"What is Look at the risks and returns?" is like choosing between a safe candy jar and a risky mystery box, you want to know what might happen before you pick one!
Imagine you have two piggy banks. One has safe money, it gives you a little bit every day, like your pocket money from Grandma. The other is a risky piggy bank, sometimes it gives you a big surprise, like ten candies at once, but other times it might give nothing at all!
Returns are how much you get, the candies or money you earn. Risks are what could go wrong, maybe you don’t get anything on some days.
When you look at the risks and returns, you're trying to figure out if the big surprises are worth the chance of getting nothing sometimes. It’s like deciding whether to take a chance on that mystery box or stick with your safe, steady candies!
Sometimes people choose the risky piggy bank because they want more candies, but they have to be ready for days when there's no candy at all!
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