
Build financial literacy and healthy money habits while mastering budgeting fundamentals, saving, emergency funds, investing, debt, credit scores, expense reduction, income generation, and safety nets.
Understand the importance of money and financial literacy, address debt and credit issues, and build basic saving and investing habits. Commit to ongoing learning to improve financial well-being.
Delve into net worth, inflation, liquidity, risk and risk tolerance, asset allocation, diversification, and interest and compound interest to apply these concepts to daily financial decisions.
Define net worth as assets minus liabilities, with assets such as cash, stocks, bonds, and property, and liabilities like credit card debt, mortgages, and student loans.
Explore how inflation erodes purchasing power, compare country inflation rates, and learn to protect income by investing and building multiple income streams to outpace inflation.
Explore liquidity: how quickly assets convert to cash, the trade-off between accessibility and return, and the role of an emergency fund in growing wealth.
Understand the risk-return tradeoff, where higher asset risk means higher potential returns. See how risk tolerance, varying with life stage and comfort with losses, guides financial decisions and wealth protection.
Choose an asset allocation that fits your circumstances, balancing risk and return by diversifying funds across savings and stock portfolios to avoid putting all money in one asset.
Explore how interest affects returns on investment and the cost of debt, and learn how compound interest snowballs wealth over time through a 7 percent annual example.
Master budgeting fundamentals by allocating every dollar to designated categories, tracking every expense, and maintaining a practical buffer. Prioritize debt payoff, saving, and investing, while staying flexible as expenses change.
Discover five principles to grow your savings: track expenses, set a savings target, designate and prioritize goals, automate transfers, and monitor progress to reach financial goals.
Explore the basics of investing, from asset purchases and risk to types, benefits, myths, and investing in yourself, with practical examples for financial success.
Identify key investment concepts such as risk, return on investment, income and capital gains, capital loss, and risk tolerance, and understand liquidity, diversification, and time horizon to guide decisions.
Explore common investment types such as stocks, bonds, gics, t-bills, mutual funds and etfs, reits, options and derivatives, commodities, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate investing.
Assess investment options by risk, showing that savings-like investments, including Jaycees and treasury bills, are low or no risk, while stocks and real estate carry high risk.
Investing helps outperform inflation, build wealth, and fund retirement through compound growth. It also saves taxes and helps meet goals like college funds and buying a home.
Dispel three investing myths, learn how accurate information reduces uncertainty, start with small amounts, and balance risk with diversified funds, bonds, or stocks.
Investing in yourself unlocks financial freedom, boosts marketability and earning potential, and enables wise investment choices based on financial knowledge. Develop skills through courses, reading, networking, and healthy lifestyle habits.
Explore how consumer debt—credit cards, auto loans, and student loans—reaches trillions worldwide, and learn to manage credit, improve your credit score, and use debt to grow wealth.
Build creditworthiness by achieving a strong credit score, enabling easier access to homes, cars, and loans, while borrowing only what you can repay and paying on time.
Prevent a credit card debt spiral by tracking spending, setting limits, and paying bills on time, while using cards to manage cash flow and maximize travel rewards and cashback.
Explore how good debt can build wealth by financing home purchases, including mortgages, and investment properties. Use debt to fund education and start a business, creating value through opportunity.
Maximize your income and reduce expenses to increase residual funds for your financial goals and wealth, using strategies to supplement a full-time job.
Discover five proven strategies to maximize your salary, including negotiating raises, pursuing education, building relationships, being a dependable asset, and switching jobs for higher base salary.
Explore side hustles to earn more money and reach financial goals. Ridesharing like Uber or Lyft, food delivery, online freelancing, transcriptions, virtual assistance, social media management, car sharing, and selling.
Master how consumption drives expenses and learn practical ways to cut costs, from carpooling and debt consolidation to cooking at home and cheaper cell phone plans.
Build a financial safety net by understanding three essential elements: emergency fund, long-term disability insurance, and life insurance, to reduce risk and protect your family's financial well-being.
Build an emergency fund in a liquid savings account to cover unexpected events like job loss or medical emergencies, avoiding debt; target three to twelve months of expenses.
Protect your finances by securing long-term disability insurance that replaces income when illness or injury prevents work, helping you cover bills, save, and invest for the future.
Choose life insurance to build a financial safety net for your family by covering debt, college expenses, funeral costs, and monthly bills as contingencies.
Adopt a positive money mindset and set smart financial goals. Pay yourself first, live below your means, avoid debt, invest to make your money work, and start early.
Empower your finances with daily action, budgeting, and saving targets toward your financial goals. Explore investing and opening an investment account to turn your personal finances around with foundational knowledge.
The mission of this course is to share the fundamentals of money/personal finance to empower as many people as possible to secure their financial future. This course is designed to be concise and fun, but also to provide sufficient coverage of the following fundamental areas:
The importance of money and financial literacy;
Key financial concepts everyone needs to know;
Budgeting;
Saving;
Investing;
Debt, credit cards, and your credit score;
Income generation and expense reduction;
Utilizing financial safety nets; and
Essential money concepts and their application.
Basic financial literacy is the foundation upon which we make sound financial decisions which will help us to become self-sufficient, financially stable, empowered, and fulfilled. Unfortunately, personal finance and money fundamentals are not broadly taught in schools. Geography, math, physics, chemistry, etc. all have their place, but the knowledge need that is common to all of us is money. Whether you want to be a lawyer, doctor, pop star, teacher, athlete, or whatever it is you dream to be or currently are, the knowledge of money, at least at the basic level, is absolutely crucial.
As a result of the lack of this very important knowledge, the two biggest and fundamental consequences being faced by billions worldwide are high and unsustainable consumer debt and low levels of savings and investment:
Debt - credit has become so accessible and people are simply taking on more than they can afford to. The amount of household debt all over the world is absolutely crazy to even think about, and continues to cripple people and prevent them from achieving the things they want to and experiencing true financial freedom.
Savings and investing - people are just not saving and investing enough. There have been numerous surveys conducted in recent times which indicate that too many people do not even have enough funds put away to cover a relatively small unexpected expense if it were to arise. Additionally, financially independent retirement has become that much harder, with persons in this life phase having to work longer or depend on others.
Financial distress can have many negative impacts such as stress, anxiety, depression, family issues, and so much more. One of the biggest preventative measure we can take is to educate ourselves and those around us about money and healthy financial habits. This increased knowledge can be facilitated through so many sources such as doing courses like this one, reading personal finance books, actively seeking advice and guidance from professionals, and talking to people in your circle who may know more than you do. This should be a life long, never ending journey.
Please note: Course content is intended to, and should, be used for informational purposes only. The information shared in this course and the resources available for download are not intended as, and should not be understood or construed as, financial advice. The course instructor is not a financial advisor and the course information is not a substitute for financial advice from a professional who is aware of the facts and circumstances of your individual situation.