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Steps to Financial and Investment Literacy

Steps to Financial and Investment Literacy

This course sets forth the fundamental basic principles of sound investing upon which everything else depends.
Created byHOWLING WOLF LEARNING NETWORK
Last updated 8/2012
English

What you'll learn

  • Help you better understand the need for financial literacy
  • Gain a a better understanding of the Baby Boomer Savings Crisis.
  • Teach you how the people you think are helping you with your money and investments, may not really be doing so.
  • Learn about what different designations in the financial services industry are and how the products they are selling you may have more fees than you know.
  • A sample investment questionnaire is included to help you understand how to set your investment objectives and goals.

Course content

4 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 0m total length

  • What is MoneyCulture--The Need For Financial Literacy Movement10:28

    America's problem when it comes to financial literacy is that collectively we are an undereducated public when it comes to investing knowledge.  We think we can beat the market, save enough money for retirement and get rich quick like in an Horatio Alger story.  It's just not that easy.  We need to become more literate about our money and how and save and invest it.

  • Money Culture The Financial Literacy Movement 4:00
    This a a complete text file of the video presentation for you to print out and save.
  • The Need for Investor Education8:42

    Do you need financial and investment education and, if so,  where do you get it?  We can teach you what you need to know.

  • SUPPORT For THE NEED FOR INVESTOR EDUCATION4:00
    This is a full text file of the Video "The Need for Investor Education." Feel free to print it out and keep for your information. It discusses why many investors have a weak grasp on reality when it comes to financial matters and are ill prepared to understand the changes that will sweep across the financial landscape due to financial and regulatory changes.
  • Zero Intelligence Trading1:00
    This article talks about a model that assumes stock market traders have zero intelligence has been found to mimic the behavior of the London Stock Exchange very closely.However, the surprising result does not mean traders are actually just buying and selling at random, say researchers. Instead, it suggests that the movement of markets depend less on the strategic behavior of traders and more on the structure and constraints of the trading system itself.
  • Forbes.Com Magazine Article 2:00
    This article talks about the aging of the financial advisor who are mostly over 50 now.

Description

This is our main mission--to help create a more financially literate country. This course sets forth the fundamental basic principles of sound investing upon which everything else depends. Investors need unbiased information and education about finances and the market. We’re going to show you why what is available today is inadequate and how to get un-conflicted advice. You will no longer need to rely on televisionʼs talking heads, and biased product pushers for your investment education. 

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