Corp.

Stock

SMPL-C · Energy · mock volatility 30%

$0

Sample Total Market ETF

ETF

MKT-IDX · Diversified · mock volatility 15%

$400

Sample Global ETF

ETF

GLB-IDX · Diversified · mock volatility 16%

$200

Sample Bond ETF

ETF

BND-IDX · Fixed income · mock volatility 6%

$150

Cash (high-yield savings)

Cash

CASH · Cash · mock volatility 0%

$100

Concentration check

Largest single holding: 40% of your portfolio.

Reasonably spread out. No single holding can wreck the whole portfolio.

Run a mock five years

Nothing invested yet? Allocate first, then run it a few times and watch how different the outcomes are.

Assumptions

The simplified baselines behind this educational result.

  • All names, prices, returns, and volatility figures are invented.
  • Each year combines the weighted expected return with a bounded random swing.
  • The model ignores fees, taxes, inflation, and correlations between assets.
  • Five years is a short window and does not predict a real investment outcome.

Why this result

  • A 40% largest holding makes that one result unusually important.
  • The blended expected return is 7.3%, but the moderate volatility assumption can overwhelm it in any one year.
  • Diversified funds spread one decision across many holdings; cash and bonds typically reduce swings but also lower expected growth.

All tickers, prices, and returns are invented sample data for teaching. Nothing here is a real security, a recommendation, or a prediction.