The Finance You Need To Know -- Professional
The Finance You Need To Know is a holistic personal finance boot camp that teaches you the strategies and techniques required for a successful and independent future. This is a course created BY young professionals FOR young professionals.
If you are interested in the best ways to create and grow your wealth, or already know a lot but want to take things to the next level, then this is the course for you!
Course Learning Outcomes
✅ Learn to manage expenses, identify unnecessary ones, and reduce your cost of living
✅ Understand the advantages of different accounts, such as the TFSA, RRSP, Roth IRA, 401k, and more, through visual and analytical examples
✅ Learn how the stock market works, how mutual funds, index funds, ETFs, and individual company investments differ, and the techniques from legendary investors such as Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch, and Ray Dalio
✅ Learn how owning a home is affordable, and what a mortgage is, all through visual examples and with spreadsheet templates you can modify and use
✅ Understand the basics of taxes (everyone's favourite!), including income taxes, deductions, credits, and capital gains
✅ Understand how to leverage your unique talents and interests, along with the strategies and techniques you learn in this course, to develop alternative passive income streams
✅ Learn qualitative techniques, such as time management hacks, that enable you to invest more in yourself (you are awesome and are your most valuable resource!)
Liam
Finance Student
This course will help you chart a path to financial freedom successfully. It provides people with an excellent understanding of the complex and ever-changing financial world.
Brad
Chemical Engineer
This course is designed to help young adults navigate through the finance world and truly develop a better understanding for The Finance You Need To Know. I would highly recommend this course to anyone.
Melanie
P.Eng
This is an excellent course and I like the way it was logically laid out - all with referenced material from well respected investors. Zack's authentic passion for teaching and technical excellence shows through.
Meet Your Instructors
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.
How we expect to add value to your life
Your time is valuable, and we don't plan on wasting it. Our goal is to provide at least 10 times more value to you than you pay for this course over the next 5 years.
Here is some data we have to show you why we think this course is worth your time.
Students who take this course:
✅ Have reduced their monthly expenses by an average of 10+%
✅ Learn how to get more out of each pay check (on average about 3.5% more) by utilizing the different registered investment accounts
✅ Know how to purchase investments in the stock market, what passive investing and asset allocation are, how to minimize fees, and how to automate their investments, which will earn / save more than $2400 over the next 5 years
✅ Understand how to get other people to pay off their mortgage, the hidden costs of real estate, and if real estate is right for them
✅ Have greater tax knowledge that can help save them thousands of dollars every year (results vary depending on income however)
On average, our feedback suggests that students will:
Save/earn an extra $6,850 over the next 5 years
from what they learn in this course

Again, we are long-term thinkers, so we hope these results only compound more over your lifetime.
Course Curriculum
- Chapter Overview (2:11)
- Lecture 1: Checking and Savings Accounts (5:32)
- Lecture 2: The TFSA and Roth IRA (11:12)
- Lecture 3: The RRSP (7:46)
- Tutorial: More about the value of the RRSP (11:27)
- Lecture 4: More On the RRSP (7:26)
- Lecture 5: The 401(k) and IRA (6:03)
- Lecture 6: A Comparison of the Registered Accounts (12:11)
- Chapter 4 References
- Chapter Overview (4:33)
- Lecture 1: What is the stock market? (13:07)
- Introduction to Passive Investing
- 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)
- Chapter 5 References
- Chapter Overview (3:48)
- Lecture 1: Why Invest in Real Estate (5:55)
- Lecture 2: Introduction to Interest and Mortgage Rates (11:09)
- Lecture 3: The Microeconomics of Real Estate (11:19)
- Lecture 4: Down Payments and Why They Matter To You Part 1 (7:14)
- Lecture 5: Down Payments and Why They Matter Part 2 (14:43)
- Lecture 6: A Deeper Dive Into the Real Cost of a Home (4:44)
- Lecture 7: A Deeper Dive Into Mortgages (8:17)
- Lecture 8: Buying Vs. Renting (8:11)
- Lecture 9: Getting Others To Pay Off Your Mortgage (9:03)
- Tutorial 1: Real Estate Vs. Stock Market Analysis Part 1 (18:32)
- Tutorial 2: Real Estate Vs. Stock Market Analysis Part 2 (6:35)
- Tutorial 3: Real Estate Vs Stock Market Analysis Part 3 (11:42)
- Chapter 6 References
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