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Online Class: Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds

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Basic Course: $25.00
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Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
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Course Description

This course will help you demystify the stock market and start making money!  Everyone yes, everyone is sure to find something suitable in the stock market to invest in. It doesn't matter if you are looking for a very safe investment to protect your nest egg or a risky investment with a huge potential to make a killing! Everyone finds themselves along that spectrum and will discover that the stock market has investments for people who want to protect their savings and for people who want to grow their savings.

The stock market can be confusing. Using examples, actual stories from real investment advisers, and lists of great online resources, each lesson builds on the last to give you the clarity needed to understand investments. By the time you're done with this course, you'll have found a few investments you can enjoy and you'll be able to start investing right away with the assurance that you know what you're doing.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1: General Economic and Market Information - We will begin with a general lesson on the economy. We will go over the four phases of an economic cycle and how inflation plays a role. We will then examine the stock market and go over the differences between exchanges and indexes, and the role of broke
  2. Lesson 2- Building an Investment Portfolio - In this lesson we will go over your financial and investment portfolios and what should be included. The two types of investment along with the risk/reward ratio will also be discussed.
  3. Lesson 3: Common and Preferred Stocks - In this lesson topics are covered that will help you understand stocks, which stocks to buy, when to sell, and how to make money on the stocks you decide to buy. Dividends, the market price, leading indicators and coincident indicators are also presented
  4. Lesson 4- Bond and Other Fixed Income Securities Information - In this lesson we will go over Bonds and the benefits of other fixed income securities.
  5. Lesson 5- Mutual Funds - In this lesson we will focus on mutual funds covering topics that will include: how to invest in mutual funds, why invest in mutual funds, how to make money with mutual funds, and strategies/ tips for success.
  6. Lesson 6- Other Investments - In this lesson we will focus on the Commodities Market and other types of investments. Topics covered will include the commodities Market vs. stock market, futures, options, and how to make money with other types of investments.
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin
 
This beginner's course on investing starts with some foundational instruction about the economy and how the stock market fits into the economy. Then it talks about your financial portfolio and the things you need to know about yourself to help build your portfolio. Between the economy lesson and the portfolio lesson, be on your way to easily answering the question what should I buy and when should I sell?

But this class delves even further into the world of investments: each lesson takes you through different types of investments: stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. learn how each one works, how to choose good ones and when to sell them. Finally, learn about additional techniques and investments you can make that will help you to balance and diversify your portfolio.

By the time you're finished this class, you'll have found a few investments you can enjoy and you'll be able to start investing right away with the assurance that you know what you're doing.

Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Appreciation
  2. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit. Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official. To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass Transcript Service. Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers to verify your achievement).

Additional Information about Investing Basics

Course Title : Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 30609
Course Type : General Education
Course URL : http://investment.onlineclasses.com
Course Rating :
Instructor : Matt Coburn
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Course Review : Read Editorial Review
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $25.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $50.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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