Learn the fundamentals of investing and building a portfolio
NOTE: We highly recommend completing the Complete Passive Investing Mini-Course as a prerequisite for this course.
In this 2 hour course, we build on the concepts learned in the Personal Finance Fundamentals series and take you to the next level of investment analysis.
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Investing in the Stock Market is the 1st mini-course from our Advanced Investing Concepts series and shows you techniques and strategies behind evaluating the financial health of a public company.
Students who take this course:
✅ Learn about how how the stock market works
✅ Learn how to read financial statements
✅ Learn about the different types of offerings in a stock market (Individual Companies, ETFs, and Mutual Funds)
✅ Learn the techniques and strategies used by four of the greatest investors ever
On average, our feedback suggests that students will:
Save/earn an extra $7,500 over the next 5 years
from their learnings from CC All Access
We are long-term thinkers, so we hope the value only compounds more over your lifetime.
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My name is Zachary Kahn and I am the co-founder of Compound Confidence and lead instructor for this course. I have a passion for helping people learn the skills and strategies that allow them to achieve anything they want while doing what they love.
I work at Google and graduated from university with a combined degree in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science. I enjoy building great education and technology products. We would love for you to join Compound Confidence so that we can be part of your financial freedom journey.
My name is Joshua Kahn and I am a co-founder of Compound Confidence and teaching assistant for this course. I believe we can help people pursue their passion without being held back by their personal finances.
I work at Galatea Technologies and graduated from university with a combined degree in Mechanical Engineering and Finance. I enjoy helping others pursue their goals and create value in the world. If you have any questions along your journey, I will be there to walk you through it.
Course Curriculum
- Course Overview (4:33)
- Lecture 1: What is the stock market? (13:07)
- Lecture 2: Why do we care about financial statements? (5:46)
- Lecture 3: Financial Statements Part 1 (7:16)
- Lecture 4: Financial Statements Part 2 (10:56)
- Lecture 5: Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and Individual Companies (9:05)
- Lecture 5.1: What are index funds and how do they differ from Mutual Funds and ETFs?
- Lecture 6: Warren Buffett Investing Techniques and Strategies (10:55)
- Lecture 7: Benjamin Graham Investing Techniques and Strategies Part 1 (10:49)
- Lecture 8: Benjamin Graham Investing Techniques and Strategies Part 2 (8:37)
- Lecture 9: Benjamin Graham Investing Techniques and Strategies Part 3 (4:20)
- Lecture 10: Peter Lynch Investing Techniques and Strategies (5:10)
- Lecture 11: Ray Dalio Investing Strategies and Techniques (10:30)
- Tutorial 1: Investment Analysis Part 1 (6:38)
- Tutorial 2: Investment Analysis Part 2 (16:41)
- Tutorial 3: Investment and Decision Tracker (9:06)
- What to check out next: Passive Investing
- References