
Learn how investing keeps up with inflation by preserving purchasing power and applying the time value of money, with real-world examples and retirement implications.
Discover basic investment opportunities, including 401k matches, mutual funds, and ETFs. Compare stock styles, fees, and regulated spot bitcoin ETFs.
Explore high dividend yield stocks and REITs as sources of passive income. Learn dividend yield concepts, buy-and-hold strategies, and REITs' 90% income distribution for retirement.
Explore value investing, growth investing, and market cap across small, mid, and large caps. Use income statements, balance sheets, and book value to spot undervalued stocks and growth opportunities.
Determine your investing style by assessing risk tolerance and aversion to select between penny stocks, value investing, growth investing, and high dividend strategies.
Explore how to invest with a stock market simulator, select brokerage platforms, and diversify with SPY. Learn retirement options, bonds, CDs, and investing in yourself to grow purchasing power.
The Basics of Investing- Financial Literacy 301, the sequel to Budgeting and Building Credit - Financial Literacy 201, is for anyone who has disposal income and is looking to invest their money to reach their long-term financial goals. This includes anyone who is planning for the future and wants to learn the different ways they can make their money work for them.
The Basics of Investing- Financial Literacy 301 explores and introduces the concept of what it means to invest. This course also covers why you should invest, the concept of purchasing power versus inflation, the time value of money, the different styles of investing, how to individualize and create your own style of investing, the dos and don'ts of investing, and finally the steps needed to begin investing in real time. There is a review quiz attached to each lecture to help affirm comprehension.
The Basics of Investing- Financial Literacy 301 introduces practical concepts that will help remove the mystery behind the sometimes-complex view of what it means to invest your money. Comprehending and implementing these concepts where applicable, will expand your financial literacy and assist towards a life of less stress. It will provide purpose and enable the student to begin the subsequent planning of retirement.
To take full advantage of this course, make sure to finish listening to each lecture video in its entirety at least once. Then after completion, rewatch the parts that may have been confusing and take notes to review, before continuing to the next section. After the completion of each section, contemplate and reflect on the concept(s) discussed, even doing your own research to cross-reference, if needed.