Growing Your Future: Financial Investment Tips for Women

Learn the basics of the stock market and change your financial future.

Created by: C L Edmonds
Marketing Consultant

What Will I Learn?

• 1. Identify the benefits of investing in stocks vs. savings accounts
• 2. Describe the difference between investing and trading
• 3. Get in the “game”: learn the language of investing
• 4. Make friends with risk
• 5. Create rules of thumb for making investment decisions
• 6. Discover the elements of a diversified portfolio
• 7. Know where to go for more investing information
• 8. Think about your financial future with a different set of skills
• 9. Take ACTION!

Requirements

• Students need an open mind, curiosity and Internet access to take this course. No skill in investing is needed.

Target audience

• This course is best suited for women who have an interest in learning how to invest but have little or no experience investing in the stock market. The ideal student may also be fearful of investing—that’s OK. We’ll move through all the lectures with thoroughly explained concepts backed up by examples and references. This Part I course is NOT for an experienced investor.