Online Class: Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
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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1.0 CEUs
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.
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
Certificate of Appreciation
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).