five years in
1. Five years in, the two parties took the wagered amount out of Treasury bonds after yields fell and put it in shares of Berkshire. That led to Buffett's charity getting more than double the promised $1 million, and bolstered his urging of investors to stick with stocks even though they can be riskier in the short-term.
1) What does "five years in" mean?
2) what does "getting more than double the promised $1 million" mean? Is "double" a noun or a verb in the sentence?

2. Buffett's advice to investors comes in a month when the U.S. equity market experienced its worst single-day plunge in almost seven years.
I think "in the month" makes more sense than "in a month". Am I correct?

Question

five years in
1. Five years in, the two parties took the wagered amount out of Treasury bonds after yields fell and put it in shares of Berkshire. That led to Buffett's charity getting more than double the promised $1 million, and bolstered his urging of investors to stick with stocks even though they can be riskier in the short-term.
1) What does "five years in" mean?
2) what does "getting more than double the promised $1 million" mean? Is "double" a noun or a verb in the sentence? 
 
2. Buffett's advice to investors comes in a month when the U.S. equity market experienced its worst single-day plunge in almost seven years.
I think "in the month" makes more sense than "in a month". Am I correct?

Answer

1) "Five years in" equals "in the first five years (of something and in this case it is the bet)".
2) More than twice (double) the promised amount ($1 million) would result in >$2 million. I believe "double" functions as an adjective in this sentence.

"Buffett's advice to investors comes in a month when ..."
I think the author made it sound coincidental that the advice just so happened to come in that particular month (when the U.S. equity market ... in almost seven years), and I believe the author wrote "in a month" for that reason because Buffet could have potentially released the advice earlier or later. I could be wrong, though. 
Alternatively, "in the month of (January/February/...)" could work, but then you might as well remove the "the month of" and make it "in January/February/...) instead.

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